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Modern first: the Game of the Year winners, the indie darlings, the horror canon, and the games everyone is playing online.
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12 games2007–2021
Finish in a Weekend
Short, complete and unforgettable: each one finishes in a weekend or less, from Portal to Unpacking.
Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors / Animal Well / Balatro / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Braid / Super Meat Boy / Terraria / Fez / Papers, Please / Shovel Knight / Undertale / Stardew Valley / Cuphead / Hollow Knight / Celeste / Dead Cells / Return of the Obra Dinn / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Slay the Spire / Hades / Tunic / Vampire Survivors
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23 games2008–2025
Indie Darlings
Small teams, huge games: from Braid to Hollow Knight: Silksong, the independent games that changed what games could be.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4 / Silent Hill 2 / Amnesia: The Dark Descent / Outlast / Alien: Isolation / Five Nights at Freddy's / Soma / Until Dawn / Resident Evil 7: Biohazard / Resident Evil 2 / Phasmophobia / Resident Evil Village / Signalis / Alan Wake 2 / Dead Space / Lethal Company / Resident Evil 4
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16 games2010–2024
Horror Games
The scariest games you can play today, with the modern remakes of Resident Evil, Dead Space and Silent Hill 2.
Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Elden Ring / Baldur's Gate 3 / Astro Bot / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Dragon Age: Inquisition / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Overwatch / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / God of War
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12 games2014–2025
Game of the Year Winners
Every Game of the Year at The Game Awards, from Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014 to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Bloodborne / Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Undertale / Doom / Inside / Persona 5 / Stardew Valley / Uncharted 4: A Thief's End / Hollow Knight / Horizon Zero Dawn / Nier: Automata / Super Mario Odyssey / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Celeste / God of War / Marvel's Spider-Man / Red Dead Redemption 2 / Control / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Resident Evil 2 / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Animal Crossing: New Horizons / Final Fantasy VII Remake / Ghost of Tsushima / Hades / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Metroid Dread / Elden Ring / God of War Ragnarök / Baldur's Gate 3 / The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom / Astro Bot / Balatro / Metaphor: ReFantazio / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Death Stranding 2: On the Beach / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Kingdom Come: Deliverance II / Bloodborne / Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Undertale / Doom / Inside / Persona 5 / Stardew Valley / Uncharted 4: A Thief's End / Hollow Knight / Horizon Zero Dawn / Nier: Automata / Super Mario Odyssey / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Celeste / God of War / Marvel's Spider-Man / Red Dead Redemption 2 / Control / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Resident Evil 2 / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Animal Crossing: New Horizons / Final Fantasy VII Remake / Ghost of Tsushima / Hades / The Last of Us Part II / It Takes Two / Metroid Dread / Elden Ring / God of War Ragnarök / Baldur's Gate 3 / The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom / Astro Bot / Balatro / Metaphor: ReFantazio / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 / Death Stranding 2: On the Beach / Hades II / Hollow Knight: Silksong / Kingdom Come: Deliverance II / Bloodborne / Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain / The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt / Undertale / Doom / Inside / Persona 5 / Stardew Valley / Uncharted 4: A Thief's End / Hollow Knight / Horizon Zero Dawn / Nier: Automata / Super Mario Odyssey / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Celeste / God of War / Marvel's Spider-Man / Red Dead Redemption 2 / Control / Disco Elysium / Outer Wilds / Resident Evil 2 / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Animal Crossing: New Horizons / Final Fantasy VII Remake
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42 games2015–2025
The Modern Canon, 2015–Now
The decade's essential games, from The Witcher 3 to Death Stranding 2: the ones everyone ends up talking about.
Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring / Demon's Souls / Dark Souls / Dark Souls II / Bloodborne / Dark Souls III / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Elden Ring
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7 games2009–2022
FromSoftware: Demon's Souls to Elden Ring
FromSoftware's seven punishing action RPGs in release order, Demon's Souls to Elden Ring, via Bloodborne and Sekiro.
World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft / League of Legends / Minecraft / Dota 2 / Grand Theft Auto V / Rocket League / Destiny 2 / Fortnite / PUBG: Battlegrounds / Among Us / Sea of Thieves / Apex Legends / Call of Duty: Warzone / Fall Guys / Genshin Impact / Valorant / Overwatch 2 / Counter-Strike 2 / Helldivers 2 / Marvel Rivals / World of Warcraft
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20 games2004–2024
The Big Online Games
The games millions play every night, from World of Warcraft to Marvel Rivals. They never end, so playing one counts.
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