Favorite Video Games from all ERAs
by Rad82 | created - 11 Jul 2014 | updated - 15 Aug 2022 | PublicGames I grew up with, that really stayed in my mind like no other.
Too hard to be ranked, though all-time favorites are near the top.
Mostly oldschool, indies and classics.
Main genres: Strategy, rpg, adventure & puzzle/platform.
Major Omissions not in IMDB:
10:
Supaplex
9s:
Figment, Sheep Dog 'n Wolf, Defender's Quest, Dream Quest
8s:
Defenders of Oasis (Game Gear), Castle of the Winds, Geneforge, Beer: The Last Eichhof, Digger
---This List is always under Construction---
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (1996 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A fantasy turn-based strategy game that takes place in the land of Enroth, a place of magic. There is a multitude of creature types, from griffins to rocs, golems to pikemen, unicorns to ... See full summary »
Director: Jon Van Canegham | Stars: Donald Arthur, Andreas Borcherding, Hans-Joerg Puls
Votes: 105
Best game in the Franchise by far. Along with Price of Loyalty Expansion.
--Tactical Fantasy Strategy with RPG Elements--
2. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jon Irenicus, a sadistic secretive powerful mage bent on revenge, captures Gorion's ward and his/her party for a diabolical experiment.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: David Warner, Charlie Adler, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell
Votes: 2,273
Along with Throne of Bhaal Expansion.
---Isometric Party RPG---
3. Planescape: Torment (1999 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In the city of Sigil, the only place from which all realities of the Planescape universe can be reached, an immortal amnesiac, the Nameless One, must uncover his past, the mystery of his immortality as well as who's trying to kill him.
Stars: Michael T. Weiss, Rob Paulsen, Jennifer Hale, Sheena Easton
Votes: 2,155
Best Story and dialogue ever in an rpg.
---Isometric Party RPG---
4. Grim Fandango (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Manuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.
Director: Tim Schafer | Stars: Tony Plana, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alan Blumenfeld, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 3,752
Favorite Lucasarts story. You are the herald of death. Enjoy.
---LucasArts Adventure---
5. Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (1998 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Director: Jon Van Canegham
Votes: 52
Best game in the franchise. Amazing music.
---1st person Party RPG---
6. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (1992 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Indiana Jones must fight the nazis again in search for Atlantis and a newly discovered mineral of unbelievable power, the Orichalcum.
Director: Hal Barwood | Stars: Denny Delk, David Gitin, Jane Jacobs, Nick Jameson
Votes: 1,720
Amazing indiana jones adventure, with multiple path lines.
---LucasArts Adventure---
7. Chrono Trigger (1995 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Crono, a young boy, is thrust to adventure by destiny to destroy an oncoming threat that will destroy the world in 1999.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Akihiko Matsui, Takashi Tokita, Nao Ito
Votes: 3,307
Quite possibly the best JRPG package ever. For good reasons.
---SNES Party J-RPG---
8. Full Throttle (1995 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Framed for murdering a motorcycle magnate, a biker gang leader tries to clear his name and take revenge on the scheming businessman responsible.
Director: Tim Schafer | Stars: Roy Conrad, Mark Hamill, Hamilton Camp, Kath Soucie
Votes: 1,710
---LucasArts Adventure---
9. Hades (2018 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hades is a rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor, in which you defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth.
Stars: Logan Cunningham, Darren Korb, Avalon Penrose, Christopher Saphire
Votes: 2,547
---Solo Action/Roguelike with Greek Mythology and great narrative---
10. Command & Conquer (1995 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
When a new and powerful mineral, the Tiberium, is discovered, two organizations start a war for its control: the criminal Brotherhood of NOD and the UN derived GDI forces.
Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Eric Martin, Joseph D. Kucan, Les Collins, Eric Gooch
Votes: 1,959
---Real-time Strategy---
11. Final Fantasy VI (1994 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A mysterious woman joins a group of mercenaries in order to find out about her destiny and means of saving the world from an evil madman.
Directors: Hiroyuki Itô, Yoshinori Kitase
Votes: 3,533
Most Wholesome, well-made and emotional final fantasy title, full of twists. Timeless story.
