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

Limbo

Playdead's 2010 monochrome puzzle-platformer with a haunting silhouette aesthetic.

1000pts

2

Mass Effect 2

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

934pts

3

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Infinity Ward's 2007 shooter that reinvented the franchise and online multiplayer progression.

894pts

4

Grand Theft Auto IV

Rockstar's 2008 crime epic following immigrant Niko Bellic through a gritty Liberty City.

830pts

5

Red Dead Redemption

Rockstar's 2010 open-world Western following outlaw John Marston across a dying frontier.

782pts

6

Batman: Arkham City

Rocksteady's 2011 open-world action game widely hailed as a definitive Batman experience.

782pts

7

Gears of War

Epic's 2006 cover-based shooter that became the Xbox 360's signature third-person franchise.

726pts

8

Halo 3

Bungie's 2007 sci-fi shooter that finished the Master Chief trilogy and defined Xbox Live multiplayer.

726pts

9

Borderlands 2

Gearbox's 2012 co-op looter-shooter packed with humor and millions of guns.

726pts

10

Portal 2

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

660pts

11

Forza Motorsport 4

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

660pts

12

Braid

Jonathan Blow's 2008 time-manipulation platformer that helped spark the indie revolution.

660pts

13

Fallout 3

Bethesda's 2008 post-apocalyptic RPG set in the irradiated Capital Wasteland.

660pts

14

Assassin's Creed II

Ubisoft's 2009 Renaissance-Italy adventure that elevated the series with Ezio Auditore.

660pts

15

Dark Souls

FromSoftware's 2011 punishing action RPG that launched a genre of its own.

660pts

16

BioShock

Irrational Games' 2007 atmospheric shooter set in the underwater objectivist dystopia of Rapture.

660pts

17

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bethesda's 2011 open-world fantasy RPG of dragons, shouts, and limitless exploration.

581pts

18

Castle Crashers

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

581pts

19

Halo: Reach

Bungie's 2010 prequel chronicling Noble Team's last stand on the planet Reach.

484pts

20

Alan Wake

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

484pts