My Top 25 Favourite Video Games of All Time
by stktaco | created - 18 Jul 2017 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicI love video games as much as movies so here are my 25 favourite.
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1. 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: 33,676
Anniversary Edition, with mods*
2. Disco Elysium (2019 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Crime, Drama
You're a detective tasked with solving a murder in the strange world of Elysium. Utilize a new and innovative skill system to be the detective you want to be. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Stars: Mikee W. Goodman, Jullian Champenois, Tariq Khan, Dasha Nekrasova
Votes: 1,417
The Final Cut*
3. 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: 54,580
Single Player*
4. Hollow Knight (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a world of insects, a diminutive knight descends into an ancient and crazed kingdom to restore its fallen king's order.
Votes: 3,323
5. Outer Wilds (2019 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Outer Wilds is an exploration game about curiosity, roasting marshmallows, and unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.
Director: Alex Beachum
Votes: 997
including Echoes of the Eye*
6. BioShock (2007 Video Game)
M | 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: 22,018
Remastered*
7. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A compilation of the first three Mass Effect games.
Directors: Casey Hudson, Mac Walters | Stars: Steven Barr, Kimberly Brooks, Keith David, Seth Green
Votes: 2,957
8. Fallout: New Vegas (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After surviving a bullet to the head, Courier Six traverses the post-apocalyptic Mojave desert in search of the men who wronged him, while making an impact on thousands in the process.
Director: Josh Sawyer | Stars: Matthew Perry, Wayne Newton, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman
Votes: 13,968
Ultimate Edition, with mods*
9. 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: 71,833
Single Player*
10. The Stanley Parable (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An omnipotent narrator tries to tell a story about Stanley, a silent office worker who one day discovers that everyone but him has disappeared from the office building. If Stanley tries to disobey the narrator, interesting things happen.
Director: Davey Wreden | Stars: Kevan Brighting, Lesley Staples, Aviva Pinchas, Jenny Kuglin
Votes: 3,198
11. Prey (2017 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Morgan Yu is trapped aboard a space station filled with shape-shifting aliens with no memory of how he got there. Guided by a mysterious stranger and his former self, he must set the station's self-destruct before the aliens reach Earth.
Director: Raphael Colantonio | Stars: Walton Goggins, Benedict Wong, Mae Whitman, James Hong
Votes: 2,279
and Prey: Mooncrash*
12. Hades (2018 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hades is a rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion and Transistor, in which you defy the god of death as you hack and slash your way out of the Underworld of Greek myth.
Stars: Logan Cunningham, Darren Korb, Avalon Penrose, Christopher Saphire
Votes: 2,553
13. Pathologic 2 (2019 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Pathologic 2 is an adventure game by Ice-Pick Lodge. Originally planned as a remake of the 2005 video game Pathologic, it has been set to be a complete re-imagining of the original game.
Director: Nikolay Dybowski | Star: Vsevolod Kuznetsov
Votes: 126
and Pathologic 2: Marble Nest*
14. 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: 36,075
15. 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: 33,301
Complete Edition*
16. 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: 76,174
17. 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: 37,510
18. God of War III (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Armed with his deadly double-chained blades, Kratos must take on Greek mythology's darkest creatures to destroy Olympus and the mighty Zeus himself.
Director: Stig Asmussen | Stars: George Ball, Adrienne Barbeau, Susanne Blakeslee, Clancy Brown
Votes: 12,904
Remastered*
19. Dishonored (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After being framed for the murder of the Empress he swore to protect, a once trusted bodyguard with supernatural abilities is forced to become a masked assassin in order to seek revenge on those who conspired against him.
Directors: Raphael Colantonio, Harvey Smith | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Lena Headey, Carrie Fisher, John Slattery
Votes: 9,759
Definitive Edition*
20. Bastion (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After a cataclysmic event, a boy wakes up and discovers the Bastion, a floating haven called home by a strange man named Rucks, and journeys the ruins of the old world to find shards to piece their world back together.
Director: Amir Rao | Stars: Logan Cunningham, Ashley Lynn Barrett, Kristin Wilson, Darren Korb
Votes: 1,204
21. What Remains of Edith Finch (2017 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Edith Finch travels back to the Finch family home in Washington to explore her ancestral history after recent family events drive her to learn more about herself and the Finches.
Director: Ian Dallas | Stars: Valerie Rose Lohman, Maddie Fitz, Alex Jebb-Quine, Maria Benson
Votes: 4,326
22. Tales from the Borderlands (2014 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Corporate stooge Rhys, and Con woman Fiona team up to discover the secret of an alien vault on the dangerous planet Pandora.
Directors: Martin Montgomery, Ashley Ruhl, Jonathan Stauder, Nick Herman | Stars: Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, Erin Yvette, Chris Hardwick
Votes: 4,373
23. The Walking Dead: A Telltale Game Series (2012 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Horror
In a world devastated by the undead, a convicted criminal is given a second chance at life when he comes across a little girl named Clementine.
Directors: Sean Ainsworth, Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Eric Parsons, Jake Rodkin, Sean Vanaman | Stars: Dave Fennoy, Melissa Hutchison, Nick Herman, Chuck Kourouklis
Votes: 15,161
24. The Wolf Among Us (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
As Bigby Wolf, the big bad wolf in human form, you will discover that the brutal, bloody murder of a Fable is just a taste of things to come when another dead Fable is found which starts the hunt for a serial killer.
Directors: Nick Herman, Jason Latino, Dennis Lenart | Stars: Adam Harrington, Erin Yvette, Chuck Kourouklis, Melissa Hutchison
Votes: 8,233
25. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic 2007, Cyber Commando Rex Powercolt faces off against his former commander Colonel Sloan, and tries to stop his nefarious plot to use dragon blood to turn the world's population into primitive savages.
Directors: Dean Evans, Alexandre Letendre | Stars: Michael Biehn, Grey Griffin, Phil LaMarr, Danny Blanco Hall
Votes: 2,515
Honorable Mentions: Firewatch, Batman: Arkham City, Tyranny, Metro Series, TESIV Oblivion, TES Online, Cities: Skylines, Minecraft
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