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 2008
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#1 Fallout 3 (2008) (#52)
Bethesda Game Studios | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action RPG | ~22h | 59 lists
#2 Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (#61)
Rockstar North | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure | ~27h | 46 lists
#3 Persona 4 / Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008) (#87)
Atlus | WIN, PS2, PSV | Role-Playing / Life Simulation | ~72h | 33 lists
#4 Braid (2008) (#89)
Number None Inc. | WIN, X360 | Puzzle-Platformer | ~5h | 41 lists
#5 Left 4 Dead (2008) (#121)
Certain Affinity, Turtle Rock Studios, Valve | WIN, X360 | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 33 lists
#6 Street Fighter IV (2008) (#152)
Dimps | ARC, WIN, X360, PS3 | Fighting | ~2h | 31 lists
#7 Dead Space (2008) (#170)
EA Redwood Shores | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~11h | 28 lists
#8 Rock Band 2 (2008) (#232)
Harmonix Music Systems | PS2, PS3, X360, Wii | Music | ~10h | 15 lists
#9 Gears of War 2 (2008) (#233)
Epic Games | X360 | Third-Person Shooter | ~10h | 24 lists
#10 LittleBigPlanet (2008) (#251)
Media Molecule | PS3 | Sandbox / Platform | ~9h | 24 lists
#11 Fable II (2008) (#265)
Lionhead Studios | X360 | Action RPG | ~13h | 20 lists
#12 Burnout Paradise (2008) (#269)
Criterion Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Racing | ~13h | 16 lists
#13 Valkyria Chronicles (2008) (#307)
Sega WOW | WIN, PS3 | Tactical RPG | ~30h | 10 lists
#14 Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (#323)
Sora | Wii | Fighting | ~12h | 14 lists
#15 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) (#373)
Kojima Productions | PS3 | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~18h | 16 lists
#16 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (2008) (#482)
Bizarre Creations | X360 | Shooter | ~3h | 10 lists
#17 Mirror's Edge (2008) (#499)
EA Digital Illusions CE | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~6h | 11 lists
#18 Far Cry 2 (2008) (#614)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, X360, PS3 | First-Person Shooter | ~17h | 7 lists
#19 Castle Crashers (2008) (#689)
The Behemoth | X360 | Beat 'em Up | ~7h | 6 lists
#20 Sins of a Solar Empire (2008) (#766)
Ironclad Games | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~8h | 4 lists
#21 FIFA 09 (2008) (#813)
EA Canada | X360, PS3 | Sports | ~39h | 4 lists
#22 Race Driver: Grid (2008) (#830)
Codemasters Southam | WIN, X360, PS3 | Racing | ~20h | 5 lists
#23 World of Goo (2008) (#850)
2D Boy | 3, Wii, iOS, AND | Puzzle | ~6h | 5 lists
#24 Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008) (#946)
GRIN | WIN, X360, PS3 | Metroidvania / Platform | ~5h | 3 lists
#25 NHL 09 (2008) (#968)
EA Canada, HB Studios | WIN, PS2, PS3, X360 | Sports | ~20h | 4 lists
#1
#52
Fallout 3
2008
#2
#61
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008
#3
#87
#4
#89
Braid
2008
#5
#121
Left 4 Dead
2008
#6
#152
Street Fighter IV
2008
#7
#170
Dead Space
2008
#8
#232
Rock Band 2
2008
#9
#233
Gears of War 2
2008
#10
#251
LittleBigPlanet
2008
#11
#265
Fable II
2008
#12
#269
Burnout Paradise
2008
#13
#307
Valkyria Chronicles
2008
#14
#323
#15
#373
#16
#482
#17
#499
Mirror's Edge
2008
#18
#614
Far Cry 2
2008
#19
#689
Castle Crashers
2008
#20
#766
#21
#813
FIFA 09
2008
#22
#830
Race Driver: Grid
2008
#23
#850
World of Goo
2008
#24
#946
#25
#968
NHL 09
2008
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