---SNES Party J-RPG---
12. Donkey Kong Country (1994 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Waking to find his banana hoard clean gone, Donkey Kong sets out with his nephew Diddy Kong through jungle and cavern, past temples and reef, across pine forests, factories, and mountains to rid the island of the wicked Kremlings and reclaim his bananas.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 3,295
The peak of co-op in platforming.
---SNES Platform---
13. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Having vanquished the ghost pirate LeChuck with a soft drink, Guybrush Threepwood now seeks the treasure of Big Whoop. During his quest he discovers LeChuck is back from the dead. Once again.
Director: Ron Gilbert | Stars: Dominic Armato, Earl Boen, Alexandra Boyd, Leilani Jones
Votes: 2,529
Lucasarts Peak in puzzles.
---LucasArts Adventure---
14. Slay the Spire (2019 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
It's a combination of roguelike-like gameplay with a deck-building card game. It requires players to develop a strategy for their deck on the fly based on the cards they can obtain from loot.
Director: Anthony Giovannetti | Stars: Tamara Ryan, Michael Schwalbe
Votes: 372
Best in the genre.
---Tactical Deckbuilding roguelike---
15. Hollow Knight (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a world of insects, a diminutive knight descends into an ancient and crazed kingdom to restore its fallen king's order.
Votes: 3,302
Best modern metroidvania package.
---Metroidvania with platform & rpg elements---
16. Braid (2008 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A man, Tim, goes on a quest to save a princess from an evil monster.
Director: Jonathan Blow
Votes: 997
---Puzzle with Platform Elements---
17. Celeste (2018 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
While scaling a supernatural mountain in an attempt to salvage her self-respect, a depressed young woman is confronted by a doppelganger manifesting her doubts and fears.
Director: Maddy Thorson
Votes: 1,523
Pure platforming at its finest.
---Solo Platform---
18. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995 Video Game)
Fantasy
Real-time strategy game that follows the Humans who, after the Fall of Azeroth, join with Elves and Dwarves in an Alliance. In the Second War in the land of Lordaeron, the battle continues to the Dark Portal itself.
Stars: Bill Roper, Tomás Rubio, Glenn Stafford, Chris Metzen
Votes: 1,848
First big real time strategy Hit of the 90s that defined the genre.
---Real-time Strategy---
19. Machinarium (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure
A point-and-click adventure in which a humble robot must free his friend from the clutches of the nefarious Black Cap Brotherhood and save the control tower of the Steampunk-like city of Machinarium from being blown up.
Director: Jakub Dvorský
Votes: 634
Amanita's peak in design.
---Puzzle/Adventure---
20. Diablo (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
It is a horrible era for the formerly peaceful town of Tristram. Prince Albrect is missing, King Leoric is dead, and demonic raids are now commonplace. You are one of the heroes, who visits Tristram to slay whatever is causing this horror.
Director: Mark Schwarz | Stars: Michael Haley, Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding
Votes: 3,066
Along with Hellfire Expansion. The hack n slash action-rpg that defined the genre in the west.
---Solo Isometric Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG---
21. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure
Kaptain K. Rool kidnaps Donkey Kong and imprisons him high atop Crocodile Isle. Diddy Kong and his friend Dixie Kong must brave pirate ships, volcanoes, swamps, demented theme parks and deep, dark forests to rescue the gormless gorilla.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 1,943
Nintendo's peak in game level design in this franchise.
---SNES Platform---
22. The Longest Journey (1999 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
April Ryan is a young visual-arts student in Venice, Newport. She's been having some strange dreams lately, but little does she know about the important role she'll have in changing the future.
Directors: Didrik Tollefsen, Ragnar Tørnquist | Stars: Sarah Hamilton, Regina Lund, Louis Aguirre, Roger Raines
Votes: 1,201
---Adventure---
23. The Curse of Monkey Island (1997 Video Game)
K-A | Animation, Action, Adventure
After unwittingly turning his true love Elaine into solid gold with a cursed engagement ring, Guybrush Threepwood must find a map, a ship and a crew, sail to Blood Island and track down an uncursed diamond ring to reverse the curse.
Directors: Jonathan Ackley, Larry Ahern | Stars: Dominic Armato, Alexandra Boyd, Earl Boen, Denny Delk
Votes: 2,837
Favorite lucasarts title. Hilarious. Combination of humor with cartoony style is really one a kind.
