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1. The Last of Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a hostile, post-pandemic world, Joel and Ellie, brought together by desperate circumstances, must rely on each other to survive a brutal journey across what remains of the United States.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Bruce Straley | Stars: Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson, Hana Hayes, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 76,166
2. The Last of Us: Part II (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Five years after the events of The Last of Us, Ellie embarks on another journey through a post-apocalyptic America on a mission of vengeance against a mysterious militia.
Directors: Neil Druckmann, Kurt Margenau, Anthony Newman | Stars: Ashley Johnson, Troy Baker, Derek Phillips, Jeffrey Pierce
Votes: 42,037
3. 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: 33,297
4. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 1964, a U.S. government operative codenamed "Snake" must infiltrate mountainous Soviet territory to rescue a scientist building a weapon of terrible power.
Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Suzetta Miñet, Jim Piddock, Heather Halley
Votes: 11,333
5. Final Fantasy VII (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Yasushi Matsumura, Masato Yagi
Votes: 11,344
6. Resident Evil (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Remake of the first game in which the RPD squad, Jill and Chris, are forced to flee into a mysterious mansion. Featuring new gameplay mechanics, revised puzzles, additional explorable areas, a revised script, and new story details.
Director: Shinji Mikami | Stars: Joe Whyte, Heidi Anderson-Swan, Ed Smaron, Hope Levy
Votes: 4,907
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: 9,884
8. NieR: Automata (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the forsaken wasteland below, the war between the machines and the androids rages on. A war that is soon to unveil the long-forgotten truth of this world.
Director: Yoko Taro | Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Natsuki Hanae, Ayaka Suwa, Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Votes: 3,738
9. Persona 5 Royal (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of high school students create a vigilante group to expose the crimes of corrupt adults but soon find themselves in the midst of a worldwide conspiracy and targeted by powerful individuals who would do anything to silence them.
Director: Daiki Itô | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Ikue Ôtani, Mamoru Miyano, Nana Mizuki
Votes: 2,313
10. 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: 10,113
11. Persona 4 Golden (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of high school students discover a hidden TV world called 'The Midnight Channel', an alternate reality infested with shadows that is being used to commit murder. After awakening to their Personas, the group decides to investigate.
Directors: Daiki Itô, Valerie Arem, Teppei Kobayashi, Atsushi Watanabe | Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Shôtarô Morikubo, Yui Horie, Ami Koshimizu
Votes: 1,862
12. Persona 3 Portable (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Persona 3 Portable is a remake of the 2006 game for the PlayStation 2 for, as the title implies, the PlayStation Portable. This game let's you for the first time take control of a female ... See full summary »
Director: Katsura Hashino | Stars: Marina Inoue, Akira Ishida, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kôsuke Toriumi
Votes: 265
13. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,525
14. God of War (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After wiping out the gods of Mount Olympus, Kratos moves on to the frigid lands of Scandinavia, where he and his son must embark on an odyssey across a dangerous world of gods and monsters.
Director: Cory Barlog | Stars: Christopher Judge, Sunny Suljic, Jeremy Davies, Danielle Bisutti
Votes: 37,501
15. Assassin's Creed II (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles is trained to become a modern-day Assassin through the resurrected memories of ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who uncovers a massive Templar conspiracy in Renaissance Italy leading to the new Pope.
Directors: Sylvain Bernard, Shea Wageman | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 25,854
16. 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: 36,065
17. Horizon Forbidden West (2022 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Aloy treks into an arcane region and faces new hostile enemies and threats in search of a way to heal the world from a deadly blight and catastrophic storms.
Directors: Mathijs de Jonge, Ismaël Auray | Stars: Ashly Burch, John Macmillan, Lesley Ewen, Lance Reddick
Votes: 6,599
18. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 18,651
19. 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: 54,566
20. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Troy Baker, Courtnee Draper, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Laura Bailey
Votes: 22,165
21. Resident Evil 2 (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Re-imagining of Resident Evil 2 (1998), with a third-person over-the-shoulder view, new details, rearranged and new areas, no more loading screen doors, new puzzle solving opportunities, a gunpowder crafting mechanic and more.
Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Kazunori Kadoi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Stephanie Panisello, Jolene Andersen, Eliza Pryor
Votes: 10,447
22. Resident Evil 4 (2023 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In this HD remake of the 2005 game, Leon Kennedy is sent on a mission to rescue the president's kidnapped daughter from a secluded European village where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.
Directors: Yasuhiro Anpo, Kazunori Kadoi | Stars: Nick Apostolides, Genevieve Buechner, André Peña, Lily Gao
Votes: 5,377
23. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When Link and princess Zelda investigate Zonai ruins in a cave beneath the castle, they witness the awakening of a mummified Ganondorf, whose powers then corrupt Link's arm, after which Hyrule Castle is sent floating upward into the sky.
Director: Hidemaro Fujibayashi | Stars: Kengo Takanashi, Yû Shimamura, Kosuke Takaguchi, Riki Kagami
Votes: 2,715
24. Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Re-imagining of Final Fantasy VII (1997). A former soldier joins an eco-terrorist group in a mission against the electric power company he used to work for in order to protect the planet and all who reside on it.
Director: Tetsuya Nomura | Stars: Cody Christian, Briana White, Britt Baron, John Eric Bentley
Votes: 5,167
25. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
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: 21,487
26. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being tracked down by Harry Flynn, Nathan Drake goes on a quest for Marco Polo's 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: 28,286
27. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,674
28. Overwatch (2016 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After a devastating war against a combat-ready team of intelligent machines known as Omnics, the former agents of the heroic team known as Overwatch must join forces once more to fight a new threat.
Directors: Jeffrey Kaplan, Aaron Keller | Stars: Aaron Phillips, Anjali Bhimani, Cara Theobold, Charlet Takahashi Chung
Votes: 5,787
29. Halo 3 (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Master Chief and the Arbiter must join together to attack the Covenant and destroy the Flood.
Stars: Tim Dadabo, Keith David, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor
Votes: 12,874
30. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Leaving Midgar behind and freed from the course of destiny, Cloud and his friends embark on a new journey across the planet of Gaia, as dangerous threats, old and new, await them.
Directors: Naoki Hamaguchi, Tetsuya Nomura | Stars: Cody Christian, Briana White, Britt Baron, John Eric Bentley
Votes: 747
31. Borderlands 2 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A new group of adventurers arrives on the frontier planet Pandora. Handsome Jack, an egotistical tyrant attempts to assassinate them but fails. With the help of a deranged talking robot, they seek loot and revenge.
Director: Paul Hellquist | Stars: Lynn Andrews III, Yasemin Arslan, Justin J Barad, Christopher Bevins
Votes: 7,219
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