Acclaimed Video Games
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Determining the most critically acclaimed video games of all time based on hundreds of greatest games lists from reliable sources.
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I'm proud of the fact that, by its nature, Acclaimed Video Games orients itself against this kind of hype-based relationship with games. Games from 2025 aren't even listed yet, and when they do get added, they'll feature about as prominently as games from any other year.
A mouth that eats and eats and eats by @edgarallanbro.bsky.social
"None of us are innocent, myself least of all."
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"None of us are innocent, myself least of all."
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A mouth that eats and eats and eats
The Game Awards isn't just a vanity project or hype reel of advertisements. It's a mirror.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I'm proud of the fact that, by its nature, Acclaimed Video Games orients itself against this kind of hype-based relationship with games. Games from 2025 aren't even listed yet, and when they do get added, they'll feature about as prominently as games from any other year.
Correct decision.
Site News: Why We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward.
Site News: Why We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward
The 'Anduril Chromatic' is the final straw
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December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Correct decision.
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I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I say this with zero irony: if you are even tangentially a part of a retro video game community, it is your civic duty to push back against this company and shun anyone who doesn't. This is fascism tapping gently at the door and as soon as you let it in, it's going to invite its friends.
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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when you realize gamers are mad about women being "not hot" in games is about control and not horniness, their intentions become clearer, their worldview darker. patriarchy must be violently enforced.
it's not about good ol' wholesome horniness because any game worth playing can be modded for that.
it's not about good ol' wholesome horniness because any game worth playing can be modded for that.
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
when you realize gamers are mad about women being "not hot" in games is about control and not horniness, their intentions become clearer, their worldview darker. patriarchy must be violently enforced.
it's not about good ol' wholesome horniness because any game worth playing can be modded for that.
it's not about good ol' wholesome horniness because any game worth playing can be modded for that.
This is basically why I've never believed that aggregating lists is a reliable path to truth. No list is ever simply a collection of good games; behind them is always a vision for what games should be, what they should do and who they should serve. And sometimes that vision kinda stinks.
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This is basically why I've never believed that aggregating lists is a reliable path to truth. No list is ever simply a collection of good games; behind them is always a vision for what games should be, what they should do and who they should serve. And sometimes that vision kinda stinks.
"These greedy companies, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the helm, while he shoves his hand up the US government's ass for his next award winning puppet show..." Yes, that really is a direct quote. This is why I love GN :D
The corrupt, criminal memory industry is at it again - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-e...
WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"These greedy companies, with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the helm, while he shoves his hand up the US government's ass for his next award winning puppet show..." Yes, that really is a direct quote. This is why I love GN :D
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Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET)
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We’d love to talk to you!
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET)
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
Anyone who loves games needs to support the people who make them, and a lot of the time that means absolutely loathing the companies whose brand logos pop up on the loading screens. Solidarity with the workers and the union!
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
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November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Anyone who loves games needs to support the people who make them, and a lot of the time that means absolutely loathing the companies whose brand logos pop up on the loading screens. Solidarity with the workers and the union!
I really chose a bad time to start doing this, didn't I? It only makes sense to aggregate lists from working games critics if there are lots of working games critics.
yep. if you don't have enough working games critics (regardless of medium -- podcasting, writing, whatever) then there aren't enough people to play a high enough volume of games for anything approaching true curation. obviously you can never have perfect curation, it's impossible. but it's worse now
Even as someone who listens to gaming podcasts, it feels like so many titles this year I’ve heard nothing about—even those I expected to get a passing mention at minimum. Weird is the right word to me too.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I really chose a bad time to start doing this, didn't I? It only makes sense to aggregate lists from working games critics if there are lots of working games critics.
List updated! I know some of the developer data is missing. I'll try to fix that in the next few days. Enjoy :) www.acclaimedvideogames.com
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October 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
List updated! I know some of the developer data is missing. I'll try to fix that in the next few days. Enjoy :) www.acclaimedvideogames.com
This is a really good video. I barely knew who Kirk was before his assassination, and it's a sign of how performative the outrage was that he's almost completely irrelevant again, only a month-and-a-half later.
Cruelty Squad actually has a few mentions on lists, though it's nowhere near top 1000.
Cruelty Squad actually has a few mentions on lists, though it's nowhere near top 1000.
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is a really good video. I barely knew who Kirk was before his assassination, and it's a sign of how performative the outrage was that he's almost completely irrelevant again, only a month-and-a-half later.
Cruelty Squad actually has a few mentions on lists, though it's nowhere near top 1000.
Cruelty Squad actually has a few mentions on lists, though it's nowhere near top 1000.
I've never been able to decide on whether or not to include these lists. There aren't any in the database at the moment, but there's probably a case to be made for adding them. It would be open for discussion, if I actually had a community to discuss it with.
The 2025 edition of our annual Top 100 list is here, running down the best PC games to play now from the perspective of PC Gamer's 30+ writers and editors.
