The 20 Greatest Xbox 360 Games of All Time

From genre-defining blockbusters to scrappy arcade gems, this lineup spans the console that defined a generation of online play. Where do you stand?

1. 1
   Portal 2

   Valve's 2011 first-person puzzle game pairing physics-bending portals with razor-sharp comedy.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

   Infinity Ward's 2007 shooter that reinvented the franchise and online multiplayer progression.
   999pts
3. 3
   Mass Effect 2

   BioWare's acclaimed 2010 space-opera RPG built around a suicide-mission narrative and squad loyalty.
   930pts
4. 4
   Limbo

   Playdead's 2010 monochrome puzzle-platformer with a haunting silhouette aesthetic.
   891pts
5. 5
   Grand Theft Auto IV

   Rockstar's 2008 crime epic following immigrant Niko Bellic through a gritty Liberty City.
   818pts
6. 6
   Red Dead Redemption

   Rockstar's 2010 open-world Western following outlaw John Marston across a dying frontier.
   734pts
7. 7
   Batman: Arkham City

   Rocksteady's 2011 open-world action game widely hailed as a definitive Batman experience.
   734pts
8. 8
   Gears of War

   Epic's 2006 cover-based shooter that became the Xbox 360's signature third-person franchise.
   636pts
9. 9
   Borderlands 2

   Gearbox's 2012 co-op looter-shooter packed with humor and millions of guns.
   636pts
10. 10
    Fallout 3

    Bethesda's 2008 post-apocalyptic RPG set in the irradiated Capital Wasteland.
    636pts
11. 11
    Forza Motorsport 4

    Turn 10's 2011 racing sim celebrated as a high point for the Xbox 360 car-sim genre.
    520pts
12. 12
    Braid

    Jonathan Blow's 2008 time-manipulation platformer that helped spark the indie revolution.
    520pts
13. 13
    Assassin's Creed II

    Ubisoft's 2009 Renaissance-Italy adventure that elevated the series with Ezio Auditore.
    520pts
14. 14
    Dark Souls

    FromSoftware's 2011 punishing action RPG that launched a genre of its own.
    520pts
15. 15
    Halo 3

    Bungie's 2007 sci-fi shooter that finished the Master Chief trilogy and defined Xbox Live multiplayer.
    382pts
16. 16
    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Bethesda's 2011 open-world fantasy RPG of dragons, shouts, and limitless exploration.
    382pts
17. 17
    Castle Crashers

    The Behemoth's 2008 hand-drawn co-op beat 'em up that became an Xbox Live Arcade staple.
    382pts
18. 18
    BioShock

    Irrational Games' 2007 atmospheric shooter set in the underwater objectivist dystopia of Rapture.
    382pts
19. 19
    Halo: Reach

    Bungie's 2010 prequel chronicling Noble Team's last stand on the planet Reach.
    0pts
20. 20
    Alan Wake

    Remedy's 2010 psychological thriller about a novelist battling darkness in a Pacific Northwest town.
    0pts

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