A Brief List of Memorable Video Games
by AnonymousCritic | created - 04 Nov 2014 | updated - 05 Feb 2020 | PublicA list of interesting video games in terms of their storylines or their design, plus a few others I considered thrown in for list comparison. Most video games are over rated on IMDb, but here is a brief list of the best games ive come across in terms of plot or design.
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1. Heavy Rain (2010 Video Game)
M | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As a child goes missing, his father tirelessly works to rescue him, while a journalist, an FBI agent, and a private detective try to identify his kidnapper known only as the "Origami Killer".
Director: David Cage | Stars: Pascal Langdale, Jacqui Ainsley, Judi Beecher, Sam Douglas
Votes: 14,836
2. Alan Wake (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Horror
While on vacation in the small town of Bright Falls, a struggling writer must investigate the mysterious disappearance of his wife while events from his latest manuscript, which he can't remember writing, begin to come true.
Director: Petri Järvilehto | Stars: Matthew Porretta, Lloyd Floyd, Geoffrey Cantor, James McCaffrey
Votes: 7,307
3. 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: 28,265
4. 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: 30,501
5. Beyond: Two Souls (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Live the life of Jodie Holmes, a young woman who possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to a mysterious invisible entity.
Director: David Cage | Stars: Elliot Page, Willem Dafoe, Eric Winter, Kadeem Hardison
Votes: 13,079
6. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Ezio travels to Constantinople, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire to discover the truth behind his Ancestor, Altair, which will help him retrieve a powerful weapon hidden within Masyaf, the ancient assassins' fortress.
Director: Alexandre Amancio | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Cas Anvar, Nolan North, John de Lancie
Votes: 14,530
7. L.A. Noire (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Cole Phelps, a war hero and rookie cop, moves up the ranks and solves dark cases in 1940s Los Angeles.
Director: Brendan McNamara | Stars: Aaron Staton, Michael McGrady, Adam J. Harrington, Sean McGowan
Votes: 16,630
8. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Treasure hunter Nathan Drake embarks on a quest in search of the Atlantis of the Sands while battling an ancient, sinister organization.
Directors: Amy Hennig, Justin Richmond | Stars: Nolan North, Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose, Claudia Black
Votes: 24,738
9. Until Dawn (2015 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenagers spend the weekend in a ski lodge on the anniversary of their friends' disappearance, unaware that they are not alone.
Director: Will Byles | Stars: Hayden Panettiere, Peter Stormare, Rami Malek, Brett Dalton
Votes: 17,139
10. Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 17,568
11. Indigo Prophecy (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A man is forced to go on the run after he unwillingly becomes involved in a series of supernatural crimes that have haunted New York City.
Director: David Cage | Stars: David Gasman, Paul Bandey, Sharon Mann, Doug Rand
Votes: 3,295
12. Assassin's Creed III (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
The American Colonies, 1775. It's a time of civil unrest and political upheaval in the Americas. As a Native American fights to protect his land and his people, he will ignite the flames of a young nation's revolution.
Directors: François Daubet, Shea Wageman | Stars: Noah Watts, Neil Napier, Robin Atkin Downes, Adrian Hough
Votes: 18,674
13. 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: 11,276
14. 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: 76,119
15. Jurassic Park: The Game (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A smuggler infiltrates Isla Nublar, hunting a canister containing dinosaur embryos, but she collides with park staff trying to evacuate and they become stranded amidst the collapsing park ruins, with the newly-freed dinosaurs on the loose.
Director: Nick Herman | Stars: Jon Curry, Heather Hudson, Nika Futterman, Jared Emerson-Johnson
Votes: 494
16. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Desmond Miles continues to travel the memories of Ezio Auditore, bringing him to turn-of-the-century Rome with Ezio rebuilding the assassin order to bring down the tyrannical Borgia rule.
