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List of video games considered the best
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This is a list of video games that video game journalists or magazines have considered among the best of all time. The games are included on at least six separate best-of lists from different publications (inclusive of all time periods, platforms and genres), as chosen by their editorial staff.
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- 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die – 2013[2]
- The Age – 2005[71]
- Collider – 2020[25]
- Dexerto – 2024[83]
- Digital Trends – 2023[52]
- Digitally Downloaded – 2016[36]
- Electric Playground Network – 2013[73]
- Edge – 2000,[39] 2009,[60] 2015,[95] 2017[48]
- Electronic Fun with Computers & Games – 1984[43]
- Empire – 2009[64]
- Entertainment Weekly – 2003[40]
- Esquire – 2018,[76] 2019,[77] 2020[78]
- FHM – 2010[34]
- Flux – 1995[10]
- G4 – 2012[16]
- GamesMaster – 1994,[9] 1996[42]
- Gamecenter – 2000[12]
- Game Informer – 2009,[20] 2018[24]
- Game On! From Pong to Oblivion – 2006[15]
- GameSpot – 2000,[13] 2007[1]
- GameSpy – 2001[27]
- Gamereactor – 2011,[72] 2017,[74] 2022[79]
- GamesRadar+ – 2011,[56] 2012,[57] 2013,[86] 2014,[87] 2015,[58] 2021[38]
- GamesTM – 2010,[31] 2015,[35] 2018[5]
- Gameswelt – 2012,[17] 2016[84]
- GamingBolt – 2013,[18] 2022,[93] 2023,[92] 2024[94]
- GQ – 2013,[49] 2023[69]
- The Greatest Games – 1985[26]
- Hardcore Gaming 101 – 2015,[55] 2020[62]
- Hyper – 1995,[11] 1997,[63] 1999[46]
- IGN – 2003,[41] 2005,[61] 2007,[32] 2015,[28] 2018,[6] 2019,[53] 2021[54]
- The Independent – 1999,[88] 2025[89]
- The Irish Times – 2013[33]
- Jeuxvideo.com – 2011,[65] 2017[68]
- Mashable – 2020[91]
- Next Generation – 1996,[21] 1999[22]
- Parade – 2023[50]
- Polygon – 2017[7]
- Popular Mechanics – 2014,[29] 2019[8]
- Power Unlimited – 2015[37]
- PPE – 2021[90]
- Rolling Stone - 2025[59]
- Screen Rant – 2024[70]
- Slant Magazine – 2014,[66] 2018,[44] 2020[45]
- Stuff – 2008,[19] 2014,[67] 2017[75]
- Super GamePower – 2001[85]
- Sydney Morning Herald – 2002[14]
- The Times – 2023[51]
- Time – 2012,[4] 2016[3]
- Total Games Network – 1999[47]
- USA Today / Sports Illustrated – 2022,[80] 2023,[81] 2024[82]
- TheWrap – 2017[30]
- Yahoo! – 2005[23]
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