Animal Crossing: New Horizons (2020)

All time rank:	111 of 1,400
2020s rank:	10 of 138
2020 rank:	3 of 23
List appearances:	46 lists
Developer:	Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 5
Platform:	Nintendo Switch
Genre:	Life Simulation
Series:	Animal Crossing
Wikipedia:	Wikipedia
IGDB:	IGDB
HowLongToBeat:	HowLongToBeat No finish line: hours players put in, not a time to beat Main: ~61h Main+Extra: ~154h 100%: ~426h
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Source Lists

All time 9

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2026	Kinda Funny	Kinda Funny's Top 100 Games of All Time	93
2025	Indy100	The best 100 video games of all time	41
2025	Rolling Stone	The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time	50
2024	Moustique	On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972 (pour fêter les 100 ans de Moustique)	87
2023	Kinopoisk	100 великих игр	67
2023	Parade	We Ranked the 25 Best Video Games of All Time	25
2022	IGN	The Top 100 Video Games of All Time	91
2021	GamesRadar+	The 50 best games of all time	50
2020	GQ Spain	Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia	40

2026 Kinda Funny

Kinda Funny's Top 100 Games of All Time #93

2025 Indy100

The best 100 video games of all time #41

2025 Rolling Stone

The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time #50

2024 Moustique

On a classé les 100 meilleurs jeux vidéo depuis la sortie de Pong en 1972 (pour fêter les 100 ans de Moustique) #87

2023 Kinopoisk

100 великих игр #67

2023 Parade

We Ranked the 25 Best Video Games of All Time #25

2022 IGN

The Top 100 Video Games of All Time #91

2021 GamesRadar+

The 50 best games of all time #50

2020 GQ Spain

Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia #40

Miscellaneous 2

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2025	IGN + Nintendo Life	The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time	17
2024	Paste	The 50 Best Games of the 2020s So Far	22

2025 IGN + Nintendo Life

The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time #17

2024 Paste

The 50 Best Games of the 2020s So Far #22

End of year 35

Year	Publication	Name	Rank
2021	3DJuegos	Los 25 mejores juegos de 2020 para la redacción de 3DJuegos	9
2021	BAFTA	2021 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners	2
2021	D.I.C.E. Awards	Game of the Year 2020	2
2021	Empire	The Best Video Games Of 2020	13
2021	Game Developers Choice Awards	GDCA Game of the Year 2020	2
2021	Giant Bomb	Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2020: Day Five	10
2021	Kinda Funny	Kinda Funny's Game of the Year 2020	5
2021	MinnMax	Game Of The Year Debate 2020	9
2021	New York Game Awards	Big Apple Award for Game of the Year (2020)	2
2020	Ars Technica	Ars Technica’s best games of 2020	4
2020	CNN	Our favorite video games of 2020	1
2020	Complex	The Best Video Games of 2020	5
2020	Den of Geek	The Best Games of 2020	8
2020	Electronic Gaming Monthly	EGM’s Best of 2020	3
2020	Entertainment Weekly	The best videogames of 2020	2
2020	Esquire	The 11 Best Video Games of 2020	1
2020	Game Informer	2020 Games of the Year	6
2020	GamesRadar+	The 25 best games of 2020	5
2020	GamingBolt	GamingBolt’s Game of the Year – Top 25 Games of 2020	8
2020	Goomba Stomp	Best Video Games of 2020	3
2020	Hardcore Gamer	Top 10 Games of 2020	4
2020	IGN	IGN's Game of the Year 2020	2
2020	Les Inrockuptibles	Voici nos 10 jeux vidéo préférés de 2020	6
2020	Mashable	The best video games of 2020	8
2020	NME	The 20 best games of 2020	2
2020	Paste	The 40 Best Games of 2020	7
2020	Polygon	The 50 best games of 2020	2
2020	Slant Magazine	The 25 Best Video Games of 2020	19
2020	The Game Awards	Game of the Year 2020	2
2020	The Guardian	The 15 best video games of 2020	1
2020	The New Yorker	The Best Video Games of 2020	1
2020	The Sydney Morning Herald	The 10 best video games of 2020	1
2020	The Washington Post	The best games of 2020	2
2020	Time	The 10 Best Video Games of 2020	5
2020	Vulture	The 10 Best Video Games of the Year (2020)	1