Beste games
Beste games van 2001
De 53 beste games uit 2001, gerangschikt op 15,618 beoordelingen van critici en spelers.
De beste game van 2001 is Super Smash Bros. Melee, met een critic score van 100/100 — bijgewerkt in september 2026.
Hoe deze ranglijst is opgebouwd
- Games worden gerangschikt op de samengestelde criticiscore op 100 die van IGDB en Metacritic komt, nooit op de eigen scores van Tier.
- Een game komt pas in de ranglijst vanaf 80 externe beoordelingen, zodat één enthousiaste recensie nooit een bewezen klassieker voorbijstreeft.
- De community-scores van F tot S staan naast elke game en worden pas als feit gesteld boven 5 Tier-beoordelingen.
- Gedekte releaseperiode: 2001.
- 50 games staan op deze pagina, samen goed voor 15,618 beoordelingen.
- De ranglijsten worden elk uur herberekend; deze is op 28 september 2026 opnieuw opgebouwd.
Top 50
01
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to the Nintendo 64 title. It includes all playable characters from the first game, and also adds characters from franchises such as Fire Emblem, of which no games had been released outside Japan at the time. Super Smash Bros. Melee builds on the first game by adding new gameplay features and playable characters: it's major focus is the multiplayer mode, while still offering a number of single-player modes.
100
/100
02
Advance Wars
Just because this battle fits in the palm of your hand doesn't mean the stakes are small. On the contrary, this all-or-nothing fight will have you accessing guns, grenades, launchers, and weaponry of all sorts. Players assume command of an army that's out to reclaim a world that's been broken up by warring factions. The battle map is essentially a grid, and moving units is like moving chess pieces on a board -- each of the units can move a specific amount of spaces within this grid, and can only attack at a certain distance from specific enemies. Advance Wars features more than 115 maps, a map editor, head-to-head play via link cable, and an easy-to-understand tutorial mode for beginners.
100
/100
03
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is one of two Zelda titles released for the Game Boy Color, the other being Oracle of Seasons. The game retain many gameplay elements from Link's Awakening such as the graphics, audio and top-view perspective. It also features eight dungeons and a large overworld to explore like in the previous games. Oracle of Ages is said to be more puzzle-oriented than its counterpart being more action-oriented. After completing one of the two games, both can be linked to form a single linear plot with an alternate ending. Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons were often credited as being two of the top games for the Game Boy Color.
95
/100
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to the Nintendo 64 title. It includes all playable characters from the first game, and also adds characters from franchises such as Fire Emblem, of which no games had been released outside Japan at the time. Super Smash Bros. Melee builds on the first game by adding new gameplay features and playable characters: it's major focus is the multiplayer mode, while still offering a number of single-player modes.
100
/100
02
Advance Wars
Just because this battle fits in the palm of your hand doesn't mean the stakes are small. On the contrary, this all-or-nothing fight will have you accessing guns, grenades, launchers, and weaponry of all sorts. Players assume command of an army that's out to reclaim a world that's been broken up by warring factions. The battle map is essentially a grid, and moving units is like moving chess pieces on a board -- each of the units can move a specific amount of spaces within this grid, and can only attack at a certain distance from specific enemies. Advance Wars features more than 115 maps, a map editor, head-to-head play via link cable, and an easy-to-understand tutorial mode for beginners.
100
/100
03
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages is one of two Zelda titles released for the Game Boy Color, the other being Oracle of Seasons. The game retain many gameplay elements from Link's Awakening such as the graphics, audio and top-view perspective. It also features eight dungeons and a large overworld to explore like in the previous games. Oracle of Ages is said to be more puzzle-oriented than its counterpart being more action-oriented. After completing one of the two games, both can be linked to form a single linear plot with an alternate ending. Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons were often credited as being two of the top games for the Game Boy Color.
95
/100
04
S
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the FF series and the first title released on sixth-generation consoles. It was also the first game to feature fully three-dimensional areas rather than including pre-rendered backdrops, and the first to include voice acting. Final Fantasy X tells the story of a star blitzball player, Tidus, who journeys with a young and beautiful summoner named Yuna on her quest to save the world of Spira from an endless cycle of destruction wrought by the colossal menace Sin.
95
/100
05
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the Tony Hawk's series. Skate as the legendary Tony Hawk or choose from a dream team of 12 top pro skaters, including old favorites like Lasek, Thomas, Muska, and Steamer, as well as new talent like Gilfberg, Caballero, Koston, and Mullen. Travel from L.A. to Tokyo, Suburbia to Skater's Island performing challenges and meeting goals with new moves that include the Revert, which allows you to link vert tricks, and flatland tricks such as Caspers, the Primo, and Handstand Manual.
