My 69 Favorite Games of the Decade

The following list is going to include ties, no I do not care about that being cheating, we all do it, don’t lie, you know we do, but the title is better at 69 instead of 74 so deal with it. Also, this is my favorite and not best, obviously, Breath of the Wild would be like top five so let’s all calm down.

69. Slay the Spire – very easy to become hopelessly addicted to it

68. Dark Souls 3 – Ashen one

67. Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus – not as good as the rust aimbot originals but this one did the trick

66. Batman: Arkham City, which is not as good as Asylum, sorry

65. Kirby Epic Yarn, and I guess the two Yoshi games that came after too, Wolly World and Crafted World

64. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – adorable puzzle games feed the soul

63. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Waluigi XCOM needs to be the sequel

62. Both Rayman Origins and Legends – criminally underrated

61. Threes and 2048 – still play them today, muscle memory is ingrained in me

60. Master Chief Collection, but mostly the Halo 1 and 2 Anniversaries

59. Hotline Miami 1 and 2 – where is Hotline Miami 3 you cowards

58. Uncharted 4 and Lost Legacy – please do not release a movie, Sony

57. Dead Cells – best gameplay in a roguelike maybe ever

56. Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order – best Star Wars game in a decade?

55. The Surge – better than the sequel

54. Super Mario 3D World – why is there no Switch port yet

53. Nioh – better than any Dark Souls this decade

52. Far Cry 3 – they should have stopped after this one

51. Sunset Overdrive – the game that most deserves a sequel on this entire list

50. Limbo – we need more black and white games

49. Rock Band 3 – can’t put 1 or 2, but this had Jimi Hendrix, so it passes mustard

48. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – don’t bother to make Ghosts of Tsushima, Sucker Punch

47. Spider-Man – Insomniac should only make these games from now on

46. Into the Breach – I don’t like strategy games but this is too addictive and now I’m convinced I like them

45. Celeste – a perfectly constructed little game

44. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – why the fuck did Death Stranding turn out to be such shit

43. LA Noire – there will never be another game like this, ever again

42. P.T. – technically this doesn’t exist

41. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Cyberpunk 2077 before it was cool

40. Dive Kick – the best fighting game ever made, possibly

39. Virginia – this blends games and films together better than anything ever attempted in either medium

38. Alan Wake – why the hell haven’t we gotten a sequel. I also went as him for Halloween once, no one got the reference

37. Castle Crashers – The Behemoth has yet to make anything close to being this good since

36. Fallout: New Vegas – The Outer Worlds made me just want to play this again

35. Call of Duty: Black Ops – the best COD of the decade

34. The Wolf Among Us – they better not fuck up the new one, or the new TellTale

33. Frog Fractions – the actual most popular free-to-play game

32. Portal 2 – still the best co-op, hands down

31. Super Meat Boy – better than any 2D Mario game since the SNES

30. Resident Evil 2 remake and Resident Evil 7 – Wereworlf Bar Mitzvah, spooky scary. RE3 better be fucking good, I swear.

29. Bioshock 2, and the DLC from Steve Gaynor, Minerva’s Den – Gone Home under the sea

28. Super Mario Galaxy 2 – why hasn’t this been ported to the Switch yet. Wait did I already say that?

27. Red Dead Redemption – fuck RDR2, this is the best Rockstar game ever produced

26. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – imagine if this game had dungeons and no weapon degradation

25. Jazzpunk – maybe the funniest game ever made

24. Hollow Knight – the best Metroidvania in decades

23. Cuphead – the start of a potential mega-franchise

22. The Last of Us – remember when they performed the cut scenes live on stage?

21. Inside – a genuinely jaw-dropping ending

20. The original Gwent beta when it was first released, not the new one with only two rows, I’m talking old three row Gwent

19. Shovel Knight – let them make Mario games going forward

18. Papers, Please – blends story and gameplay together in such a way that makes ludonarrative dissonance obsolete

17. Halo Reach – there will never be another Halo or Bungie game on this level ever again

16. Titanfall 1 and 2 – notice how Apex Legends is not on this list, because there’s no mechs or wall running

15. Bloodborne – we should riot if there isn’t a sequel on PS5

14. Super Mario Odyssey – New Donk City is my gamertag everywhere because of that level

13. Bioshock Infinite – everyone can go to hell, this game still holds up

12. Borderlands 2 – the best DLC ever made

11. Overwatch – really sad that Blizzard imploded after this came out

10. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – Hellblade 2 is an Xbox Series X system seller

9. God of War – at various points during this game, I thought to myself, “this is the best thing I’ve ever played”

8. The Witness – the smartest game design I’ve ever experienced

7. Dark Souls – no wonder everyone has been stealing ideas from this game ever since

6. The Binding of Isaac – the best roguelike ever? Can I say that

5. Stanley Parable and the demo – gut-wrenching, heartbreaking, tear-jerking, and knee-slapping

4. Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – all open world games suck in comparison to this

3. Ultra Street Fighter IV – the last time a Capcom fighting game has been legit worth playing

2. Gone Home – indie game of the century

1. Hearthstone – CCG of the century and my most played game. In fact, I’m playing it right now as I write this