Director: Sylvain Bernard | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Kristen Bell, Nolan North, Fred Tatasciore
Votes: 17,377
17. inFamous 2 (2011 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Beast destroys Empire City, Cole MacGrath flees to the city of New Marais to search for a scientist, who could upgrade his powers.
Directors: Nate Fox, Sean Stanek | Stars: Eric Ladin, Caleb Moody, Dawn Olivieri, Michael Ensign
Votes: 3,242
18. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Treasure hunter Nathan Drake, embarks in the adventure of his life searching for the legendary treasure, El Dorado while fighting a group of mercenaries.
Director: Amy Hennig | Stars: Nolan North, Emily Rose, Richard McGonagle, Simon Templeman
Votes: 22,933
19. 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: 3,192
20. 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: 17,722
21. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Loosely based on the classic Chinese novel 'Journey to the West', players are cast as Monkey; a strong, brutish loner who is forced to partner with the tech-savvy yet physically weak Trip on a journey to freedom.
Director: Nina Kristensen | Stars: Andy Serkis, Lindsey Shaw, Richard Ridings, Ryan McCluskey
Votes: 1,708
22. Gun (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gun takes gamers to the untamed West of the late-1800s where greed, lust and murder are rampant.
Stars: Thomas Jane, Lance Henriksen, Brad Dourif, Ron Perlman
Votes: 2,540
23. Halo: Combat Evolved (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Super-soldier John-117, Master Chief of the United Nations Space Command, must battle a genocidal alien race known as the Covenant following his violent crash-landing on Halo, an ancient and mysterious ring-world.
Director: Jason Jones | Stars: Jen Taylor, Pete Stacker, Tim Dadabo, Steve Downes
Votes: 12,168
24. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Darth Vader's secret apprentice, codenamed Starkiller, is trained in the Dark Side to defeat the enemies of the Empire, but must find his own path when his master betrays him.
Directors: Haden Blackman, Steve Stamatiadis, Martin Stoltz | Stars: Sam Witwer, Nathalie Cox, Cully Fredricksen, David W. Collins
Votes: 8,067
25. Star Wars: Battlefront (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Play as either the Confederacy of Independent Systems, the Galactic Republic, the Galactic Empire, or the Rebel Alliance, and lead each faction in the key battles of the Republic age, and the Empire age.
Director: Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz | Stars: G.W. Childs, Chris Cox, Nick Jameson, Tom Kane
Votes: 4,505
26. Prototype 2 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Sgt James Heller, a soldier and grieving husband, must take down everyone responsible for the murder of his family, and have his revenge.
Directors: Scott Morgan, Ian Fenton, Blade Zavier, Paal Wilhelm Nesset | Stars: Cornell Womack, Darryl Kurylo, Lindsay Ames, Ivan Basso
Votes: 1,921
27. Life Is Strange (2015 Video Game)
M | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An awkward photography student named Max discovers her ability to rewind time, and reunites with her estranged best friend Chloe to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a local girl.
Directors: Raoul Barbet, Michel Koch | Stars: Hannah Telle, Ashly Burch, Nik Shriner, Dani Knights
Votes: 13,768
28. Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
An emotional account of two brothers journey into the wild to bring the medicine for their father's ailment.
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Norea Sjöquist, Carl-Magnus Lilljedahl, Anwar Elbathy, Kimberly Durley
Votes: 2,217
29. Dr. Langeskov, the Tiger and the Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (2015 Video Game)
Comedy
It's the hottest summer on record, and all across Europe, valuable objects are disappearing, slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible.
Director: William Pugh | Stars: Simon Amstell, Justin Roiland
Votes: 100
30. 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: 4,324
31. Soma (2015 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Simon Jarrett finds himself in a mysterious, ravaged facility after seemingly losing consciousness during a new, experimental brain scan which was suggested to him for his brain damage after his car accident.
Stars: Jared Zeus, Nell Mooney, Brian Protheroe, Jennifer Armour
Votes: 2,230
32. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse (2005 Video Game)
M | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield rises from his grave as a zombie and decides to get his revenge by kill humans and devour their brains.