---LucasArts Adventure---
24. Age of Empires (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
Lead an ancient culture from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, forge a civilisation, and destroy your enemies.
Director: Bruce Shelley
Votes: 2,448
---Real-time Strategy---
25. Diablo II (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Evil has survived. Diablo, the Lord of Terror, now seeks to free his demonic brothers. The armies of the High Heavens are forbidden to interfere with Diablo's plan.
Stars: Frank Gorshin, Liana Young, James Harper, Jessica Straus
Votes: 4,725
Along with Lord of Destruction Expansion.
---Solo Isometric Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG---
26. Gemini Rue (2011 Video Game)
Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Gemini Rue is a cyberpunk graphic adventure game made by Joshua Nuernberger, and published by Wadjet Eye Games. The game uses a point and click interface to interact with the environment to... See full summary »
Director: Joshua Nuernberger | Stars: Brian Silliman, Shelly Shenoy, Joe Rodriguez, Clay McLeod Chapman
Votes: 199
Wadjet Eye comes close to Lucasarts quality in adventures. This is an amazing take on a Blade Runner vibes setting.
---Wadjet Eye Adventure---
27. Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996 Video Game)
T | Action, Sci-Fi, War
In an alternative Earth, where Hitler was eliminated from history, you play either side of a new war of the Soviet Union vs. the Allies.
Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Arthur Roberts, Barry Kramer, John Milford, Lynne Litteer
Votes: 2,470
---Real-time Strategy---
28. 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: 5,614
---Action/FPS---
Also check the fanmade DOOMRL (Doom the Roguelike).
29. Rogue Legacy (2013 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The game is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero and the goal is to explore a randomly generated dungeon, defeat four bosses in each of the four unique environments of the dungeon, and then defeat the final boss.
Director: Teddy Lee
Votes: 205
---Roguelike, Platform---
30. Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (1999 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Turn-based strategy game in which the player goes through 7 different campaigns, controlling a number of heroes that command an army of creatures inspired by myth and legend.
Director: David Mullich | Stars: Catherine Battistone, Richard Epcar, Wendee Lee, Laird Macintosh
Votes: 1,356
Along with 2 Expansions. Also try the amazing Wrath of Gods Mod.
---Tactical Fantasy Strategy with RPG Elements---
---Strategy, War---
32. Stonekeep (1995 Video Game)
Action, Fantasy
Drake. A young hero who must save his world from the shadowking
Director: Michael Quarles | Stars: Tony Oliver, Arthur Burghardt, Madalyn Rofer, Bill Martin
Votes: 47
---Party 1st Person Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG---
33. FTL: Faster Than Light (2012 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Federation sends you out in a spaceship full of valuable data, and you have to deliver this information to their headquarters as the pursuing Rebel fleet approaches.
Votes: 321
---Tactical Space Combat SIM with Roguelike & RPG Elements---
34. Anvil of Dawn (1995 Video Game)
Fantasy
Stars: David J. Fielding, Amy Hartman, Scott Thewes, Kevin Delaney
Votes: 16
---1st Person Solo Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG---
35. Wolfenstein 3D (1992 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An American P.O.W. is trying desperately to escape from the Nazi prison Wolfenstein during World War II.
Director: Tom Hall | Stars: Bill Capizzi, Nathan Renich, Mike Reynolds, Tom Hall
Votes: 2,339
---Action/FPS---
36. The Witcher (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A monster slayer follows the trail of Salamandra, a criminal organization that stole dangerous alchemy formulas from his guild.
Director: Jacek Brzezinski | Stars: Doug Cockle, Jacek Rozenek, Adam Bauman, Alison Dowling
Votes: 5,131
---The Witcher---
---3rd Person Solo RPG with Action Elements---
37. Duke Nukem 3D (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Blonde action hero Duke Nukem takes on murderous aliens and mutated Los Angeles police officers that have taken over Los Angeles.
Director: Greg Malone | Stars: Lani Minella, Jon St. John, Lee Jackson
Votes: 3,432
The Platform/Shooters Duke Nukem 1-2 were also great.
---Action/FPS---
38. Half-Life: Counter-Strike (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime
A tactical FPS game, in which players assume the roles of members of combating teams of the governmental counter-terrorist forces, or various terrorist militants opposing them.
