100 highest-rated games

Written: January 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM

David Perry suggests using gameranker.com for The David Perry Challenge, and filtering for platforms you own. I found this list to be dated (11 years later) because it's a less used website compared to when design3 - The David Perry Challenge was recorded.

I'm using this list from Reddit that I like: I aggregated more than 700 greatest games lists. Here are the results.

The list below is up to date with my current progress through the challenge. You can bookmark this note as an entry point.

100 highest rated games

Name	Year	Status	Stream	Analysis
Breath of the Wild	2017	Streamed	Breath of the Wild - (1 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Breath of the Wild - dperry analysis
The Last of Us	2013	Streamed	The Last of Us - (18 of 100) David Perry Challenge	The Last of Us - dperry analysis
Tetris	1985	Streamed	Tetris - (14 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Tetris - dperry analysis
Half-Life 2	2004	Streamed	Half-Life 2 - (2 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Half Life 2 - dperry analysis
Ocarina of Time	1998	Streamed	Ocarina of Time - (3 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Ocarina of Time - dperry analysis
The Witcher III	2015	Streamed	The Witcher 3 - (4 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Witcher 3 - dperry analysis
Super Mario 64	1996	Streamed	Super Mario 64 - (5 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Mario 64 - dperry analysis
Resident Evil 4	2005	Streamed	Resident Evil 4 - (6 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Resident Evil 4 - dperry analysis
BioShock	2007	Streamed	Bioshock - (7 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Bioshock - dperry analysis
Skyrim	2011	Streamed	Skyrim Part 1 - (8 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Skyrim - dperry analysis
A Link to the Past	1991	Streamed	A Link to the Past - (9 of 100) David Perry Challenge	A Link to the Past - dperry analysis
Mass Effect 2	2010	Streamed	Mass Effect 2 - (10 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Mass Effect 2 - dperry analysis
Super Metroid	1994	Streamed	Super Metroid - (11 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Super Metroid - dperry analysis
Super Mario World	1990	Streamed	Super Mario World - (12 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Super Mario World - dperry analysis
Shadow of the Colossus	2005	Streamed	Shadow of the Colossus - (13 of 100) David Perry Challenge
Final Fantasy VII	1997	Streamed	Final Fantasy VII - (15 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Final Fantasy VII - dperry analysis
DOOM	1993	Streamed	DOOM - (16 of 100) David Perry Challenge	DOOM - dperry analysis
Portal 2	2011	Streamed	Portal 2 - (19 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Portal 2 - dperry analysis
World of Warcraft	2004	Streamed	World of Warcraft - (20 of 100) David Perry Challenge	World of Warcraft - dperry analysis
Metal Gear Solid	1998	Streamed	Metal Gear Solid - (21 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Metal Gear Solid - dperry analysis
Portal	2007	Streamed	Portal - (17 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Portal - dperry analysis
God of War	2018	Streamed	God of War - (22 of 100) David Perry Challenge	God of War - dperry analysis
Elden Ring	2022	Streamed	Elden Ring - (23 of 100) David Perry Challenge
Street Fighter II	1991	Streamed	Street Figher II - (24 of 100) David Perry Challenge	Street Fighter II - dperry analysis
Grand Theft Auto V	2013
Red Dead Redemption	2010
Chrono Trigger	1995
GoldenEye 007	1997
Dark Souls	2011
CoD 4 Modern Warfare	2007
Super Mario Bros. 3	1988
Castlevania Symphony of the Night	1997
Uncharted 2 Among Thieves	2009	No access
Bloodborne	2015	No access
Halo Combat Evolved	2001
Minecraft	2011
Half-Life	1998
Deus Ex	2000
Metroid Prime	2002
Journey	2012
Silent Hill 2	2001
Red Dead Redemption 2	2018
Metal Gear Solid 3	2004
Baldur's Gate 3	2023
Super Mario Kart	1992
Hades	2020
Knights of the Old Republic	2003
StarCraft	1998
Super Mario Odyssey	2017
Diablo II	2000
Fallout 3	2008
Super Mario Bros.	1985
Final Fantasy VI	1994
Pokemon (Gen. 1)	1996
Batman Arkham City	2011
Super Mario Galaxy	2007	no access
Tears of the Kingdom	2023
Grand Theft Auto IV	2008
Ico	2001
NieR Automata	2017
The Wind Waker	2002
Counter-Strike 1.6	2000
Overwatch	2016
Tomb Raider	1996
Grand Theft Auto III	2001
The Walking Dead	2012
Outer Wilds	2019
Super Smash Bros. Melee	2001
SimCity 2000	1993
Okami	2006
Mega Man 2	1988
Rocket League	2015
The Secret of Monkey Island	1990
Resident Evil	1996
Inside	2016
Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain	2015
Grim Fandango	1998
Undertale	2015
Disco Elysium	2019
Super Mario Galaxy 2	2010	no access
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas	2004
EarthBound	1994
Spelunky	2012
Halo 3	2007
Celeste	2018
System Shock 2	1999
Grand Theft Auto Vice City	2002
Sonic the Hedgehog	1991
The Last of Us Part II	2020	No access
Prince of Persia The Sands of Time	2003
Stardew Valley	2016
Batman Arkham Asylum	2009
Sid Meier's Civilization IV	2005
Majora's Mask	2000
Titanfall 2	2016
Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island	1995
Persona 4	2008
Braid	2008
Donkey Kong	1981
The Sims	2000

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