Director: Alexander Seropian | Stars: Mitch Apley, Dustin Foster, Matt Soell, Craig Brolley
Votes: 314
33. Viking: Battle for Asgard (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Enter the fictional world of Asgard and battle your way through hordes of enemies in your quest to return light to the darkened world. A fantastic single player button masher with plenty of challenges.
Stars: Sean Barrett, Tim Bentinck, Brian Blessed, Timothy Block
Votes: 135
34. 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: 22,149
35. Alien: Isolation (2014 Video Game)
M | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In this first person survival horror adventure set fifteen years after the events of Alien (1979), Ripley's daughter becomes trapped on an alien-infested space station which holds answers to the mystery of her mother's disappearance.
Director: Alistair Hope | Stars: Andrea Deck, George Anton, Kezia Burrows, Richie Campbell
Votes: 6,278
36. Second Sight (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
John Vattic is awoken from a coma in a secret hi-tech medical facility with a wiped mind and a few bits of memories. Armed with his paranormal and psionic powers he goes off to unravel his past, and destroy the military conspiracy.
Stars: Andrew Lawson, Tom Clarke Hill, Doug Cockle, Lynsey Beauchamp
Votes: 255
37. TimeShift (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Michael Swift, a test pilot has been tapped by the US Government to test two new time-control devices.
Directors: Kyle Peschel, David Wheeler | Stars: Greg Grunberg, Enn Reitel, Mary Chris Wall, Michael Ralph
Votes: 539
38. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young Kokiri boy discovers that his destiny is to free the Seven Sages and save the land of Hyrule from the treacherous sorcerer Ganondorf.
Directors: Eiji Aonuma, Yoichi Yamada, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Tôru Ôsawa | Stars: Nobuyuki Hiyama, Fujiko Takimoto, Jun Mizusawa, Takashi Nagasako
Votes: 10,666
39. The Beginner's Guide (2015 Video Game)
T | Drama
Davey Wreden, creator of The Stanley Parable, presents a collection of games made by his friend, Coda, and tries to establish what they all mean and what significance they have to Coda's thoughts and feelings.
Director: Davey Wreden | Star: Davey Wreden
Votes: 593
40. Hitman: Contracts (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Mystery
After a failed job, 47 hides in a dark room and while delusional, he dreams about past assignments.
Stars: David Bateson, Ulle Bjørn Bengtsson, Joost Alexander Van Der Berg, Barbara Bernád
Votes: 3,106
41. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the year 2054, private military corporation ATLAS has emerged with the power to rescue humanity from a devastated world struggling to rebuild.
Directors: Michael Condrey, Glen A. Schofield, Keith Arem | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Angela Gots, Brian Bloom
Votes: 8,729
42. Hitman: Blood Money (2006 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Mystery
A larger, more powerful agency is systematically eliminating assassins in a series of hits, who are all from Agent 47's contract killing firm, The International Contract Agency (ICA).
Director: Rasmus Højengaard | Stars: David Andriole, David Bateson, Barbara Bernád, Brian Beacock
Votes: 5,886
43. 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: 9,307
44. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, War
The Russian Federation continues its invasion of the U.S., as well as Europe, including England, France and Germany.
Directors: Michael Condrey, Glen A. Schofield | Stars: Billy Murray, Bruce Greenwood, Idris Elba, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 19,635
45. XIII (2003 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Mystery
A man is rescued by a lifeguard on Brighton Beach. He has suffered a head wound and has no memory of who he is. His only clues to his identity are a tattoo of a roman numeral, XIII and a key to a bank deposit box.
Directors: Elisabeth Pellen, Jérôme Desplas, Olivier Martineau | Stars: David Duchovny, Eve, Adam West, Ken Starcevic
Votes: 1,029
46. Murdered: Soul Suspect (2014 Video Game)
M | Crime, Fantasy, Horror
A detective, murdered by a serial killer, returns as a ghost and must combine his investigative skills with powerful supernatural abilities to uncover the shocking link between his own death and a series of killings terrifying the town of Salem.
