Metacritic's Highest-Rated Video Games
by thenolanfan | created - 1 month ago | updated - 1 month ago | PublicWhich of these video games with a rating of at least 96/100 on Metacritic is your favorite?
Note: Metacritic may give different ratings depending on the console. Only the highest overall Metascore for a game is displayed in this poll.
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1. Zeruda no densetsu: Toki no okarina (1998 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Hylian boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.
Directors: Eiji Aonuma, Yoichi Yamada, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tôru Ôsawa | Stars: Nobuyuki Hiyama, Fujiko Takimoto, Jun Mizusawa, Takashi Nagasako
Votes: 7,984
99
2. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000 Video Game)
Sport
Get more air, pull off more insane tricks and unlock new characters and levels in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2.
Stars: Dave Wittenberg, Perry Zombolas, Elissa Steamer, Chris Rausch
Votes: 1,218
98
3. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008 Video Game)
16+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Niko Bellic comes to Liberty City, America to live the good life, but ends up having to assist his dangerously indebted cousin Roman with his financial troubles, by any (mostly illegal) means necessary.
Stars: Michael Hollick, Jason Zumwalt, Timothy Adams, Moti Margolin
Votes: 30,495
98
4. Soulcalibur (1998 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
The mystical sword of the legends, the "Soul Edge", ended up in the hands of the dreaded pirate Cervantes de Leon of Spain. Play as one of the 19 characters on a mission to acquire the Soul Edge.
Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Aya Hisakawa, Nobutoshi Canna, Toshiyuki Morikawa
Votes: 672
98
5. Super Mario Galaxy (2007 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When Princess Peach is abducted as part of Bowser's galaxy creation scheme, stalwart plumber Mario must leap to her rescue, with the help of new celestial friends and powers.
Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi | Stars: Charles Martinet, Kenny James, Samantha Kelly, Mercedes Rose
Votes: 3,634
97
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
Mario goes back in the galaxy to save Princess Peach from Bowser.
Director: Koichi Hayashida | Stars: Charles Martinet, Dex Manley, Scott Burns, Mercedes Rose
Votes: 1,798
97
7. Red Dead Redemption II (2018 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Amidst the decline of the Wild West at the turn of the 19th 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: 18,845
97
8. Grand Theft Auto V (2013 Video Game)
18A | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three very different criminals team up for a series of heists in the corrupt city of Los Santos.
Stars: Shawn Fonteno, Ned Luke, Steven Ogg, Gerald 'Slink' Johnson
Votes: 47,472
97
9. Zeruda no densetsu: Buresu obu za wairudo (2017 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
After a century of hibernation, Link reawakens to once again save a ruined Hyrule from a great evil.
Directors: Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Hiroki Hirano, Kentaro Tominaga | Stars: Kengo Takanashi, Yû Shimamura, Kôji Takeda, Noboru Yamaguchi
Votes: 4,113
97
10. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (2001 Video Game)
Sport
Play as a professional skater or create your own and skate around different maps. From foundries to airports, all you need to do is complete your goals.
Stars: Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Rune Glifberg
Votes: 1,038
97
11. Perfect Dark (2000 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A female spy named Joanna Dark who received the highest grade ever from her spy training at Carrington Institute is sent to rescue a Doctor Caroll who sent a distress call to Carrington a few days before.
Director: Martin Hollis | Stars: Eveline Fischer, Chris Sutherland, Chris Seavor, John Silke
Votes: 1,367
97
12. Metroid Prime (2002 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
A Space Pirate distress signal draws bounty hunter Samus Aran to Tallon IV, a world she discovers is being consumed by a terrible poison.
Director: Mark Pacini | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 1,687
97
13. Grand Theft Auto III (2001 Video Game)
16+ | Action, Comedy, Crime
A young bank robber escapes from police custody and works his way up through the mafia ladder of crime-ridden Liberty City, USA.
