Hey everyone. Last month I invited you all to vote for your Top 10 favorite video games so we could put together a community list. Apologies it took me the whole month to take the time to get the final list together, but thank you all who participate. There were in total 76 Ballots cast! Now, let’s see how the list turned out:
13 Votes
1) Portal 2 (2011) – Valve
1) Super Mario Bros 3 (1988) – Nintendo
12 Votes
3) Baldur’s Gate III (2023) – Larian Studios
10 Votes
4) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) – Nintendo EPD
9 Votes
5) Disco Elysium (2019) – ZA/UM (Combining Votes for 2019 Release and 2021 Final Cut)
8 Votes
6) Super Mario World (1990) – Nintendo EAD
7 Votes
7) Balatro (2024) – LocalThunk
7) Final Fantasy VI (1994) – Square
7) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) – Nintendo EPD
7) Mass Effect 2 (2010) – Bioware
7) Nier: Automata (2017) – Platinum Games
7) Tetris (1986) – Alexey Pajitnov (Combining Votes for Various Versions)
6 Votes
13) Celeste (2018) – Maddy Makes Games
13) Chrono Trigger (1995) – Square Enix
13) Hades (2020) – Supergiant Games
13) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) – Nintendo EAD
13) Metal Gear Solid 3 (2004) – Konami
13) Portal (2007) – Valve
13) Stardew Valley (2016) – ConcernedApe
13) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) – CD Projekt
5.5 Votes
21) Super Mario Galaxy (2007) – Nintendo EAD (Vote for Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 half counted)
5 Votes
22) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020) – Nintendo EPD
22) Diablo II (2000) – Blizzard
22) Fallout: New Vegas (2010) – Obsidian
22) Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) – Intelligent Systems
22) Golden Eye 007 (1997) – Rare
22) Hollow Knight (2015) – Team Cherry
22) Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (2021) – Bioware (Combined votes for Legendary Edition / Mass Effect Series)
22) Outer Wilds (2019) – Mobius Digital
22) Super Mario 64 (1996) – Nintendo EAD
22) Super Metroid (1994) – Nintendo R&D1 / Intelligent Systems
22) Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) – Hal Labatory
Honorable Mentions
As many of you know, beloved community member Prestidigititis passed away recently. As a small tribute, I’m giving the remaining games from his ballot that missed the cut honorary spots on this list.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) – Rockstar
Night in the Woods (2017) – Infinite Fall / Secret Lab
Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) – Valve
Elevator Action (1983) – Taito
The Fool’s Errand (1987) – Cliff Johnson
Spindizzy (1986) – Electric Dreams, Loriciels
Sword of Fargoal (1983) – Jeff McCord
This year’s spreadsheet covering every vote: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13UfWOHZC-va1krfCLRHvboaVYSB4viSLXsMrXJI61kE/edit?usp=sharing
List on Backloggd: https://bckl.gg/vw9a