Director: Yosuke Shiokawa | Stars: Jason Brooks, Cassidy Lehrman, Travis Willingham, Tiffany Espensen
Votes: 1,364
47. God of War (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After 10 years of endless nightmares and servitude to the gods of Olympus, Kratos is assigned with a final task, to kill Ares, the God of War.
Directors: David Jaffe, Greg Tiernan | Stars: Linda Hunt, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Carole Ruggier, Steve Blum
Votes: 12,098
48. Prototype (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
You are Alex Mercer, a shapeshifter with amazing powers of combat, destruction, and deception. Stalk the streets of New York City, searching for the life you lead before. Take the form of anyone in your path out to capture or kill you.
Directors: Keith Arem, Ali Donovan, Blade Zavier | Stars: Barry Pepper, Lake Bell, Jeffrey Pierce, Phil LaMarr
Votes: 3,463
49. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Set mostly in the year 1922, Jack Walters, a mentally unstable private detective is hired to investigate in Innsmouth, a strange and mysterious town that has cut itself from the rest of the United States.
Stars: Marc Biagi, Deem Bristow, Brook Chalmers, Scott Dreier
Votes: 876
50. The Dig (1995 Video Game)
K-A | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three humans trapped on a distant planet discover its deadly secret which could be their undoing.
Director: Sean Clark | Stars: Robert Patrick, Mari Weiss, Steve Blum, Leilani Jones
Votes: 980
Also see 'The Dig' written by Alan Dean Foster (or Audiobook).
51. Bully (2006 Video Game)
T | Action, Crime, Drama
A troubled teen is dropped off at the worst school in the country and must survive by rising through the rankings of the school system.
Stars: Gerry Rosenthal, Peter Vack, Matt Bush, John Lavelle
Votes: 6,235
52. Deus Ex (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a dark cyberpunk future where poverty, disease, oppression and terrorism are widespread, J.C. Denton, a new cybernetically-enhanced special agent, finds evidence of a massive conspiracy when his brother, also an agent, goes rogue.
Director: Warren Spector | Stars: Jay Anthony Franke, Brent Anderson, Ralph Barbagallo, Chad Bannon
Votes: 3,436
53. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Featuring a remastered edition of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004), as well as a new full-length campaign, Assault on Dark Athena picks up moments after Riddick's escape.
Director: Eric Weiss | Stars: Brian Bloom, Dave Wittenberg, Gideon Emery, Maury Sterling
Votes: 1,790
54. 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: 16,298
55. 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: 44,508
56. Aliens: Colonial Marines - Stasis Interrupted (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Waking up unexpectedly from hypersleep, Lisbeth and the rest of the crew must figure out why the spaceship they are on, the Legato, has been diverted to intercept the USS Sulaco leaving LV-426's orbit.
Stars: Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 91
57. Star Trek: Borg (1996 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The player is a Starfleet cadet whose father was killed during the Battle of Wolf 359 fought against the Borg 10 years ago. Impish Q shows up and offers him to go back in time to his father's ship during the battle and try to save him.
Director: James L. Conway | Stars: John de Lancie, Barry Lynch, John Cothran, Marnie McPhail
Votes: 224
58. 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: 21,480
59. Dead Space (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
Engineer Isaac Clarke and his crew get stranded on a large, abandoned mining ship. There, Clarke needs to repair the giant ship while battling nasty aliens and solving the mystery of what happened to the ship.
Director: Michael Condrey | Stars: Tonantzin Carmelo, J.G. Hertzler, Iyari Limon, Peter Mensah
Votes: 10,548
60. Dead Space 2 (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Set three years after the events of the first, Isaac Clarke's fight against a new Necromorph outbreak on the Sprawl, a space station above Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
Stars: Gunner Wright, Tanya Clarke, Sonita Henry, Curt Cornelius
Votes: 7,281
61. Dead Space 3 (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Set on the frozen planet of Tau Volantis, Isaac Clarke and John Carver team up as they attempt to end the Necromorph threat once and for all.