Director: Minh Le | Star: Jess Cliffe
Votes: 3,767
---Multiplayer Action/FPS---
39. StarCraft (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.
Directors: Matt Samia, Mark Schwarz, Duane Stinnett, Chris Metzen, Glenn Stafford | Stars: Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding, Lani Minella
Votes: 5,503
Along with Brood War Expansion.
---Real-time Strategy---
40. Primordia (2012 Video Game)
Adventure, Sci-Fi
Horatio Nullbuilt and Crispin Horatiobuilt live alone in the desert, fixing up their ship before a rogue robot comes along and steals their power core. They then traverse the desert and ... See full summary »
Stars: Logan Cunningham, Abe Goldfarb, Sarah Elmaleh, Nonie Craige
Votes: 157
---Wadjet Eye Adventure---
41. Day of the Tentacle (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.
Directors: Dave Grossman, Tim Schafer | Stars: Denny Delk, Jane Jacobs, Nick Jameson, Ginny Westcott
Votes: 1,995
---LucasArts Adventure---
42. Fallout (1997 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being sent by the overseer of his vault to search for a new water purifying chip, the player discovers the horrors of post apocalyptic America, and the threat of the Master's Army.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Charlie Adler, Richard Dean Anderson, Jeff Bennett, Clancy Brown
Votes: 4,123
---Party Isometric Tactical RPG---
43. The Dig (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
Director: Sean Clark | Stars: Robert Patrick, Mari Weiss, Steve Blum, Leilani Jones
Votes: 980
---LucasArts Adventure---
44. Super Meat Boy (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Meat Boy goes to rescue his girlfriend Bandage Girl, who's been kidnapped by the evil Dr. Fetus.
Directors: Edmund McMillen, Tommy Refenes
Votes: 1,494
---Platform---
45. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The wizard Agahnim has abducted seven maidens, intent on using their power to open a portal to the Dark World. Armed with a trusty sword and shield, Link begins a great and treacherous journey.
Directors: Takashi Tezuka, Hidemaro Fujibayashi | Star: Fujiko Takimoto
Votes: 3,838
Best Zelda Game.
---JRPG---
46. Unepic (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Daniel was just an average guy, He was a great gamer, Especially at RPGs, In the midst of an RPG, He was teleported to a castle, While he thought it was a hallucination, Daniel will soon discover that everything is not what it seems..
Director: Francisco Téllez de Meneses | Stars: Kyle McCarley, David Bodtcher, Morris Griffin, Jonathan Jones
Votes: 29
---Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG/Platform Hybrid---
47. Portal (2007 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Mike Patton, Alesia Glidewell, Jeep Barnett
Votes: 14,401
---First Person Action/Puzzle---
48. Fez (2012 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Gomez lives peacefully on a two-dimensional plane. One day he receives a red fez that changes his world to three dimensions, opening up a grand vista where he can adventure about.
Director: Phil Fish
Votes: 733
---Puzzle, platform---
49. Prince of Persia (1989 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In ancient Persia, the sultan's vizier, Jaffar, seizes power. With his only obstacle to the throne being the sultan's daughter, he locks her up. In order to free her, you must escape dungeons, get to the palace tower and defeat Jaffar.
Directors: Jordan Mechner, Keisuke Yasaka
Votes: 1,298
---Platform---
50. Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok (2013 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy
At the dawn of time, in the primordial void of Ginnungagap, the Aesir gods fought a lengthy war against the jotunn, or frost giants. Finally Odinn, Lord of the Aesir, struck down mighty ... See full summary »
Director: Pieter Simoons | Stars: Azure, Robert S. Benjamin, Nikkita Bradette, Jonathan Cooke
Votes: 20
---Solo Adventure/RPG Hybrid---
51. Resonance (2012 Video Game)
When a brilliant physicist dies unexpectedly, the race is on to secure his work before it falls into the wrong hands. The lives of four characters become entangled as they fight against the clock to find the scientist's secret vault.
Stars: Edward Bauer, Sarah Elmaleh, Daryl Lathon, Logan Cunningham
Votes: 92
---Wadjet Eye Adventure---
---Coffee Puzzle/Roguelike---
53. Risk of Rain (2013 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Risk Of Rain Is Fun Platformer\Rage Game Incuding Long Runs And Lots Of Things To Collect.
