Games to play before you die
by Kadam97 | created - 17 Jun 2018 | updated - 27 Mar 2022 | PublicGames that have left a great impact on my consciousness an memory starting from my childhood till the day that I have edit(ed) this list. Some are very emotional, some are just fun and some are just the ones that I have sit through for hours every day in past years.
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1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,668
2. The Evil Within 2 (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Three years after the events at Beacon Mental Hospital, Sebastian Castellanos has left the Krimson City Police Department, but the mysterious organization MOBIUS gives him a chance to save his own thought-dead daughter.
Directors: John Johanas, Yun M. Watanabe | Stars: Marqus Bobesich, Meg Saricks, Kiara Lisette Gamboa, Elizabeth Saydah
Votes: 2,787
3. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 15,269
4. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
An ordinary man must embark on a search to find his missing wife that leads him to an abandoned house where a mysterious family lives who harbor an evil secret within the house and themselves.
Director: Koushi Nakanishi | Stars: Todd Soley, Katie O'Hagan, Jack Brand, Sara Coates
Votes: 10,331
5. Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Sport
Underground 2 entails tuning cars for street races, while resuming the Need for Speed: Underground (2003) storyline. The game provides several new features, such as a broader customization, new methods of selecting races and more.
Stars: Kelly Brook, Brooke Burke, Laura Ainsley, Sharon Alexander
Votes: 4,163
6. Crash Twinsanity (2004 Video Game)
E | Animation, Action, Adventure
Crash Bandicoot and his long-time nemesis Dr. Cortex, are forced to team up to take down a new force that far exceeds them both.
Stars: Lex Lang, Mel Winkler, Michael Ensign, Susan Silo
Votes: 1,052
7. King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Based on the events of the motion picture King Kong (2005), this game allows the player to play as man, or as Kong. When the crew arrive at Skull Island, they are faced with many thrills and challenges throughout.
Director: Michel Ancel | Stars: Jamie Bell, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann
Votes: 2,181
8. The Last of Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley | Stars: Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson, Hana Hayes, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 76,153
9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
The Russian Federation continues its invasion of the U.S., as well as Europe, including England, France and Germany.
Directors: Michael Condrey, Glen A. Schofield | Stars: Billy Murray, Bruce Greenwood, Idris Elba, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 19,641
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
A massacre at a Russian airport leads to a war between Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, a Task Force is sent to find the perpetrators and bring the bloodshed to an end.
Director: Jason West | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Barry Pepper, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 26,061
11. Need for Speed: Underground (2003 Video Game)
E | Action, Crime, Sport
Reboot of the franchise, featuring visual upgrades, a career mode, and garage mode that allows players to fully customize their cars with a large variety of performance brands.
Stars: Nacho Aldeguer, Sharon Alexander, David Barrera, Michael Benyaer
Votes: 3,489
12. Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Drama, War
The game tells the story of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the famed 101st Airborne Division who were dropped behind German lines on D-Day.
Director: Randy Pitchford | Stars: Troy Baker, Jeff Broome, Ehren Buttlar, Jonathan Erickson Eisley
Votes: 565
13. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,522
14. God of War II (2007 Video Game)
16+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being betrayed by the gods of Olympus and annulled of his divine powers, Kratos must embark on a journey to meet the Sisters of Fate and take his revenge on Olympus.
Director: Cory Barlog | Stars: Linda Hunt, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carole Ruggier
Votes: 10,793
15. Metro: Last Light (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Following the events of Metro 2033, Artyom, now an experienced ranger, confronted with guilt must go on a journey to face threats from outside the metro and within, as he finds out that he is humanity's last salvation for peace.
Director: Andrew Prokhorov | Stars: Aleksandr Vilkov, Aleksey Cherevatenko, Anatoliy Bogush, Anatoliy Zinovenko
Votes: 4,554
16. Until Dawn (2015 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenagers spend the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.
Director: Will Byles | Stars: Hayden Panettiere, Peter Stormare, Rami Malek, Brett Dalton
Votes: 17,142
17. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)
M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.
Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell
Votes: 6,281
18. Metro 2033 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Man has fallen, struggling to survive within Moscow's metro. In the face of a new mysterious threat young Artyom must leave his home station for the first time, making a dangerous journey to the legendary Polis to enlist their help.
