Best games
Best single-player games
The 250 best single-player games, ranked from 38,375 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 38,375 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 7 September 2026.
Ranking, page 5
201
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
202
Demon's Souls
88
/100
203
Hearthstone
88
/100
204
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
205
Tekken 8
88
/100
206
Grand Theft Auto IV
88
/100
207
StarCraft
88
/100
208
S
Far Cry 3
88
/100
209
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
210
The Stanley Parable
88
/100
211
S
Battlefield 1
88
/100
212
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
213
Dead Cells
88
/100
214
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
215
The Witcher
88
/100
216
Silent Hill 3
88
/100
217
Black Myth: Wukong
88
/100
218
Unreal Tournament 2004
88
/100
219
Total War: Shogun 2
88
/100
220
Kentucky Route Zero
88
/100
221
A
Dragon Age: Inquisition
88
/100
222
Crypt of the NecroDancer
88
/100
223
S
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
88
/100
224
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
88
/100
225
Gears 5
88
/100
226
Tales from the Borderlands
88
/100
227
Helldivers 2
88
/100
228
Metroid: Samus Returns
88
/100
229
Black Mesa
88
/100
230
SteamWorld Heist
88
/100
231
Far Cry
88
/100
232
Halo 4
88
/100
233
Machinarium
88
/100
234
S
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
235
Pokémon Gold Version
88
/100
236
Child of Light
88
/100
237
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
87
/100
238
Risk of Rain 2
87
/100
239
Tales of Arise
87
/100
240
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
87
/100
241
King's Bounty: The Legend
87
/100
242
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
87
/100
243
Bulletstorm
87
/100
244
Psychonauts 2
87
/100
245
Wasteland 3
87
/100
246
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
87
/100
247
Dragon Ball FighterZ
87
/100
248
S
Rise of the Tomb Raider
87
/100
249
S
Titanfall 2
87
/100
250
Half-Life 2: Episode One
87
/100
Ori and the Blind Forest
88
/100
202
Demon's Souls
88
/100
203
Hearthstone
88
/100
204
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition
88
/100
205
Tekken 8
88
/100
206
Grand Theft Auto IV
88
/100
207
StarCraft
88
/100
208
S
Far Cry 3
88
/100
209
A
Hollow Knight
88
/100
210
The Stanley Parable
88
/100
211
S
Battlefield 1
88
/100
212
S
BioShock 2
88
/100
213
Dead Cells
88
/100
214
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
215
The Witcher
88
/100
216
Silent Hill 3
88
/100
217
Black Myth: Wukong
88
/100
218
Unreal Tournament 2004
88
/100
219
Total War: Shogun 2
88
/100
220
Kentucky Route Zero
88
/100
221
A
Dragon Age: Inquisition
88
/100
222
Crypt of the NecroDancer
88
/100
223
S
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
88
/100
224
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
88
/100
225
Gears 5
88
/100
226
Tales from the Borderlands
88
/100
227
Helldivers 2
88
/100
228
Metroid: Samus Returns
88
/100
229
Black Mesa
88
/100
230
SteamWorld Heist
88
/100
231
Far Cry
88
/100
232
Halo 4
88
/100
233
Machinarium
88
/100
234
S
Euro Truck Simulator 2
88
/100
235
Pokémon Gold Version
88
/100
236
Child of Light
88
/100
237
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
87
/100
238
Risk of Rain 2
87
/100
239
Tales of Arise
87
/100
240
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
87
/100
241
King's Bounty: The Legend
87
/100
242
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
87
/100
243
Bulletstorm
87
/100
244
Psychonauts 2
87
/100
245
Wasteland 3
87
/100
246
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
87
/100
247
Dragon Ball FighterZ
87
/100
248
S
Rise of the Tomb Raider
87
/100
249
S
Titanfall 2
87
/100
250
Half-Life 2: Episode One
87
/100