101 Video Games That Everyone Should Play At Least Once

Over the years, we’ve ranked entire franchises, applauded critical darlings, and publicly shamed those that let themselves down. What we’ve never done, however, is curate a list of the games that are, in our humble opinion, nothing short of brilliant. TO BE CLEAR, this isn’t a list of the best games ever according to the likes of Metacritic, nor are we actually ranking them, so the game featured in the top spot isn’t necessarily any better than the game at number 101. Instead this list is our way of chronicling 101 fantastic titles that will always have a place in our hearts. The only thing we’ve stipulated is that they must be available on either current-generation hardware or the previous one, i.e., any console released since 2012, or on a PC. After all, it wouldn’t be very cool of us to recommend games that it’s near-impossible to get hold of. Here are the 101 Video Games that Everyone Should Play At Least Once.

VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude) & Ashton Matthews (@ScrambledAshton)
Script: Cat Elliot (@cat_elliott_)
Video Editor: Ciaran Henry (@CiaranHenry268)

101 Video Games That Everyone Should Play At Least Once:
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Assassin’s Creed II
• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• BioShock
• Borderlands 2
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• Cave Story+
• Celeste
• Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
• Dark Souls
• Dead Space
• Deadly Premonition
• Detroit: Become Human
• Deus Ex
• Devil May Cry
• Disco Elysium
• Doom
• DuckTales
• Elden Ring
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
• Fallout 3
• Final Fantasy VII
• Final Fantasy X
• Gears of War
• Ghost of Tsushima
• God of War
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Grim Fandango
• Half-Life 2
• Halo 3
• Halo Reach
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Heavy Rain
• Hitman: Blood Money
• Hollow Knight
• Journey
• Katamari Damacy Reroll
• Kirby’s Adventure
• L.A. Noire
• Life is Strange
• Limbo
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Mass Effect 2
• Mega Man 2
• Metal Gear Solid
• Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• Metroid Prime
• Minecraft
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Nier: Automata
• Outer Wilds
• Perfect Dark
• Persona 5 Royal
• Pikmin 3
• Pokémon Yellow
• Portal
• Portal 2
• Quake
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Resident Evil
• Resident Evil 4
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Sid Meier’s Civilization IV
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Soulcalibur II
• Spider-Man
• Spyro the Dragon
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Stardew Valley
• Super Mario 64
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• System Shock 2
• Tetris Effect: Connected
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Last of Us
• The Last of Us: Part II
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Sims 3
• The Walking Dead
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• TimeSplitters 2
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
• Undertale
• Unpacking
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• World of Warcraft
• Yakuza 0

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