My Favorite Video Games
by sskurz | created - 17 Mar 2023 | updated - 17 Mar 2023 | PublicMy favorite games! I have a huge soft spot for games with a complex story and philosophy. Especially if they are Sci-Fi or have Groundhog-Day style time loops. I also like games where you shoot Face McShooty in the face!
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1. Outer Wilds (2019 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Outer Wilds is an exploration game about curiosity, roasting marshmallows, and unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.
Director: Alex Beachum
Votes: 990
Absolute masterpiece of a game. One of the best stories of all time! And one of the most beautiful soundtracks of all time as well.
2. Hollow Knight (2017 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a world of insects, a diminutive knight descends into an ancient and crazed kingdom to restore its fallen king's order.
Votes: 3,304
3. Kingdom Hearts II (2005 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Sora and friends face mysterious new enemies as they continue their journey to save all worlds, and find Riku and King Mickey.
Director: Tetsuya Nomura | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, David Gallagher, Hayden Panettiere, Jesse McCartney
Votes: 7,607
4. Portal 2 (2011 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Many years after "Portal," Chell reawakens at Aperture Science and tries to stop GLaDOS once again with the help of Wheatley, who has his own plans for the historical facility.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant, J.K. Simmons, Joe Micheals
Votes: 17,714
5. Final Fantasy X (2001 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Fantasy, Romance
A celebrated young athlete is drawn from his futuristic hometown and convenient lifestyle to a harsh and techno-phobic land by a mysterious force only known as Sin.
Director: Yoshinori Kitase | Stars: James Arnold Taylor, Hedy Burress, John DiMaggio, Paula Tiso
Votes: 8,563
6. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After escaping execution, the last living Dragonborn must grow in strength and power to defeat the dragons that have once again begun to plague the land of Skyrim.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Joan Allen, Michael Hogan
Votes: 33,639
7. Pokémon HeartGold Version (2009 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Family
Unravel mysteries as you journey through new places such as the Ruins of Alph, meet new people such as the Kimono girls of Ecruteak City, and battle Team Rocket as they make their comeback.
Director: Shigeki Morimoto
Votes: 1,077
8. The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (2001 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A hero named Link is one day mystically transported to the land of Labrynna. There, he meets a beautiful, blue-haired singer named Nayru, who is secretly the Oracle of Ages.
Director: Hidemaro Fujibayashi
Votes: 656
9. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
A man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Troy Baker, Courtnee Draper, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Laura Bailey
Votes: 22,136
10. Halo 3 (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Master Chief and the Arbiter must join together to attack the Covenant and destroy the Flood.
Stars: Tim Dadabo, Keith David, Steve Downes, Jen Taylor
Votes: 12,865
11. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.
Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff
Votes: 33,265
12. Destiny 2 (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Humanity's last safe city has fallen to an overwhelming invasion force, led by Ghaul, the imposing commander of the brutal Red Legion. He has stripped the city's Guardians of their power, and forced the survivors to flee.
Directors: Christopher Barrett, Luke Smith, Ryan Ellis, Jim McQuillan | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Lance Reddick, Gina Torres, Nolan North
Votes: 3,728
13. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.
Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie
Votes: 21,475
14. Kingdom Hearts (2003 TV Movie)
TV-Y7-FV | 11 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An animated pilot based on the Squaresoft game.
Director: Seth Kearsley | Stars: Bobby Edner, David Gallagher, Hayden Panettiere, Frank Welker
Votes: 28
15. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Ten years before Sora held the Keyblade, three young Keyblade wielders bound by friendship, face being torn apart by the sinister monsters terrorizing other worlds and the manipulative mastermind behind them.
Director: Tetsuya Nomura | Stars: Jason Dohring, Willa Holland, Jesse McCartney, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 1,791
16. Final Fantasy VII (1997 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A former soldier from an evil company joins a mercenary clan to fight the company he once served.
Directors: Yoshinori Kitase, Yasushi Matsumura, Masato Yagi
Votes: 11,336
17. Final Fantasy IX (2000 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When bandits try to kidnap the princess, they discover that it's the princess who wants to be kidnapped. But they are chased by an evil queen and an even more powerful entity.
Director: Hiroyuki Itô
Votes: 5,523
18. Persona 5 Royal (2019 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A group of high school students create a vigilante group to expose the crimes of corrupt adults but soon find themselves in the midst of a worldwide conspiracy and targeted by powerful individuals who would do anything to silence them.
Director: Daiki Itô | Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Ikue Ôtani, Mamoru Miyano, Nana Mizuki
Votes: 2,303
19. Borderlands 2 (2012 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A new group of adventurers arrives on the frontier planet Pandora. Handsome Jack, an egotistical tyrant attempts to assassinate them but fails. With the help of a deranged talking robot, they seek loot and revenge.
Director: Paul Hellquist | Stars: Lynn Andrews III, Yasemin Arslan, Justin J Barad, Christopher Bevins
Votes: 7,211
20. Pokémon Emerald Version (2004 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A young aspiring Pokemon Trainer moves to Littleroot Town. Crammed amid a truckload of boxes, our hero enters the foreign neighborhood eager to explore.
