Feature

Our Top 300 Games Of All Time list is a collective work. We introduce, argue for, and cement games as "The Greatest Of All Time" based on a number of factors like impact, cultural importance, and sheer quality. But sometimes, it's hard to make conclusive cases for our personal favorites, whether that means placing them higher on the list (where they rightfully belong), or putting them on the list at all. Sometimes we argue they should have made it on the list, while other times, we acknowledge the subtle difference between "best" and "favorite."

So without further ado, The Game Informer crew have compiled their personal lists of their favorite games of all time. You'll find a lot of crossover with out 300 list and see where our top picks came from, as well as slivers of disappointment when you see a top pick that didn't make our list.


Andy McNamara

  1. The Last of Us
  2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  3. Grand Theft Auto V
  4. BioShock
  5. Red Dead Redemption
  6. Ms. Pac-Man
  7. Super Mario World
  8. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  9. World of Warcraft
  10. Metroid

Andrew Reiner

  1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  2. BioShock
  3. Chrono Trigger
  4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  5. Grand Theft Auto IV
  6. Overwatch
  7. Super Metroid
  8. Super Mario Bros.
  9. Final Fantasy VI
  10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Matt Bertz

  1. Tecmo Super Bowl
  2. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
  3. The Last of Us
  4. Doom
  5. NHL ‘94
  6. Mass Effect 2
  7. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  8. Grand Theft Auto IV
  9. Red Dead Redemption
  10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Joe Juba

  1. Braid
  2. BioShock
  3. Red Dead Redemption
  4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  5. Persona 5
  6. Mass Effect Trilogy
  7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
  8. Chrono Trigger
  9. Super Metroid
  10. Final Fantasy VI

Matt Miller

  1. Super Metroid
  2. Mass Effect 2
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  4. Resogun
  5. Braid
  6. Assassin's Creed II
  7. Rock Band 3
  8. Super Mario World
  9. Destiny
  10. Bioshock

Kim Wallace

  1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
  2. Final Fantasy VI
  3. Overwatch
  4. Secret of Mana
  5. Mass Effect 2
  6. Red Dead Redemption
  7. Super Mario Bros. 3
  8. BioShock
  9. Chrono Trigger
  10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Imran Khan

  1. We love Katamari
  2. Super Mario 64
  3. Nier
  4. Final Fantasy VI
  5. Left 4 Dead 2
  6. Dark Souls
  7. Resident Evil 4
  8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  9. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  10. Mega Man X

Daniel Tack

  1. BioShock
  2. Final Fantasy Tactics
  3. Super Mario World
  4. Diablo II
  5. Secret of Mana
  6. Final Fantasy VI
  7. World of Warcraft
  8. Chrono Trigger
  9. Bloodborne
  10. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Brian Shea

  1. Rock Band 2
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  3. Super Mario World
  4. Portal 2
  5. Overwatch
  6. Mass Effect 2
  7. Pokémon Red and Blue
  8. Final Fantasy X
  9. The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Matthew Kato

  1. Madden NFL 06 (PS2)
  2. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  3. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
  4. Resident Evil
  5. Vagrant Story
  6. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  7. Red Dead Redemption
  8. The Last of Us
  9. Journey
  10. Metal Gear Solid

Jeff Cork

  1. Katamari Damacy
  2. Donkey Kong
  3. Rock Band 3
  4. Bully
  5. Overwatch
  6. Street Fighter II: Championship Edition
  7. Diablo III
  8. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  9. Dead Rising
  10. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

Ben Reeves

  1. Picross 3D: Round Two
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  3. StarCraft
  4. Resident Evil (2002)
  5. Metal Gear Solid
  6. Portal
  7. Panzer Dragoon Saga
  8. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
  9. Super Metroid
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Jeff Marchiafava

  1. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  3. Mass Effect 3
  4. Doom
  5. Red Dead Redemption
  6. The Last of Us
  7. Super Metroid
  8. Super Mario World
  9. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  10. Tetris

Kyle Hilliard

  1. Donkey Kong Country
  2. Inside
  3. Halo: Combat Evolved
  4. Super Mario Galaxy
  5. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
  6. Batman: Arkham Asylum
  7. Shadow of the Colossus
  8. Portal 2
  9. Mega Man X
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Javy Gwaltney

  1. Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines
  2. Resident Evil 4
  3. Metal Gear Solid
  4. Dishonored
  5. Titanfall 2
  6. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
  7. Half-Life
  8. Super Metroid
  9. Red Dead Redemption II
  10. Mass Effect 2

Elise Favis

  1. The Longest Journey
  2. Persona 4
  3. Donkey Kong Country
  4. Grim Fandango
  5. Shadow of the Colossus
  6. Earthbound
  7. Assassin's Creed II
  8. Red Dead Redemption
  9. Mass Effect 2
  10. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Suriel Vazquez

  1. Undertale
  2. Persona 3
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  4. Resident Evil 4
  5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  6. Street Fighter III: Third Strike
  7. Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
  8. Advance Wars: Dual Strike
  9. Dota 2
  10. Killer7

Ben Hanson

  1. Perfect Dark
  2. The Stanley Parable
  3. Frequency
  4. Super Smash Bros. Melee
  5. Pokémon Silver
  6. Age of Mythology
  7. Tetris
  8. Metal Gear Solid
  9. Final Fantasy VII
  10. Shadow of the Colossus

Leo Vader

  1. Rainbow Six Siege
  2. Rock Band 3
  3. Splinter Cell: Blacklist
  4. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
  5. Heat Signature
  6. Rocket League
  7. The Last of Us: Remastered
  8. Spelunky
  9. Tabletop Simulator
  10. Hitman

Jeff Akervik

  1. Gone Home
  2. Sim City 2000
  3. Assassin's Creed II
  4. The Legend of Zelda
  5. Horizon Zero Dawn
  6. BioShock
  7. Borderlands
  8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  9. The Last of Us
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Margaret Andrews

  1. No One Lives Forever 2
  2. Age of Empires III
  3. Star Wars: Dark Forces
  4. Animal Crossing
  5. Duke Nukem 3D
  6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  7. Borderlands 2
  8. The Lord of the Rings Online
  9. Super Mario Bros.
  10. Overwatch

Laleh Tobin

  1. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
  2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
  3. Portal 2
  4. Red Dead Redemption
  5. Fallout 3
  6. Shadow of the Colossus
  7. Monster Hunter World
  8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  9. Mass Effect 2
  10. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Kristin Williams

  1. Assassin's Creed II
  2. Mass Effect 2
  3. Final Fantasy X
  4. Left 4 Dead 2
  5. The Last of Us
  6. Horizon Zero Dawn
  7. Harvest Moon 64
  8. Overwatch
  9. Pokémon Red & Blue
  10. Portal 2

Jen Vinson

  1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  2. The Last of Us
  3. Dragon Age: Origins
  4. Far Cry 3
  5. Watch Dogs 2
  6. Horizon Zero Dawn
  7. BioShock Infinite
  8. Red Dead Redemption
  9. Mass Effect 3
  10. Mass Effect 2

Samm Langer

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization V
  2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
  4. Shadow of the Colossus
  5. Final Fantasy X
  6. Heroes of the Storm
  7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  8. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  9. World of Warcraft
  10. Overwatch