Directors: Steve Papoutsis, Nick Laviers, Ben Wanat | Stars: Gunner Wright, Ricardo Chavira, Sonita Henry, Robert Gant
Votes: 4,209
62. inFamous (2009 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Control Cole MacGrath as he evolves his newly found ability to control electricity. In a city on lock down due to plague and super-powered psychos, you must choose to act as savior to the people or become the reckless demon of Empire City.
Director: Nate Fox | Stars: Jason Cottle, Caleb Moody, Kimberli Colbourne, Phil LaMarr
Votes: 4,396
63. Rome: Total War (2004 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, War
Rome: Total War is a strategy game set during the mid and late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire, with the player assuming control of one of three Roman families.
Director: Michael E. Simpson | Stars: Jonathan Atherton, George Baladinos, Andrew Buchanan, Adam John Cooper
Votes: 1,799
64. Gone Home (2013 Video Game)
M | Drama, Mystery
A woman returns home after a long absence. She finds it ominously empty. In an attempt to find out where her parents and sister are, she goes through their things. What she discovers will shock her and fascinate her.
Directors: Steve Gaynor, Johnnemann Nordhagen, Karla Zimonja | Stars: Sarah Grayson, Sarah Elmaleh
Votes: 1,996
65. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
You play a 1930s mobster as you act out your confession of your rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Director: Daniel Vávra | Stars: Michael Sorvino, William DeMeo, George DiCenzo, Matt Servitto
Votes: 6,472
66. Valiant Hearts: The Great War (2014 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Drama, History
This is the story of crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion.
Directors: Yoan Fanise, Herve Masseron, Paul Tumelaire | Stars: James Barriscale, Polly Eachus, Dave Pettitt
Votes: 1,684
67. Doom (1993 Video Game)
M | Action, Fantasy, Horror
In the future, an unnamed marine fights for survival on a space station on Mars where the Union Aerospace Corporation accidentally opened up a physical portal to Hell.
Directors: John Carmack, Tomohiko Sato | Stars: Kevin Cloud, David Koseruba, Christopher Murvey, Bobby Prince
Votes: 5,619
68. F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Mystery
You play an elite commando for a unique covert operations unit hunting for a mysterious fugitive who commands a clone army while mysterious things occur around you.
Director: Craig Hubbard | Stars: Greg Baldwin, Jock Blaney, Susanna Burney, Colby Chester
Votes: 3,181
69. Spec Ops: The Line (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Drama, Mystery
Set in modern day Dubai, massive sandstorms have buried the city. As Capt. Martin Walker, you're sent in to find any survivors and learn what happened to the original rescue and evacuation team led by Lt. Colonel John Konrad.
Directors: François Coulon, Cory Davis | Stars: Nolan North, Christopher Reid, Omid Abtahi, Bruce Boxleitner
Votes: 4,048
70. Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010 Video Game)
M | Horror, Mystery
Daniel, a young man, awakes in a dreary castle with no memory of his past and discovers that he deliberately erased his memory and must travel through the dark halls to kill the evil baron Alexander.
Stars: Richard Topping, Sam A. Mowry, Bill Corkery, Eric Newsome
Votes: 2,282
71. Silent Hill 2 (2001 Video Game)
M | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After receiving a letter from his late wife, from Silent Hill, James Sunderland heads towards the town to search for her, only to come across a terrifying road of truth and redemption.
Directors: Takayuki Kobayashi, Masashi Tsuboyama | Stars: Guy Cihi, Monica Horgan, Donna Burke, David Schaufele
Votes: 7,612
72. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Thriller
The Call of Duty series returns this time into a modern day setting. The player takes control of a character nicknamed "Soap," for the majority of the campaign and will need to progress through many modern warfare scenarios.