Votes: 87
---Action Roguelike---
54. The Secret of Monkey Island (1990 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Young pirate wanna-be Guybrush Threepwood sets out to pass the Three Trials, woo the governess Elaine Marley, reach the fabled Monkey Island and vanquish the nefarious ghost pirate LeChuck.
Directors: Ron Gilbert, Hal Barwood | Stars: Dominic Armato, Earl Boen, Alexandra Boyd, Leilani Jones
Votes: 3,305
---LucasArts Adventure---
55. Lemmings (1991 Video Game)
Adventure, Family
Guide the hapless Lemmings back home safely in every level with the limited tools provided.
Votes: 555
---Tactical Puzzle/Strategy---
56. Secret of Mana (1993 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of a boy who pulls out a rusty sword and is banished from Potos. He meets a girl and a Sprite. Together, they journey to gather 8 Mana seeds to save the Mana tree and stop Thanatos and his empire from taking over the world.
Director: Kôichi Ishii
Votes: 693
---Secret of Mana---
---SNES Party J-RPG---
57. Ys Book I and II (1990 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
You play as Adol who goes on an adventure fighting monsters, later on, he climbs Darm Tower to fight Dark Fact. In the Sequel, Adol is sent to the floating island of YS to save the people from the demons and monsters, and to fight Darm.
Director: Masaya Hashimoto | Stars: Alan Oppenheimer, Jim Cummings, Michael Bell, Shannon Beaty
Votes: 101
---Solo J-RPG---
58. Inside (2016 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project.
Director: Arnt Jensen | Stars: Signa Köstler, Arthur Köstler, Cecilie Gellert Nielsen, Emil Groth Larsen
Votes: 4,729
---Puzzle, Platform---
59. King's Bounty: The Legend (2008 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Dmitri Gusarov
Votes: 58
60. Syberia (2002 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
N.Y. Lawyer Kate Walker embarks on a journey of self-discovery after she is sent to France to negotiate a deal that winds up sending her on the trail of a brain-damaged genius.
Director: Benoît Sokal | Stars: Sharon Mann, James Shuman, Caroline Daparo, Céline Montsarrat
Votes: 1,114
---Adventure---
61. LittleBigPlanet (2008 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy
A puzzle-platformer video game for the PlayStation 3, based on user-generated content. Offering a large array of customisable costumes and online features.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Adam Alsing, Lou Barrington, Raymond Burrell
Votes: 2,017
---Platform---
---Platform---
63. To the Moon (2011 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Follows Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts (employed by Sigmund Corp.) as they fulfill the lifelong dream of the dying Johnny Wyles.
Director: Kan Gao
Votes: 850
---Adventure---
64. Limbo (2010 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
A boy wakes up in a forest and sets off to find his sister.
Director: Arnt Jensen
Votes: 6,421
---Atmospheric Puzzle/Platform---
65. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (2019 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
To thwart his evil plan of using a "Hivemind" device to enslave an entire kingdom of bees, Yooka and Laylee need to take the fight to Capital B's "Impossible" Lair.
Stars: Blake Swift, David Wise, Jesse Sukunda, William Pugh
Votes: 100
---Platform, puzzle---
66. The Incredible Machine (1993 Video Game)
This game involves playing with Rube Goldberg devices devices involving floating balloons, blimps and blowing them up or popping them, using dynamite. The player has solve each puzzle before moving on to the next level.
Directors: Kevin Ryan, Jeff Tunnell
Votes: 68
---Puzzle---
67. Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
King Koopa has kidnapped Princess Toadstool, taken over all seven kingdoms in the Mushroom World, and put his seven kids in charge of all of them. It's the Mario Brothers to the rescue.
Directors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 5,826
---Platform---
68. Jordan vs. Bird: One on One (1988 Video Game)
Sport
Basketball legends Michael Jordan and Larry Bird lock horns in a battle for one-on-one court supremacy.
Votes: 15
---Sports---
69. Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor (1999 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Stars: Mark Arnott, Catherine Battistone, Brianne Brozey, Brye Cooper
Votes: 106
---Party 1st Person Tactical RPG---
70. Baldur's Gate (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The main character, ward of mystical monk Gorion, whose name, sex, race and class are defined by the players, leaves his order's keep for the first time and starts a journey to discover his true identity. But someone wants him dead.
