Best Video Games of the Decade (2010-19)

Part 1: Highest-scoring games of the 2010s

This section will be updated periodically throughout the end of the year.

These games have the highest Metascores out of all titles released from 2010-19. Games must have reviews from at least 15 critics to qualify for inclusion. If a game was released on multiple platforms, we are only including the version with the most reviews in our database.

Part 2: Best-of-the-decade top ten lists

This section will be updated as new lists are published throughout the end of the year.

While the list above reflects reviews published at the time of each game's original release, we have also aggregated best-of-the-decade lists published by a variety of game and entertainment publications in late 2019. Individual lists are displayed at the bottom of the page, but in the table below, the most frequently mentioned titles are ranked according to our points system (which gives bonus points for being ranked at the top of a list):

3 points for each 1st place ranking

for each 1st place ranking 2 points for each 2nd place ranking

for each 2nd place ranking 1 point for being ranked 3rd - 10th, or for being included on an unranked list of 10 or fewer titles

for being ranked 3rd - 10th, or for being included on an unranked list of 10 or fewer titles 0.5 points for being included on an unranked list of 11-20 titles

for being included on an unranked list of 11-20 titles No points for titles included on unranked lists of more than 20 games (or for games ranked worse than 20th)

Below are the 12 individual top ten lists used to calculate the standings above. Some publications may list titles without ranking them; such lists are displayed below, without numbers, in alphabetical order. We are only including one list per publication. If a publication has published multiple lists (e.g., by genre or platform), we have attempted to select the most generalized list.

CNET View full list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Dark Souls (2011) Minecraft (2011) Portal 2 (2011) Red Dead Redemption (2010) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Bloodborne (2015) Mass Effect 2 (2010) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Fortnite Battle Royale (2017) DualShockers View full list Grand Theft Auto V (2013) Minecraft (2011) Fortnite Battle Royale (2017) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Dark Souls (2011) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) The Last of Us (2013) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (2017) DOOM (2016) God of War (2018) EDGE [from Issue 339] Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)

Telltale's The Walking Dead (2012) entertainment.ie View full list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Portal 2 (2011) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) Journey (2012) Spec Ops: The Line (2012) Titanfall 2 (2016) No Man's Sky (2016) GAMINGbible View full list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) The Last of Us (2013) Minecraft (2011) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Grand Theft Auto V (2013) Red Dead Redemption (2010) Outer Wilds (2019) God of War (2018) The Hollywood Reporter View full list Batman: Arkham City (2011)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Mashable View full list Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)

Stardew Valley (2016) National Post View full list The Witness (2016) Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) Cuphead (2017) Portal 2 (2011) Life Is Strange (2015) Bloodborne (2015) Undertale (2015) L.A. Noire (2011) The Stanley Parable (2011) Her Story (2015) Paste View full list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Thumper (2016) Kentucky Route Zero (2013) Spelunky (2012) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Control (2019) Dark Souls (2011) Super Mario Odyssey (2017) Portal 2 (2011) Gone Home (2013) Polygon View full list Minecraft (2011) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Spelunky (2012) Kentucky Route Zero (2013) Pokémon Go (2016) League of Legends (2009) P.T. (2014) Dark Souls (2011) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Fortnite Battle Royale (2017) VG247 View full list The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) Fallout: New Vegas (2010) God of War (2018) The Last of Us (2013) Fallout 4 (2015) Red Dead Redemption (2010) Dishonored 2 (2016) The Young Folks View full list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) DOOM (2016) Marvel's Spider-Man (2018) Mass Effect 2 (2010) Grand Theft Auto V (2013) Super Mario Odyssey (2017) Undertale (2015) Titanfall 2 (2016) Telltale's The Walking Dead (2012) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

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