Animal Crossing: New Leaf (2012)
| All time rank: | 266 of 1,400 |
| 2010s rank: | 81 of 348 |
| 2012 rank: | 11 of 41 |
| List appearances: | 30 lists |
| Developer: | Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2 |
| Platform: | Nintendo 3DS |
| 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: ~79h
Main+Extra: ~192h
100%: ~469h
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Source Lists
All time
5
| Year | Publication | Name | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Hyper | The 200 Games You Must Play | 1 |
| 2017 | Edge | The 100 Greatest Videogames | 93 |
| 2017 | Polygon | The 500 best games of all time | 149 |
| 2015 | Edge | The 100 Greatest Videogames | 89 |
| 2015 | GamesRadar+ | The 100 Best Games of All-Time | 38 |
2018
Hyper
The 200 Games You Must Play
#1
2017
Edge
The 100 Greatest Videogames
#93
2017
Polygon
2015
Edge
2015
GamesRadar+
Decade
11
| Year | Publication | Name | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | IGN | The Best Games of the Decade | 1 |
| 2020 | IGN Japan | 2010年代のゲームを振り返ろう！ここ10年で最高の30本はこれだ！ | 1 |
| 2020 | USgamer | USG's Top 100 Games of the Decade | 46 |
| 2019 | Den of Geek | 100 Best Games of the Decade | 85 |
| 2019 | Fanbyte | Fanbyte’s Top 50 Games of the Decade | 8 |
| 2019 | GameSpew | The 50 Best Games of the Decade | 37 |
| 2019 | GamesRadar+ | The 100 best games of the decade | 48 |
| 2019 | Gaming Age | Gaming Age’s Games of the Decade | 15 |
| 2019 | Paste | The 100 Best Videogames of the 2010s | 23 |
| 2019 | Polygon | The 100 best games of the decade (2010-2019) | 79 |
| 2019 | VG247 | The top 50 games from 2010-2020, ranked | 35 |
2020
IGN
2020
IGN Japan
2020
USgamer
2019
Den of Geek
2019
Fanbyte
2019
GameSpew
2019
GamesRadar+
2019
Gaming Age
2019
Paste
2019
Polygon
2019
VG247
Miscellaneous
2
| Year | Publication | Name | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IGN + Nintendo Life | The 100 Best Nintendo Games of All Time | 54 |
| 2023 | 3DJuegos | Los 20 mejores juegos de 3DS | 7 |
2025
IGN + Nintendo Life
2023
3DJuegos
End of year
12
| Year | Publication | Name | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kotaku | The 10 Best Games Of 2013 | 6 |
| 2013 | Business Insider | 15 Video Games From 2013 Everyone Should Play | 1 |
| 2013 | CNET | The 15 best video games of 2013 | 16 |
| 2013 | CNN | 2013: The year in video gaming | 1 |
| 2013 | Digital Spy | Digital Spy's best games of 2013 | 15 |
| 2013 | Electronic Gaming Monthly | EGM’s Best of 2013 | 21 |
| 2013 | GamesRadar+ | Game of the year 2013 | 18 |
| 2013 | Mashable | The 10 Best Games of 2013 | 8 |
| 2013 | Paste | The 25 Best Videogames of 2013 | 5 |
| 2013 | The Guardian | Top 25 games of 2013 | 7 |
| 2013 | Time | Top 10 Video Games (2013) | 5 |
| 2013 | Wired | The 10 Best Videogames of 2013 | 6 |
2019
Kotaku
2013
Business Insider
2013
CNET
2013
CNN
2013
Digital Spy
2013
Electronic Gaming Monthly
2013
GamesRadar+
2013
Mashable
2013
Paste
2013
The Guardian
2013
Time
2013
Wired