Director: Jason West | Stars: Billy Murray, Craig Fairbrass, David Sobolov, Mark Grigsby
Votes: 24,544
73. Aliens vs. Predator 2 (2001 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A team of scientists have tampered in a realm of space that was to remain untouched. Guarded by a squadron of mercenaries, they find themselves in the middle of a galactic war between aliens and a species known as 'Predators.'
Directors: Nathan Hendrickson, Craig Hubbard, William Westwater | Stars: Todd Licea, Jock Blaney, John Armstrong, David Scully
Votes: 1,114
74. The Saboteur (2009 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Sean, an Irish racing driver, must help out the French resistance during WWII. The death of his friend Jules, gives him the reason to risk his life.
Director: Trey Watkins | Stars: Robin Atkin Downes, Karen Strassman, André Sogliuzzo, Kari Wahlgren
Votes: 1,265
75. Grim Fandango (1998 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Manuel Calavera is a travel agent in The Land of the Dead who has stumbled across a ring of corruption.
Director: Tim Schafer | Stars: Tony Plana, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alan Blumenfeld, Pamela Adlon
Votes: 3,752
76. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (I) (2003 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young prince with expert fighting skills acquires the Dagger of Time, and unknowingly releases the powerful Sands of Time with it. Now he is trapped in a palace with sand creatures and must undo the unfortunate deed he has done.
Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Joanna Wasick, Barry Dennen, William Frederick Knight
Votes: 5,439
77. Shadow of the Colossus (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.
Director: Fumito Ueda | Stars: Kenji Nojima, Kazuhiro Nakata, Kyôko Hikami, Naoki Bando
Votes: 4,568
78. Prey (2006 Video Game)
M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Cherokee Tommy (Domassi) must rescue his girlfriend and grandfather from the clutches of an Alien spaceship orbiting earth.
Director: Chris Rhinehart | Stars: Michael Greyeyes, Crystle Lightning, John William Galt, Lee Ernst
Votes: 1,130
79. Singularity (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A U.S. Marine captain unravels a mysterious conspiracy while investigating a time anomaly on a remote island in former Soviet Union.
Director: Michael McCormick | Stars: Nolan North, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Graham McTavish
Votes: 946
80. Resident Evil 4 (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
Six years after the events in Raccoon City, Leon Kennedy, now a federal agent, is sent to a rural part of Spain to rescue the U.S. President's kidnapped daughter, Ashley Graham from a sinister cult.
Directors: Shinji Mikami, Kuniomi Matsushita | Stars: Paul Mercier, Carolyn Lawrence, Rino Romano, Salli Saffioti
Votes: 15,261
81. Detroit: Become Human (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
Take control of three androids in their quest to discover who they really are.
Director: David Cage | Stars: Valorie Curry, Bryan Dechart, Jesse Williams, Audrey Boustani
Votes: 22,931
82. Event 0 (2016 Video Game)
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An astronaut en route to Europa becomes stranded on board Nautilus, a leisure ship from the 80's, and attempts to get back to Earth with the help of Kaizen-85, the ship's lonely AI.
Directors: Emmanuel Corno, Sergey Mohov
Votes: 24
83. Maize (2016 Video Game)
Adventure
After running through a corn field with distorted vision, the player's character blacks out, and wakes up to see sentient corn moving boxes out of a pathway ahead. Over the next several ... See full summary »
Stars: Tony Daniels, Kyle Derek, Luke Marty, Athena Karkanis
Votes: 24
84. Superliminal (2019 Video Game)
E | Adventure
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you explore a surreal dream world and solve impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Director: Albert Shih | Star: Max Howarth
Votes: 594
85. A Fisherman's Tale (2019 Video Game)
20 min | Short
A story-driven puzzle game for VR.
Directors: Balthazar Auxietre, Alexis Moroz | Stars: Augustin Jacob, Werner Kolk, Robert Morgan, Michel Dupuis
Votes: 17
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