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?
1LimboPlaydead's 2010 monochrome puzzle-platformer with a haunting silhouette aesthetic.1000pts
2Mass Effect 2BioWare's acclaimed 2010 space-opera RPG built around a suicide-mission narrative and squad loyalty.898pts
3Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareInfinity Ward's 2007 shooter that reinvented the franchise and online multiplayer progression.835pts
4Grand Theft Auto IVRockstar's 2008 crime epic following immigrant Niko Bellic through a gritty Liberty City.734pts
5Red Dead RedemptionRockstar's 2010 open-world Western following outlaw John Marston across a dying frontier.659pts
6Batman: Arkham CityRocksteady's 2011 open-world action game widely hailed as a definitive Batman experience.659pts
7Gears of WarEpic's 2006 cover-based shooter that became the Xbox 360's signature third-person franchise.571pts
8Halo 3Bungie's 2007 sci-fi shooter that finished the Master Chief trilogy and defined Xbox Live multiplayer.571pts
9Borderlands 2Gearbox's 2012 co-op looter-shooter packed with humor and millions of guns.571pts
10Portal 2Valve's 2011 first-person puzzle game pairing physics-bending portals with razor-sharp comedy.467pts
11Forza Motorsport 4Turn 10's 2011 racing sim celebrated as a high point for the Xbox 360 car-sim genre.467pts
12BraidJonathan Blow's 2008 time-manipulation platformer that helped spark the indie revolution.467pts
13Fallout 3Bethesda's 2008 post-apocalyptic RPG set in the irradiated Capital Wasteland.467pts
14Assassin's Creed IIUbisoft's 2009 Renaissance-Italy adventure that elevated the series with Ezio Auditore.467pts
15Dark SoulsFromSoftware's 2011 punishing action RPG that launched a genre of its own.467pts
16BioShockIrrational Games' 2007 atmospheric shooter set in the underwater objectivist dystopia of Rapture.467pts
17The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimBethesda's 2011 open-world fantasy RPG of dragons, shouts, and limitless exploration.343pts
18Castle CrashersThe Behemoth's 2008 hand-drawn co-op beat 'em up that became an Xbox Live Arcade staple.343pts
19Halo: ReachBungie's 2010 prequel chronicling Noble Team's last stand on the planet Reach.0pts
20Alan WakeRemedy's 2010 psychological thriller about a novelist battling darkness in a Pacific Northwest town.0pts
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Comments
Mark Hamill took the first Performer BAFTA ever handed out, for the Joker, on a night when Portal 2 won three awards to Arkham City's two: https://youpick.best/articles/batman-ranked-many-ways
One console generation later, on the other manufacturer's box: https://youpick.best/articles/grand-theft-auto-ranked-many-ways
September 2007: Halo 3 took $170 million in the United States in a day and pulled a million players onto Xbox Live within twenty hours: https://youpick.best/articles/halo-ranked-many-ways