Directors: Keith Arem, Andrew Prokhorov | Stars: Mark Ivanir, Yuri Lowenthal, Boris Kievsky, Ari Rubin
Votes: 4,743
19. Doom (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
Directors: John Carmack, Tomohiko Sato | Stars: Kevin Cloud, David Koseruba, Christopher Murvey, Bobby Prince
Votes: 5,622
20. Gone Home (2013 Video Game)
M | Drama, Mystery
A woman returns home after a long absence. She finds it ominously empty. In an attempt to find out where her parents and sister are, she goes through their things. What she discovers will shock her and fascinate her.
Directors: Steve Gaynor, Johnnemann Nordhagen, Karla Zimonja | Stars: Sarah Grayson, Sarah Elmaleh
Votes: 1,997
21. Firewatch (2016 Video Game)
M | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1989, Henry takes a volunteer fire lookout job in the Wyoming wilderness to escape from his troubled past, only to be thrown into plethora of paranoia and mystery.
Director: Jake Rodkin | Stars: Rich Sommer, Cissy Jones, Larissa Gallagher, Erin Yvette
Votes: 4,821
22. Europa Universalis IV (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, History, War
Europa Universalis 4 is a grand strategy game in which the player can choose a state from 11 November 1444 and lead it until 1 January 1821. Game includes a realist trade and pre-modern war system.
Votes: 369
23. Journey (2012 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy
A robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain.
Director: Jenova Chen
Votes: 4,181
24. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The sequel to the critically acclaimed Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014) features an original story with the return of Talion and Celebrimbor, who must go behind enemy lines to forge an army and turn all of Mordor against the Dark Lord Sauron.
Directors: JB Blanc, Michael de Plater, Nathan Hendrickson | Stars: Ike Amadi, Victoria Atkin, Robin Atkin Downes, Laura Bailey
Votes: 3,346
25. Red Dead Redemption II (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
Amidst the decline of the Wild West at the turn of the 20th century, outlaw Arthur Morgan and his gang struggle to cope with the loss of their way of life.
Stars: Benjamin Byron Davis, Roger Clark, Rob Wiethoff, Cali Elizabeth Moore
Votes: 54,541
26. What Remains of Edith Finch (2017 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Edith Finch travels back to the Finch family home in Washington to explore her ancestral history after recent family events drive her to learn more about herself and the Finches.
Director: Ian Dallas | Stars: Valerie Rose Lohman, Maddie Fitz, Alex Jebb-Quine, Maria Benson
Votes: 4,324
27. God of War (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After wiping out the gods of Mount Olympus, Kratos moves on to the frigid lands of Scandinavia, where he and his son must embark on an odyssey across a dangerous world of gods and monsters.
Director: Cory Barlog | Stars: Christopher Judge, Sunny Suljic, Jeremy Davies, Danielle Bisutti
Votes: 37,485
28. Resident Evil 2 (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Re-imagining of Resident Evil 2 (1998), with a third-person over-the-shoulder view, new details, rearranged and new areas, no more loading screen doors, new puzzle solving opportunities, a gunpowder crafting mechanic and more.
Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Kazunori Kadoi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Jolene Andersen, Eliza Pryor
Votes: 10,445
29. Kingdom Come: Deliverance (2018 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, History
Henry is thrust into a civil war, watching helplessly as invaders storm his village and slaughter his family. Narrowly escaping the brutal attack, he grabs his sword to fight back.
Director: Daniel Vávra | Stars: Tom McKay, Matthew Wolf, Michael Pitthan, Logan Hillier
Votes: 1,630
30. Bully (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.
Stars: Gerry Rosenthal, Peter Vack, Matt Bush, John Lavelle
Votes: 6,242
31. Need for Speed: Carbon (2006 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Crime, Sport
The only free member of the Blacklist of Rockport City must now bring down an old ally, in complete control of the street racing world in Palmont.
Director: Dave 'Foots' Footman | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Tahmoh Penikett, Dean McKenzie, Chris Gauthier
Votes: 3,984
32. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Sport
A lone street racer must use his talents to rise to the top of the Blacklist, comprised of the 15 most elite drivers in the city of Rockport.
Directors: Dave 'Foots' Footman, Scott Henshaw | Stars: Paul Dzenkiw, Josie Maran, Dean McKenzie, Derek Hamilton
Votes: 7,744
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