Stars: Frank Vincent, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Madsen, Michael Rapaport
Votes: 13,578
97
14. Super Mario Odyssey (2017 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Family
Mario must travel to worlds unknown in order to stop Bowser from marrying Princess Peach.
Director: Kenta Motokura | Stars: Kate Higgins, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Kenny James, Samantha Kelly
Votes: 2,408
97
15. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Mystery
Super-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.
Director: Jason Jones | Stars: Jen Taylor, Pete Stacker, Tim Dadabo, Steve Downes
Votes: 9,577
97
17. Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 14,192
96
18. BioShock (2007 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Horror
In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: John Ahlin, Greg Baldwin, Jane Beller, Susanne Blakeslee
Votes: 16,477
96
19. GoldenEye 007 (1997 Video Game)
130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond must track down agent-turned-terrorist Alec Trevelyan to stop the launch of a powerful satellite. Play the game that set the stage for the First-person shooter genre on the console.
Director: Martin Hollis | Stars: Kevin Bayliss, Ken Lobb, Scott Hochberg
Votes: 4,957
96
20. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being tracked down by Harry Flynn, Nathan Drake goes on a quest for Marco Polo' lost fleet. However when things take an unexpected turn for the worst, Drake must rely on those closest to him in order to find the Cintomani Stone.
Directors: Amy Hennig, Bruce Straley | Stars: Nolan North, Emily Rose, Claudia Black, Richard McGonagle
Votes: 19,826
96
21. Biohazard 4 (2005 Video Game)
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: Kuniomi Matsushita, Shinji Mikami | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 10,337
96
22. The Orange Box (2007 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Orange Box is a collection of five games. Half life 2, Half life 2: Episode 1, Half life 2: Episode 2, Team Fortress 2 and Portal.
Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 469
96
23. Batman: Arkham City (2011 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Crime
When part of Gotham is turned into a private reserve for criminals known as Arkham City, all hell is sure to break loose, and the Dark Knight is the only one who can stop it.
Director: Sefton Hill | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, David Kaye, Carlos Alazraqui
Votes: 25,830
96
24. Tekken 3 (1997 Video Game)
Action, Family, Fantasy
19 years after the second King of Iron Fist Tournament, Heihachi Mishima hosts the third Tournament to attract Toshin, a God who killed the mother of his grandson, Jin Kazama.
Stars: Isshin Chiba, Alex Easley, Banjô Ginga, Daisuke Gôri
Votes: 2,390
96
25. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie
Votes: 17,489
96
26. Zeruda no densetsu Towairaito purinsesu (2006 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Link, a young man from a small farming village, finds Hyrule is being consumed by an otherworldly twilight. Guided by a strange pixie named Midna, he endeavors to return light to the land and confront the usurper king Zant.
Director: Eiji Aonuma | Stars: Akira Sasanuma, Akiko Kômoto, Hironori Miyata, Junji Kitajima
Votes: 4,296
96
27. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Crime
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.
Directors: Todd Howard, Nick James Pearce | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 25,165
96
28. Half-Life (1998 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Mystery
Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
Director: Randy Pitchford | Stars: Kathy Levin, Lani Minella, Brice Armstrong, Harry S. Robins
Votes: 8,699
96
29. Zeruda no densetsu: Kaze no takuto (2002 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After his sister gets kidnapped from their peaceful island, a young boy aims to emulate the Hero of Time by saving her.
Director: Eiji Aonuma | Stars: Nate Bihldorff, Osamu Hosoi, Asami Imai, Eiji Maruyama
Votes: 2,748
96
30. Gran Turismo (1997 Video Game)
Family, Sport
Gran Turismo is a sim racing video game that emulates the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles.
Votes: 787
96
31. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Quinton Flynn, Christopher Randolph, Lara Cody
Votes: 7,633
96
32. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Video Game)
16+ | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti left Liberty City for Vice City, a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make Vice City his home.
Stars: Ray Liotta, William Fichtner, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 22,040
96
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