Director: Shigeki Morimoto
Votes: 1,647
21. Fallout 3 (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Centuries following nuclear war, a teen leaves the safety of an underground vault in order to find their father, who left in hopes of creating a water purifier.
Director: Todd Howard | Stars: Liam Neeson, Malcolm McDowell, Ron Perlman, Odette Annable
Votes: 20,353
22. Monster Hunter: World (2018 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Play as a hunter and take on quests to hunt monsters.
Directors: Yuya Tokuda, Kaname Fujioka | Stars: Carrie Keranen, Salli Saffioti, Cindy Robinson, David Lodge
Votes: 1,049
23. BioShock (2007 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
In 1960, a lone survivor of a plane crash named Jack discovers an abandoned underwater utopia, only to find out that the mystery behind its creation is much more sinister than he first believed.
Director: Ken Levine | Stars: John Ahlin, Greg Baldwin, Jane Beller, Susanne Blakeslee
Votes: 21,981
24. The Witness (2016 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
You awake on a mysterious island with no goal but to simply traverse the area's multiple landscapes, unlock new pathways and solve all of the puzzles that prevent you from escaping.
Director: Jonathan Blow | Stars: Terra Deva, Ashley Johnson, Phil LaMarr, Matthew Waterson
Votes: 740
25. The Talos Principle (2014 Video Game)
E10+ | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Players are tasked with solving a series of increasingly difficult series of complex puzzles woven into a metaphysical parable about intelligence and meaning in an inevitably doomed world.
Stars: Timothy Watson, Erin Fitzgerald
Votes: 645
26. Fable II (2008 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A peasant child finds out about the heroic past of the child's family. Once old enough, the hero decides to reclaim his or hers heritage.
Stars: Ron Glass, Julia Sawalha, Oliver Cotton, Stephen Fry
Votes: 2,938
27. The Sims 3 (2009 Video Game)
T | Family
The Sims returns with a more expanded character creation, and let's you step out of your neighborhood for the first time.
Director: Will Wright | Stars: Khary Payton, William Salyers, Elisa Gabrielli, Georgie Kidder
Votes: 2,757
28. Pokémon: Yellow Version - Special Pikachu Edition (1998 Video Game)
E | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
This game draws inspiration from the Pokémon anime series. Some gameplay events and storyline aspects are added or changed, though the overall story remains the same.
Director: Satoshi Tajiri | Star: Ikue Ôtani
Votes: 1,755
29. Shadow of the Colossus (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young man brings a deceased woman to a forbidden land inhabited by colossal beings said to house the power to revive the dead.
Director: Fumito Ueda | Stars: Kenji Nojima, Kazuhiro Nakata, Kyôko Hikami, Naoki Bando
Votes: 4,569
30. Red Dead Redemption (2010 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
A former outlaw is forced by the federal government to hunt down the members of his old gang.
Stars: Rob Wiethoff, Josh Blaylock, Sophia Marzocchi, Spider Madison
Votes: 30,484
31. Minecraft (2009 Video Game)
E10+ | Action, Adventure, Family
Welcome to the world of Minecraft where you can build, brew potions, enchant your armor and tools and adventure other biomes. Visit the Nether, or even defeat the Ender Dragon in the End.
Director: Agnes Larsson | Stars: Pierre Coffin, Katie Crown, CW21, Luke Harrison
Votes: 14,085
32. Half-Life 2 (2004 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Dr. Freeman is taken out of stasis by his "employer" to help rid the planet of invading aliens forces known as the Combine that entered through the portals he helped create.
Director: David Speyrer | Stars: Robert Guillaume, Robert Culp, Louis Gossett Jr., Michelle Forbes
Votes: 17,561
33. God of War (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
After wiping out the gods of Mount Olympus, Kratos moves on to the frigid lands of Scandinavia, where he and his son must embark on an odyssey across a dangerous world of gods and monsters.
Director: Cory Barlog | Stars: Christopher Judge, Sunny Suljic, Jeremy Davies, Danielle Bisutti
Votes: 37,429
34. Portal (2007 Video Game)
T | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A test subject wakes up in a scientific facility controlled by a sadistic artificial intelligence and must escape with the help of the only instrument she has--a gun that makes portals.
Stars: Ellen McLain, Mike Patton, Alesia Glidewell, Jeep Barnett
Votes: 14,403
35. Phasmophobia (2020 Video Game)
M | Horror
Paranormal activity is on the rise and it's up to you and your team to use all the ghost hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Votes: 458
36. The Forest (2018 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Horror
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants while searching for your lost son.
Director: Ben Falcone | Stars: Doron Bell, Heather Doerksen, Matt Cowlrick, Michael Dobson
Votes: 950
37. Myst (1993 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
The player is the Stranger, an unknown person mysteriously transported to the island of Myst. Alone and without clues, the Stranger must solve the mysteries and discover the secrets of this strange place.
Directors: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller, Hiroshi Yamada | Stars: Rand Miller, Robyn C. Miller
Votes: 821
38. Journey (2012 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Fantasy
A robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain.
Director: Jenova Chen
Votes: 4,175
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