Over 24K fans have voted on the 160+ items on Best Video Game Franchises of All Time. Current Top 3: The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., Pokémon ...
Pick any game from the storied Civilization franchise, and you’ll be experiencing the crown jewel of the 4X strategy genre. We’re highlightingCivilization V, though, because it perfected the winning formula the franchise introduced in 1991. It’s a dense, systems-focused strategy game that ne...
Transporting players to the heart of the Mojave Desert, Fallout: New Vegas brought back a lot of the fundamentals of Fallout 2 which had been missing from Bethesda’s Fallout 3, which moved the franchise to the East Coast. Despite its insanely short development cycle of only 18 months, many...
A hero is only as great as the villain they are up against, and you can’t find stronger antagonists than in video games. Only through games can you feel a true, personal rivalry and a drive to overcome a villain, as you become far more attached to the world and characters. The best...
A game that is still regarded as the high point for the entire franchise, and one that convinced Nintendo to stick with it. And no wonder — with brilliant tactical battles, compelling characters, and a story spanning generations, it’s easy to see why this won over all who played it. ...
GamesRadar+ joins forces with the Golden Joystick Awards to present the best video games of all time
Due to a lack of available sales data, we could not include certain games that may belong on this list. For example, we reached out to Activision-Blizzard seeking updated sales numbers for Diablo 3 (30 million units sold as of June 2015) and the Call of Duty franchise but did not recei...
The seventh game to make the list of the best video games of all time is God of War, a game based on Greek mythology. Developed by Japanese company Sony, through its Santa Monica Studio, the game is part of one of the most critically acclaimed gaming franchises. However, the 2018 remad...
The game sold more than 1.5 million copies and launched the franchise into the gaming stratosphere. The second game is played like the first, as you control the eponymous Blue Bomber through a series of robot-ridden levels, defeating them to earn their abilities. But Mega Man 2 brought a ...
This game (along with the Balance Board) fills up numerous used gaming stores mostly because of how many people owned them. 7. Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow – 47.52 million Since its debut in 1996, Pokémon has become the single highest-grossing media franchise ever. Where Tetris made the...