Top Video Games of Each Year
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The Studios With The Most Wins:
Rockstar Games: 5 Wins
VALVE: 4 Wins & 2 Honorable Mentions
Nintendo: 3 Wins & 3 Honorable Mentions
id Software: 3 Wins & 1 Honorable Mention
Bethesda Softworks: 2 Wins & 5 Honorable Mentions
Remedy: 2 Wins & 3 Honorable Mentions
From Software: 2 Wins & 1 Honorable Mention
Activision: 1 Win & 1 Honorable Mention
Ubisoft: 1 Win
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The Biggest Honorable Mentions:
Half-Life 2 from Valve
League of Legends from Riot Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time from Nintendo
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from Activision
The Last of Us: Part II from Naughty Dog
Resident Evil 4 from Capcom
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind from Bethesda Softworks
Return to Castle: Wolfeinstein from id Software
The Last of Us from Naughty Dog
Mass Effect 2 from BioWare
God of War from Santa Monica
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne from Remedy
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Baldur's Gate III (2023 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Return to Faerun in a tale of fellowship and betrayal, and the lure of absolute power. Mysterious abilities are awakening inside you. Resist, and turn darkness against itself, or, embrace corruption, and become ultimate evil.
Director: Swen Vincke | Stars: Amelia Tyler, Neil Newbon, Jennifer English, Devora Wilde
Votes: 4,958
Honorable Mention: Alan Wake II
2. Elden Ring (2022 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a dark fantasy world created by Hidetaka Miyazaki (Dark Souls) and George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire), the player is a Tarnished who is called back to the Lands Between to restore the Elden Ring and become the Elden Lord.
Directors: Hidetaka Miyazaki, Yui Tanimura | Stars: Martha Mackintosh, Anthony Howell, Con O'Neill, Ramon Tikaram
Votes: 10,077
Honorable Mention: God of War: Ragnarök
3. It Takes Two (2021 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The clashing couple Cody and May are turned into dolls by a magic book. Together, trapped in a fantastical world where the unpredictable hides around every corner, they are reluctantly challenged with saving their fractured relationship.
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Joseph Balderrama, Annabelle Dowler, Clare Corbett, Stephen Greif
Votes: 3,893
Honorable Mention: Forza Horizon 5
4. Half-Life: Alyx (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
A VR game of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Play as Alyx Vance, humanity's only chance for survival.
Stars: Ozioma Akagha, James Moses Black, Rhys Darby, Tony Todd
Votes: 1,050
Honorable Mention: The Last of Us: Part II
5. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set in a reimagining of 1500s Sengoku era Japan. An unnamed shinobi, tasked with protecting a young lord of mystical lineage, who is left for dead when a powerful samurai attacks and chops off his arm.
Directors: Hidetaka Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Hamatani | Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Miyuki Satô, Jin Urayama, Risa Shimizu
Votes: 4,672
Honorable Mention: Control
6. 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: 54,414
Honorable Mention: God of War
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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: 9,873
Honorable Mention: Playerunknown's Battlergrounds
8. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Thrown back into the dangerous underworld he'd tried to leave behind, Nathan Drake must decide what he's willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley | Stars: Nolan North, Troy Baker, Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose
Votes: 36,022
Honorable Mention: INSIDE
9. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.
Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff
Votes: 33,272
Honorable Mention: Fallout 4
10. Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The family of Talion, a ranger of Gondor responsible for guarding the Black Gate of Mordor, is killed by Saurons armies, but Talion is revived with wraith-like abilities and heads into Mordor to exact his revenge.
Directors: Matthew Allen, Christian Cantamessa, Neil Huxley, Liam O'Brien, Nathan Hendrickson | Stars: Jack Quaid, Troy Baker, Claudia Black, Laura Bailey
Votes: 6,452
Honorable Mention: Dark Souls II
11. Grand Theft Auto V (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Three very different criminals team up for a series of heists and walk into some of the most thrilling experiences in the corrupt city of Los Santos.
Stars: Shawn Fonteno, Ned Luke, Steven Ogg, Gerald 'Slink' Johnson
Votes: 71,744
Honorable Mention: The Last of Us
12. Far Cry 3 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
While skydiving, Jason Brody and his friends land on an island overrun by pirates, where Jason is torn between fighting for the Rakyat resistance and rescuing his friends.
Directors: Laurent Bernier, Robert Darryl Purdy | Stars: Lane Edwards, Alex Harrouch, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Kristian Hodko
Votes: 21,596
Honorable Mention: Dishonored
13. Portal 2 (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Many years after "Portal," Chell reawakens at Aperture Science and tries to stop GLaDOS once again with the help of Wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant, J.K. Simmons, Joe Micheals
Votes: 17,715
Honorable Mention: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
14. Mount & Blade: Warband (2010 Video Game)
T | Adventure, War
A warrior migrates to the divided land of Calradia, and must unite the factions that are at war.
