Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 902 critic lists from 140 publications.
Updated: January 21, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2010
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#1 Mass Effect 2 (2010) (#12)
BioWare Edmonton | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action RPG / Third-Person Shooter | ~25h | 105 lists
#2 Red Dead Redemption (2010) (#22)
Rockstar North, Rockstar San Diego | X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure | ~18h | 90 lists
#3 Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010) (#67)
Nintendo EAD | Wii | Action-Adventure / Platform | ~13h | 56 lists
#4 Limbo (2010) (#175)
Playdead | 3, X360, XB1, 3, SW | Puzzle-Platformer | ~4h | 39 lists
#5 Fallout: New Vegas (2010) (#176)
Obsidian Entertainment | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action RPG | ~27h | 34 lists
#6 Super Meat Boy (2010) (#185)
Team Meat | 3, X360 | Platform | ~9h | 32 lists
#7 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) (#224)
Firaxis Games | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~40h | 27 lists
#8 StarCraft II (2010) (#234)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~18h | 29 lists
#9 Xenoblade Chronicles (2010) (#239)
Monolith Soft | Wii | Action RPG | ~57h | 23 lists
#10 Rock Band 3 (2010) (#290)
Backbone Entertainment, Harmonix Music Systems | X360, Wii, PS3 | Music | ~9h | 22 lists
#11 Heavy Rain (2010) (#294)
Quantic Dream | PS3 | Action-Adventure / Interactive Drama | ~10h | 27 lists
#12 God of War III (2010) (#355)
SCE Santa Monica Studio | PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action-Adventure | ~10h | 21 lists
#13 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) (#404)
Ubisoft Montreal | WIN, X360, PS3 | Action-Adventure / Stealth | ~15h | 20 lists
#14 Halo Reach (2010) (#500)
Bungie | X360 | First-Person Shooter | ~8h | 22 lists
#15 Vanquish (2010) (#512)
PlatinumGames | X360, PS3 | Third-Person Shooter | ~6h | 13 lists
#16 Alan Wake (2010) (#534)
Remedy Entertainment | X360 | Action-Adventure / Third-Person Shooter | ~11h | 13 lists
#17 Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) (#556)
Frictional Games | 3 | Adventure / Horror | ~8h | 9 lists
#18 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010) (#621)
EA Digital Illusions CE | WIN, X360, PS3 | First-Person Shooter / Tactical Shooter | ~7h | 11 lists
#19 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010) (#668)
Spike Chunsoft | PSP, PSV, iOS, AND | Adventure / Visual Novel | ~25h | 10 lists
#20 Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (2010) (#670)
Namco Bandai Games | X360, PS3 | Maze | ~3h | 5 lists
#21 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) (#683)
Kojima Productions | PSP | Stealth | ~18h | 7 lists
#22 BioShock 2 (2010) (#727)
2K Marin | WIN, X360, PS3 | First-Person Shooter | ~10h | 8 lists
#23 NieR (2010) (#759)
Cavia | X360, PS3 | Hack and Slash / Action RPG | ~20h | 5 lists
#24 Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010) (#762)
Treyarch | WIN, X360, Wii, PS3 | First-Person Shooter | ~7h | 16 lists
#25 Pokémon Black/White (2010) (#804)
Game Freak | DS | Role-Playing | ~32h | 7 lists
#26 NBA 2K11 (2010) (#805)
Visual Concepts | WIN, 3, X360, Wii | Sports | ~35h | 8 lists
#27 Cart Life (2010) (#806)
Richard Hofmeier | WIN | Simulation | 4 lists
#28 VVVVVV (2010) (#865)
Distractionware, Terry Cavanagh | 3, 3DS | Puzzle-Platformer | ~2h | 5 lists
#29 Deadly Premonition (2010) (#869)
Access Games | WIN, X360, PS3 | Horror | ~18h | 7 lists
#30 Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) (#970)
Retro Studios | Wii | Platform | ~11h | 8 lists
#1
#12
Mass Effect 2
2010
#2
#22
Red Dead Redemption
2010
#3
#67
Super Mario Galaxy 2
2010
#4
#175
Limbo
2010
#5
#176
Fallout: New Vegas
2010
#6
#185
Super Meat Boy
2010
#7
#224
#8
#234
StarCraft II
2010
#9
#239
Xenoblade Chronicles
2010
#10
#290
Rock Band 3
2010
#11
#294
Heavy Rain
2010
#12
#355
God of War III
2010
#13
#404
#14
#500
Halo Reach
2010
#15
#512
Vanquish
2010
#16
#534
Alan Wake
2010
#17
#556
#18
#621
#19
#668
#20
#670
#21
#683
#22
#727
BioShock 2
2010
#23
#759
NieR
2010
#24
#762
#25
#804
Pokémon Black/White
2010
#26
#805
NBA 2K11
2010
#27
#806
Cart Life
2010
#28
#865
VVVVVV
2010
#29
#869
Deadly Premonition
2010
#30
#970
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