The following video games have appeared on various publications "best" or "greatest" listings. The games are included on at least six best-of lists from different publications, specifically lists that do not limit their scope in terms of years, genres or consoles. Some lists reflect a publication's differing set of values as to what makes a given game "best". For instance, Hardcore Gaming 101 aimed to give a broad overview of many different types of games across the medium's history in its 2015 list, while IGN based its 2021 list on how fun a game was at the present.[1][2]
Lists of best video games of all time are commonly produced by outlets that cover video games; game scholars Mark Kretzschmar and Sara Raffel commented in 2023 that nearly all websites that cover video game will publish multiple 'Best Video Games Ever Made' lists.[3] This list's entries are compiled from over 90 different best-of lists, representing over 50 unique publications.
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