Best Driving Games
Driver: San Francisco
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Rocket League
Burnout Paradise
Best Open World/Sandbox Games
Minecraft
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Grand Theft Auto IV
Subnautica
Little Inferno
Best Open Worlds
Yume Nikki
Just Cause 2
Red Dead Redemption
inFamous
Best Strategy Games
Company of Heroes
Civilization V
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Pikmin
Best Stealth Games
Thief 2
Metal Gear Solid 3
Hitman: Blood Money
Alien: Isolation
Dishonored
Best Puzzle Games
Papers Please
Portal
Braid
Return of the Obra Dinn
The Witness
Scribblenauts
Best Horror Games
Silent Hill
Amnesia: Dark Descent
Soma
Resident Evil (2002)
Alien: Isolation
Eternal Darkness
Best Shooters
Half-Life
Resident Evil 4
Bioshock
Doom II
Overwatch
Team Fortress 2
Call of Duty 4
Best Multiplayer Games/Modes (Coop)
Portal 2
Overcooked
CoD: World at War (Nazi Zombies)
Viscera Cleanup Detail
Best Multiplayer Games/Modes (Comp)
Overwatch
Team Fortress 2
Call of Duty 4
Rocket League
Super Smash Bros: Brawl
My Favorite Games Ever
Undertale
Silent Hill 2
Earthbound
Spec Ops: The Line
Half-Life
Best Companies/Developers & Directors
Nintendo
Valve
Team Silent
Hideo Kojima
Daniel Mullins
Toby Fox
*see also IGN's top 100
Best Visuals
Cuphead
Yume Nikki
Limbo
Okami
Mirror's Edge
Scott Pilgrim
Kirby Super Star
Hotline Miami
Paper Mario
Best Soundtracks
Silent Hill 2
Minecraft
Persona 5
Cuphead
The World Ends With You
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Scott Pilgrim Vs the World
Kingdom Hearts
Final Fantasy 7
Best Exploration Games (Walking Sims)
Yume Nikki
Stanley Parable
Gone Home
Beginner's Guide
Dear Esther
Most Underrated Games
Yume Nikki
Spec Ops: The Line
Papers Please
Driver: San Francisco
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Best Games By Year
2008:
Saints Row 2
2009:
Batman Arkham Asylum
2010:
Just Cause 2
Dead Rising 2
Red Dead Redemption
Amnesia: Dark Descent
Limbo
2011:
Portal 2
Driver: San Francisco
Bastion
Infamous 2
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2012:
Spec Ops: The Line
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Far Cry 3
Walking Dead
Dishonored
2013:
Bioshock Infinite
Papers, Please
Saints Row IV
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
2014:
Shadow of Mordor
Wolfenstein: New Order
Alien: Isolation
Dark Souls II
Shovel Knight
2015:
Undertale
Elite Dangerous
Witcher 3
Soma
Bloodborne
2016:
Doom
Furi
Stardew Valley
Titanfall 2
Salt & Sanctuary
2017:
Resident Evil 7
A Hat in Time
Cuphead
Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Persona 5
2018:
Return of the Obra Dinn
Subnautica
Spider-Man
Star Control: Origins
Unavowed
2019:
Disco Elysium
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Observation
Resident Evil 2
Remnant: From the Ashes
2020:
Spiritfarer
Hades
BPM
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Half-Life: Alyx
Ghost of Tsushima
2021:
Psychonauts 2
The Forgotten City
It Takes Two
Persona 5 Strikers
The Artful Escape
2022:
Neon White
Elden Ring
Tunic
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
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