The top 100 PC games
Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I've never been able to decide on whether or not to include these lists. There aren't any in the database at the moment, but there's probably a case to be made for adding them. It would be open for discussion, if I actually had a community to discuss it with.
Update soon ;)
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Update soon ;)
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October 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Awesome cause.
Quick little announcement: for the last couple of months, I've been working on aggregating book lists using the same methods that I use for video games. I'm really excited about this, and I'm expecting to have some preliminary results to share early next year. Watch this space.
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Quick little announcement: for the last couple of months, I've been working on aggregating book lists using the same methods that I use for video games. I'm really excited about this, and I'm expecting to have some preliminary results to share early next year. Watch this space.
Alyssa Mercante is an awesome games journalist. It's fair enough to be mad about Charlie Kirk's assassination, but maybe focus on the actual perpetrator, because a revenge killing of someone totally unrelated makes absolutely no sense. Please understand how insane and dangerous that logic is.
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September 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Alyssa Mercante is an awesome games journalist. It's fair enough to be mad about Charlie Kirk's assassination, but maybe focus on the actual perpetrator, because a revenge killing of someone totally unrelated makes absolutely no sense. Please understand how insane and dangerous that logic is.
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Microsoft laid off approximately 9,000 employees today, including a number from its gaming division, and cancelled Rare's Everwild, an MMO in development at ZeniMax Online, and the Perfect Dark reboot. It also closed the studio behind the reboot, The Initiative.
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Microsoft laid off approximately 9,000 employees today, including a number from its gaming division, and cancelled Rare's Everwild, an MMO in development at ZeniMax Online, and the Perfect Dark reboot. It also closed the studio behind the reboot, The Initiative.
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Unless removed from the BDS list, Skybox will not cover anything developed or published by Microsoft.
"The blood will continue to flow until the ghouls are satisfied and the line goes up."
Here's a statement from our EiC explaining this decision. Yes, we address the DOOM review published earlier:
"The blood will continue to flow until the ghouls are satisfied and the line goes up."
Here's a statement from our EiC explaining this decision. Yes, we address the DOOM review published earlier:
It’s an Incredible Day to Stop Giving Microsoft Your Money
Until further notice, Skybox will not be covering anything developed or published by Microsoft.
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July 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Unless removed from the BDS list, Skybox will not cover anything developed or published by Microsoft.
"The blood will continue to flow until the ghouls are satisfied and the line goes up."
Here's a statement from our EiC explaining this decision. Yes, we address the DOOM review published earlier:
"The blood will continue to flow until the ghouls are satisfied and the line goes up."
Here's a statement from our EiC explaining this decision. Yes, we address the DOOM review published earlier:
Love this so much. Needed the good news after Polygon.
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May 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Love this so much. Needed the good news after Polygon.
This is turning out to be one of the biggest challenges for AVG. When all the best gaming publications are being gutted and turned into content mills, what's even the point in aggregating their lists? Solidarity with all of the affected staff. Polygon and the amazing people behind it deserve better.
May 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is turning out to be one of the biggest challenges for AVG. When all the best gaming publications are being gutted and turned into content mills, what's even the point in aggregating their lists? Solidarity with all of the affected staff. Polygon and the amazing people behind it deserve better.
Great news! So happy about this. More lists please :)
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March 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Great news! So happy about this. More lists please :)
Just finished my first ever playthrough of A Link to the Past. What an awesome game. No wonder it's a staple at the top of these lists that I'm entering.
I'm going to try to play more of AVG's top games this year. So many of them I actually don't have any personal experience with.
I'm going to try to play more of AVG's top games this year. So many of them I actually don't have any personal experience with.
March 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just finished my first ever playthrough of A Link to the Past. What an awesome game. No wonder it's a staple at the top of these lists that I'm entering.
I'm going to try to play more of AVG's top games this year. So many of them I actually don't have any personal experience with.
I'm going to try to play more of AVG's top games this year. So many of them I actually don't have any personal experience with.
Only one of these unavailable-in-the-West titles is in the current AVG top 1000, but I have often wondered how much of the top 1000 isn't accessible. The most obvious one is Overwatch: it's in the top 100, but you can't play it as the servers have been shut down.
From Metal Gear and Silent Hill titles, to classic shoot 'em ups, to almost the entire Goemon franchise, so many of Konami's best games aren't currently available in the West. Here's a list of games they need to rerelease ASAP. www.pastemagazine.com/games/konami...
Hey, Konami, Rerelease These Games, Already!
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March 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Only one of these unavailable-in-the-West titles is in the current AVG top 1000, but I have often wondered how much of the top 1000 isn't accessible. The most obvious one is Overwatch: it's in the top 100, but you can't play it as the servers have been shut down.
Just passed 800 lists in the AVG database.
March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Just passed 800 lists in the AVG database.