Director: Feargus Urquhart | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Jeff Bennett, Gregg Berger
Votes: 2,013
Along with Durlag's Tower Expansion.
---Isometric Party RPG---
71. Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, History
The Age of Kings is set in the Middle Ages and contains thirteen playable civilizations.
Director: Paul DeNigris | Stars: Gary Moody, Spencer Prokop, Ric Spiegel, Cliff Stephens
Votes: 3,672
Along with Conqueror's Expansion.
---Real-time Strategy---
72. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The protagonist travels by Morrowind, eastern province of the Septim Empire in Tamriel. He/she can save it from enslavement or explore for personal purposes.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Jeff Baker, Jonathan Bryce, Lynda Carter, Linda Canyon
Votes: 3,737
---Solo 1st Person Action/RPG---
73. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A republic soldier, training to become a Jedi Knight, is given the task of halting the conquest of Darth Malak by discovering the location of a weapon known as the Star Forge.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Raphael Sbarge, Rafael Ferrer, John Cygan
Votes: 9,301
---Party 3rd Person Tactical Action/RPG---
74. The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (1995 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
Shortly after moving to Rittersburg to take over duties as the lone "Schattenjager", Gabriel Knight is called by the townsfolk to investigate the killing of a child believed to be caused by a werewolf.
Director: Will Binder | Stars: Dean Erickson, Joanne Takahashi, Russell Mitchell, Peter J. Lucas
Votes: 859
---Adventure---
75. Legend of Grimrock (2012 Video Game)
Fantasy
The story focuses on four prisoners who receive a royal pardon, the moment they are thrown into the dungeons of Mount Grimrock. The king hopes that one such group of prisoners will one day ... See full summary »
Votes: 68
---Party 1st Person Dungeon-Crawl RPG with Puzzle Elements---
76. Broken Sword: Circle of Blood (1996 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
George Stobbart, an American tourist in Paris, attempts to unravel a conspiracy when he witnesses a bomb attack on a small Parisian cafe.
Director: Charles Cecil | Stars: Rolf Saxon, Hazel Ellerby, Rachel Atkins, David Bannerman
Votes: 1,186
---Adventure---
77. Discworld (1995 Video Game)
T | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Game based on Terry Pratchett's famous Discworld series. On a world that is being carried on four elephants standing on a huge turtle dark plots are brewing in the city of Ankh-Morpork.
Director: Gregg Barnett | Stars: Eric Idle, Tony Robinson, Kate Robbins, Jon Pertwee
Votes: 390
---Adventure---
Sequel was also good.
78. Simon the Sorcerer (1993 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Simon, your average English boy, is abducted by a mysterious old book and transported to a fantastic world where he has magical powers.
Stars: Chris Barrie, Roger Blake, Paul Codish, Tony Dillon
Votes: 226
---Adventure---
79. Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy
Scotia, the evil sorceress, has found after many years of search the Stone of Truth whose powers will make her the ruler of the whole world if you, as the bravest warrior in your kingdom, can't stop her.
Stars: Richard Smith, Philip E. Shelburne, Scott Lakin, Randy Morrison
Votes: 140
---Party 1st Person Dungeon-Crawl Action/RPG---
80. Shovel Knight (2014 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A heroic knight with a shovel takes on the many forces of the wicked Enchantress to save the world.
Director: Sean Velasco
Votes: 876
---Platform, get Treasure Trove---
81. Syberia II (2004 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Kate, Hans and Oscar are heading to Syberia. Along the way, they have to overcome many obstacles and deal with shady characters to uncover clues vital to the continuation of their quest.
Stars: Christian Erickson, Christine Flowers, Jodi Forrest, David Gasman
Votes: 850
---Adventure---
82. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Clank is kidnapped by the mysterious Zoni, led by the evil mastermind Dr. Nefarious. Along with Captain Quark and Talwyn, Ratchet sets out on a quest to save Clank from Nefarious' clutches.
Director: Brian Allgeier | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward, Joey D'Auria
Votes: 1,245
---Adventure/Platform with RPG/Puzzle Elements---
83. Psychonauts (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Raz, a young psychic, must battle forces greater than he if he is to save his new-found friends at the Whispering Rock psychic camp, where children are having their brains mysteriously stolen.
