Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2000
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#1 Deus Ex (2000) (#37)
Ion Storm | MAC, WIN | Action RPG / First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~23h | 64 lists
#2 Diablo II (2000) (#45)
Blizzard North | MAC, WIN | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~34h | 54 lists
#3 Counter-Strike / Counter-Strike 1.6 (2000) (#65)
Valve | WIN | First-Person Shooter / Tactical | ~26h | 48 lists
#4 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) (#83)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.3 | N64 | Action-Adventure | ~21h | 31 lists
#5 The Sims (2000) (#96)
Maxis | MAC, WIN | Life Simulation | ~20h | 42 lists
#6 Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) (#100)
BioWare Edmonton, MumboJumbo | MAC, WIN | Role-Playing | ~67h | 30 lists
#7 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000) (#104)
Neversoft Entertainment, Westlake Interactive | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Sports | ~9h | 37 lists
#8 Thief II: The Metal Age (2000) (#183)
Looking Glass Studios | WIN | Stealth | ~20h | 22 lists
#9 Final Fantasy IX (2000) (#240)
Square Product Development Division 1, Square USA | PS | Role-Playing | ~38h | 16 lists
#10 Vagrant Story (2000) (#335)
Square Product Development Division 4 | PS | Action RPG | ~24h | 11 lists
#11 Jet Grind Radio / Jet Set Radio (2000) (#358)
Smilebit | DC | Action / Sports / Platform | ~7h | 13 lists
#12 Perfect Dark (2000) (#384)
Rare | N64 | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~8h | 15 lists
#13 Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000) (#385)
Capcom Production Studio 1 | ARC, DC, PS2, Xbox | Fighting | ~1h | 12 lists
#14 Skies of Arcadia (2000) (#413)
Overworks | DC, GC | Role-Playing | ~43h | 15 lists
#15 Phantasy Star Online (2000) (#419)
Sonic Team | WIN, DC, GC, Xbox | Action RPG | ~32h | 13 lists
#16 Paper Mario (2000) (#474)
Intelligent Systems | N64 | Role-Playing | ~23h | 13 lists
#17 The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000) (#591)
Monolith Productions | MAC, WIN, PS2 | First-Person Shooter / Stealth | ~13h | 7 lists
#18 Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000) (#627)
Nextech | DC, PS2, GC | Horror | ~12h | 6 lists
#19 Power Stone 2 (2000) (#669)
Capcom | ARC, DC | Fighting | ~1h | 6 lists
#20 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000) (#694)
Westwood Pacific | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~15h | 7 lists
#21 Crimson Skies (2000) (#714)
Zipper Interactive | WIN | Action / Flight Simulation | ~10h | 5 lists
#22 WWF No Mercy (2000) (#847)
AKI Corporation, Asmik Ace Entertainment | N64 | Fighting / Sports | ~6h | 7 lists
#23 Grandia II (2000) (#905)
Game Arts | WIN, DC, PS2 | Role-Playing | ~31h | 5 lists
#24 Hitman: Codename 47 (2000) (#919)
IO Interactive | WIN | Stealth | ~11h | 4 lists
#1
#37
Deus Ex
2000
#2
#45
Diablo II
2000
#3
#65
#4
#83
#5
#96
The Sims
2000
#6
#100
#7
#104
#8
#183
#9
#240
Final Fantasy IX
2000
#10
#335
Vagrant Story
2000
#11
#358
#12
#384
Perfect Dark
2000
#13
#385
#14
#413
Skies of Arcadia
2000
#15
#419
Phantasy Star Online
2000
#16
#474
Paper Mario
2000
#17
#591
#18
#627
#19
#669
Power Stone 2
2000
#20
#694
#21
#714
Crimson Skies
2000
#22
#847
WWF No Mercy
2000
#23
#905
Grandia II
2000
#24
#919
Hitman: Codename 47
2000
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