If you don’t want to miss out on the most important video games that the sector has produced, here we are going to leave the best games in history without taking into account the starting platform or the year of release.
A list where you will find classic, recent, and retro games and it is even possible that you think that some should not be on the list of the best games.
The answer to the doubts about which are the top video games is based on joining our own experiences together with the criticism of the panorama of the world of video games and interactive leisure.
We understand that it is the best formula to find and generate a very personal ranking of video games that are the best in history.
What are the best video games?
Video games, understanding as such the ability to communicate through controllers, have been with us for a long time now, but to make this ranking of games we are going to start the list from the days of the Nintendo NES, more specifically the time of the 8 bits.
Doing a bit of history, before starting with this top video game, remember the 90s, when “The War of Consoles” came to the world of video games with some colossal contenders, the Sega Master System and the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Sega and Nintendo fought in a legendary duel that divided the growing community of gamers in the world, since then the video game sector has not stopped growing and achieving true works of art in this field.
Finishing the tour, we move at full speed to the most recent years, video games reach record after record in their sales with the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the PC, without forgetting the attempts of Google to enter the sector and the new batch of next-generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X and S.
All this has left us, until now, these colossi, these masterpieces that no player who considers himself such should miss. Here we leave you the list of the best-selling video games in history.
The best video games in history
In order not to go on any longer, we leave you directly with the list of the best games in no specific order, all those present here are worthy heirs of the eighth art and are, without a doubt, the best video games in history.
The list of the best games of all time covers the best in the industry across all generations of consoles, PCs, or portable devices.
A collection of games that captivate with their amazing stories, eye-opening approach, and setting new benchmarks for upcoming video games. If you can, don’t stop playing them.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Specialized critics and the public reached a consensus that this work should be exalted and put on a pedestal from which it should not be lowered, no matter what.
Excellence in all sections of this CD Project RED game, released in 2015, which adapts the novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, an expanded universe also on Netflix with The Witcher series.
The Witcher 3 is a top video game for many reasons, but above all, it is a masterpiece within the action RPG, with a narrative of special relevance, where all the stories are important and their motivation for the development of the plot, together with an Agile and polished combat system to the millimeter and an outstanding artistic design.
A video game that you have to play and that guarantees you more than 100 hours of pure fun.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The quintessential saga of the video game world, The Legend of Zelda, revolutionized the open world concept without breaking a sweat, with Breath of the Wild.
With a development of practically 5 years since its previous title, it takes us to a new Hyrule but this time without limits, with a huge map to discover your complete free will.
There is no script or defined path, each player creates their adventure in their own style to run through the fields, mountains, swamps, and canyons of this incredible world created by Nintendo.
Breath of the Wild has excellent mechanics, bulletproof gameplay, and a story that is classic but intimate. Another video game that does not go below 100 hours without a problem, isInfinitee Zelda.
The Last of Us
The Last of Us, which would be the translation of The Last of Us, left behind the generation of PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii, and what an amazing farewell.
Naughty Dog leaves us glued to a hard and unceremonious story, with death, with depth, with a message, and with one of the best stories written for a video game. A work whose end left us anxiously awaiting its continuation.
Such was the success of The Last of Us that the franchise has generated two more high-quality titles. On one side is the game’s direct sequel, The Last of Us 2. On the other, the expected remake of the original title, The Last of Us Part 1 for PlayStation 5.
The Last of Us is a true masterpiece in every frame with an unforgettable relationship between the two main characters, Joel and Ellie.
A huge video game that we highly recommend to any lover of good stories. Essential, timeless, and a firm candidate as one of the best games in history.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Skyrim is the fifth installment of The Elder Scrolls saga back in 2011 and 10 years ago, but it has not yet left our lives due to its immense magical world and wonderful setting.
An epic battle in a fantasy place that is played in the first person, where the most violent actions together with magic teamed up. A magical story that included dragons, dungeons, and warriors in every corner of a gigantic map with hundreds of secrets to discover.
Skyrim is a show that accompanied a soundtrack of those that are not forgotten and a precious artistic section. Its success was such that it encouraged Bethesda to launch an MMORPG set in this universe, The Elder Scrolls Online.
Grim Fandango
Manny Calavera is our protagonist and we cannot forget this bag of bones endowed with an overwhelming personality. Grim Fandango is a story with Mexican airs that today is still considered the best adventure game of all time.
Dizzying humor is not at odds with an exciting story full of script twists, surprises, drama, and a special charm in each dialogue. A game with which you will not stop smiling.
A plot where corruption, lies, and crime run rampant until the final outcome that you will have to discover by unraveling all the puzzles in the video game.
God of War: Ragnarok
God of War: Ragnarök enters fresh out of the oven in this ranking of the best games in history. The latest adventure of Kratos and his son Atreus in Norse mythology is one of the best games of 2022, and it has plenty of arguments for it.
The gameplay reaches very high levels in God of War Ragnarök, not to mention its plot, much more mature and with very human characters. In these aspects, it is, by far, the best installment of the saga. The conjunction of these elements and a selection of sublime final bosses are the main arguments for entering this ranking.
Final Fantasy 7
Not a few paths were opened by this video game back in 1998, the success of Final Fantasy VII assured the West of the subsequent arrival of dozens of RPGs and JRPGs, in addition to ratifying an entire legendary saga such as Final Fantasy.
Final Fantasy 7 had an impact, and a lot, on the generation of players who got hold of the first PlayStation and won hearts in its wake with the story of Cloud.
Die-hard fans of the saga knew what awaited them but for many others, it was their first foray into this type of game and Final Fantasy VII was their point of no return.
The story with the background environment, all of the unforgettable characters, an innovative combat system, and, of course in Spain, a very special translation that came to these lands in this first version that has also left its mark.
Such is its importance that in 2021 fans received Final Fantasy VII Remake, a total reconstruction of the game that was received with open arms, although it was not without controversy.
Super Mario 64
The best platform game of all time could not be another, Super Mario 64 was an example of how to do things and go from 2D to 3D environments. The change was not limited to being a novelty, no, the revolution at the first change was this leap (never better said).
Comparing previous installments, Mario grew in possibilities and freedom as each level expanded his options in amazing ways. There are many Super Mario, but this is the beginning of everything and you have to play it.
It was a revolution in the field of 3D, which is why Super Mario 64 is worthy of being on this list as the best game in history.
Half-Life 2
The leader of fps or shooters for a long time. Half-Life 2 is an amazing cover letter with an enveloping story that is accompanied by playable mechanics that are up to par and that do not just stop at shooting, that necessary evolution that Valve carried out and that continues today in this video game.
If you want to live an experience where elements as disparate as survival, platforms, driving, and of course, shooting are combined, immerse yourself in this impressive game from start to finish.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1998 was an incredible year for the industry, Square released it’s Final Fantasy VII, Valve released its first Half-Life, and Nintendo conquered the world and history with The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time.
Everything in this game is perfect, especially if we see it through the eyes of those years: graphics, dungeon design, boss fights, number of characters for the setting and side missions, the soundtrack, and so on.
The stars aligned and Nintendo gave the world one of the best games in history that we are lucky to be able to play with its revision on 3DS.
One thing cannot be denied, and that is that this Ocarina of Time was one of the games that have marked a before and after in the electronic entertainment industry and have managed to expand its limits. Play it.