Director: Tim Schafer | Stars: Richard Steven Horvitz, Nikki Rapp, Stephen Stanton, Alexis Lezin
Votes: 1,913
---Adventure/Platform hybrid---
85. Gorogoa (2017 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts.
Director: Jason Roberts | Star: Dennis Falt
Votes: 234
86. Super Mario Bros. (1985 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A plumber named Mario and his brother Luigi travel through the Mushroom Kingdom to save the princess from the evil Bowser.
Director: Shigeru Miyamoto
Votes: 7,145
---Platform---
87. Bastion (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After a cataclysmic event, a boy wakes up and discovers the Bastion, a floating haven called home by a strange man named Rucks, and journeys the ruins of the old world to find shards to piece their world back together.
Director: Amir Rao | Stars: Logan Cunningham, Ashley Lynn Barrett, Kristin Wilson, Darren Korb
Votes: 1,202
---Action/Platform---
88. Worms Armageddon (1999 Video Game)
E | Action, Comedy, War
Teams of worms armed to the teeth with the most advanced weaponry (including banana bombs and exploding sheep) battle in a crazy tournament.
Votes: 1,409
---Artillery Multiplayer fun---
89. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure
Trouble is brewing yet again on Donkey Kong Island and it's up to Dixie to save the captured Donkey and Diddy Kong and stop the evil Kremlings.
Director: Tim Stamper
Votes: 1,250
---SNES Platform---
90. Super Metroid (1994 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Samus Aran returns to the brooding planet Zebes to recover the last metroid from the Space Pirates.
Director: Yoshio Sakamoto | Stars: Kenji Yamamoto, Dan Owsen
Votes: 2,353
91. Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
Doom 2 follows the story of Doom-Guy, killing hell creatures, for the future of mankind.
Stars: Kevin Cloud, Bobby Prince, John Romero
Votes: 3,278
---Action/FPS---
92. Dust: An Elysian Tail (2012 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Takes place in a world populated by anthropomorphic creatures, where the main character Dust comes upon a sentient sword, the Blade of Ahrah, and joined by Fidget sets out for a small town in search of answers.
Stars: Lucien Dodge, Kimlinh Tran, Edward Bosco, Amber Lee Connors
Votes: 378
---Action/Platform with RPG Elements---
93. Stick It to the Man! (2013 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Hard hat tester, Ray, has a bizarre accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain. 2D adventure game, including a lot of humorous scenes.
Directors: Andreas Beijer, Klaus Lyngeled | Stars: Ty Konzak, Anthony Sardinha, Kimlinh Tran, Karen Hayman
Votes: 111
---Adventure, puzzle---
94. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure (1989 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Indiana Jones and his father search for the Holy Grail while fighting Nazis in a point-and-click adventure computer video game, which follows the storyline of the movie.
Votes: 648
---LucasArts Adventure---
95. Golden Axe (1989 Video Game)
Unrated | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Three heroes try to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder, who kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.
Votes: 1,141
---Beat-em Up Arcade---
96. Quake III: Arena (1999 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi
Quake III is a first-person shooter focusing exclusively on multiplayer arena fighting, adding an extensive customizability of player settings.
Stars: Richard Ridings, Frances White, Lewis Macleod, Karina Fernandez
Votes: 1,973
---Multiplayer Action/FPS---
97. Phantasmagoria (1995 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young successful author and her photographer husband buy a stunning and mysterious mansion on the outskirts of a small town in New England, but soon enough start to experience maddening horrors of its previous owner.
Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Victoria Morsell, David Homb, Robert Miano, Taylor Bernard
Votes: 780
Sequel was also great.
---Horror Adventure---
98. Wacky Wheels (1994 Video Game)
Action
Kart racing video game strongly resembling "Super Mario Kart", but the karts are described as lawn mowers and the eight playable characters (panda, moose, pelican, raccoon, shark, camel, elephant and tiger) are animals from a zoo.
Star: Joe Siegler
Votes: 52
---Multiplayer Racing Fun---
99. Gris (2018 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
Votes: 1,137
100. Ori and the Blind Forest (2015 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy
Ori fell from the Spirit Tree in the forest of Nibel during a storm and was adopted by a bear-like creature named Naru, who raised Ori as her own.
Director: Thomas Mahler | Stars: Erik Braa, Aeralie Brighton, Andrew Lackey
Votes: 2,533
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