Directors: Ilker Can Karagulle, Joey Bracken | Stars: Joey Bracken, Tassilo Egloffstein
Votes: 926
Honorable Mention: Mass Effect 2
15. Minecraft (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.
Director: Agnes Larsson | Stars: Pierre Coffin, Katie Crown, CW21, Luke Harrison
Votes: 14,086
Honorable Mention: League of Legends
16. Grand Theft Auto IV (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
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: 37,957
Honorable Mention: Fallout 3
17. Crysis (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Sent in to investigate an alien meteor crash, Nomad must fight through the North Korean Army which has also arrived, only to discover North Korea is the least of their worries.
Director: Cevat Yerli | Stars: Claudia Black, André Sogliuzzo, Kristy Swanson, Lahmard J. Tate
Votes: 5,790
Honorable Mention: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
18. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being freed by the Emperor of Tamriel, the hero must prevent the gates of Oblivion from spreading throughout the Empire.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Sean Bean, Lynda Carter, Terence Stamp, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 13,072
Honorable Mention: Half-Life 2: Episode One
19. Call of Duty 2 (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, War
Call of Duty 2 recreates the big military operations of World War II (Defence of Stalingrad, invasion in Normandy and German-British war in North Africa), in a first-person perspective shooter.
Directors: Keith Arem, Jason West | Stars: Michael Cudlitz, Rick Gomez, Frank John Hughes, James Madio
Votes: 7,448
Honorable Mention: Resident Evil 4
20. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime
Carl "CJ" Johnson, a member of the Grove Street street gang, comes home after a family tragedy to find it overtaken by crime and corruption, which he must take back before things become worse.
Stars: Young Maylay, Faizon Love, Yolanda 'Yo-Yo' Whittaker, Clifton Powell
Votes: 44,498
Honorable Mention: Half-Life 2
21. 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: 9,304
Honorable Mention: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
22. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti leaves 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: 29,513
Honorable Mention: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
23. Max Payne (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled NYPD cop is framed for murder and finds himself being hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
Stars: Sam Lake, James McCaffrey, Tuuli Reijonen, Haviland Morris
Votes: 16,293
Honorable Mention: Return to Castle: Wolfeinstein
24. 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
Honorable Mention: Deus Ex
25. System Shock 2 (1999 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
An agent is deployed on a mission to explore a distant planet, but instead wakes up from his cryosleep five months later only to discover that the ship's artificial intelligence has been corrupted and the humans infected by an alien race.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Kemal Amarasingham, Laura Baldwin, Matt Boynton, Eric Brosius
Votes: 1,227
Honorable Mention: Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
26. Half-Life (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Dr. Gordon Freeman must fight his way out of a secret research facility after a teleportation experiment goes disastrously wrong.
Directors: Gabe Newell, Randy Pitchford | Stars: Kathy Levin, Harry S. Robins, Mike Shapiro, Bill van Buren
Votes: 11,272
Honorable Mention: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
27. GoldenEye 007 (1997 Video Game)
T | 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: 6,068
Honorable Mention: The Curse of Monkey Island
28. Quake (1996 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Mankind discovers the secret of 'slipgates' called teleporters. However, they're misused by some strange force code-named 'Quake', which uses the slipgates to send hordes of warriors to earth to take over the whole world.
Director: John Romero | Stars: J.S. Gilbert, Matt Mark, David Locke, Trent Reznor
Votes: 2,600
Honorable Mention: Super Mario 64
29. 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: 1,960
Honorable Mention: Mortal Kombat 3
30. 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: 3,279
Honorable Mention: System Shock
31. Mortal Kombat II (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy
When emperor Shao Kahn invokes a Mortal Kombat tournament rematch, Raiden gathers his Earthrealm warriors and takes them into Outworld.
Directors: Ed Boon, John Tobias | Stars: Richard Divizio, Ho-Sung Pak, Carlos Pesina, Daniel Pesina
Votes: 2,975
Honorable Mention: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
32. 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
Honorable Mention: Sonic The Hedgehog 2
33. Sonic the Hedgehog (I) (1991 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Family
A blue hedgehog with supersonic speed must rescue animals from being turned into robots by a mad scientist.
Votes: 3,636
Honorable Mention: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
34. Super Mario World (1990 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
While Mario and Luigi are vacationing in Dinosaur Land, Bowser kidnaps the Princess. Mario and his new dino friend Yoshi go on a mission to save her.
Director: Takashi Tezuka
Votes: 5,496
Honorable Mention: The Secret of Monkey Island
35. Super Mario Land (1989 Video Game)
K-A | Action, Adventure, Family
When the Mushroom Kingdom is safe, Mario goes to the Kingdoms of Sarasaland to save Princess Daisy from the alien threat of Tatanga.
Director: Satoru Okada
Votes: 1,303
Honorable Mention: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
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