94
/100
06
S
Grand Theft Auto III
Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment. For the first time, players are put at the heart of their very own gangster movie, and let loose in a fully-realised 3 dimensional city, in which anything can happen and probably will. With a cast of hundreds, 50 plus vehicles, ranging from sports cars to ice cream trucks and from boats to buses, 3 hours of music, including opera, reggae, house, drum and bass, pop and disco, a huge array of street ready weapons and some of the seediest characters in video game history, Grand Theft Auto 3 is a sprawling epic which will show you that sometimes, crime can pay and sometimes it can pay you back. Available now for PlayStation2, Xbox, PC and Macintosh.
93
/100
07
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons is one of two Zelda titles released for the Game Boy Color, the other being Oracle of Ages. The game retain many gameplay elements from Link's Awakening such as the graphics, audio and top-view perspective. It also features eight dungeons and a large overworld to explore like in the previous games. Oracle of Seasons is said to be more action-oriented than its counterpart being more puzzle-oriented. After completing one of the two games, both can be linked to form a single linear plot with an alternate ending. Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages were often credited as being two of the top games for the Game Boy Color.
93
/100
08
Final Fantasy X
92
/100
09
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World is a remake of Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance starring Mario's dinosaur friend Yoshi for the first time. Super Mario Advance is a four-part series for the GBA with Super Mario games of the NES and SNES era. The remakes came with adjusted graphics, sound and additional content. Each game of the series includes additionally the arcade-classic "Mario Bros" which can be played in multiplayer via link cable.
92
/100
10
Golden Sun
Evil is slowly covering the world. Forces of darkness are pursuing the lost art of Alchemy, and the fate of mankind hangs in the balance. You and your companions, armed with weapons, Psynergy magic, and a host of elemental creatures, must return peace to the world. Golden Sun is an epic role-playing game with an engrossing story, set in a massive world. Gather the elemental Djinn – fire, water, wind and earth – and combine them in unique ways to produce awesome magical effects.
91
/100
11
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
90
/100
12
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
90
/100
13
ICO
90
/100
14
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
90
/100
15
Black & White
90
/100
16
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
17
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
87
/100
18
Animal Crossing
87
/100
19
Halo: Combat Evolved
87
/100
20
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
86
/100
21
Onimusha: Warlords
86
/100
22
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
85
/100
23
Devil May Cry
85
/100
24
Clive Barker's Undying
85
/100
25
Aliens Versus Predator 2
85
/100
26
Ikaruga
84
/100
27
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
83
/100
28
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
82
/100
29
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100
30
Stronghold
81
/100
31
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
80
/100
32
Sid Meier's Civilization III
80
/100
33
Sonic Adventure 2
79
/100
34
Tekken 4
79
/100
35
RuneScape
78
/100
36
A
Gothic
78
/100
37
Luigi's Mansion
78
/100
38
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
77
/100
39
Anachronox
77
/100
40
Worms World Party
75
/100
41
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
75
/100
42
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
74
/100
43
Runaway, A Road Adventure
74
/100
44
Cossacks: Art of War
74
/100
45
S
Max Payne
74
/100
46
Oni
73
/100
47
Half-Life: Blue Shift
71
/100
48
STAR WARS Starfighter
71
/100
49
Red Faction
70
/100
50
Zoo Tycoon
68
/100
S
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the FF series and the first title released on sixth-generation consoles. It was also the first game to feature fully three-dimensional areas rather than including pre-rendered backdrops, and the first to include voice acting. Final Fantasy X tells the story of a star blitzball player, Tidus, who journeys with a young and beautiful summoner named Yuna on her quest to save the world of Spira from an endless cycle of destruction wrought by the colossal menace Sin.
95
/100
05
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the Tony Hawk's series. Skate as the legendary Tony Hawk or choose from a dream team of 12 top pro skaters, including old favorites like Lasek, Thomas, Muska, and Steamer, as well as new talent like Gilfberg, Caballero, Koston, and Mullen. Travel from L.A. to Tokyo, Suburbia to Skater's Island performing challenges and meeting goals with new moves that include the Revert, which allows you to link vert tricks, and flatland tricks such as Caspers, the Primo, and Handstand Manual.
94
/100
06
S
Grand Theft Auto III
Featuring a fully 3-D living city, a combination of narrative driven and non-linear gameplay and a completely open environment, Grand Theft Auto III represents a huge leap forward in interactive entertainment. For the first time, players are put at the heart of their very own gangster movie, and let loose in a fully-realised 3 dimensional city, in which anything can happen and probably will. With a cast of hundreds, 50 plus vehicles, ranging from sports cars to ice cream trucks and from boats to buses, 3 hours of music, including opera, reggae, house, drum and bass, pop and disco, a huge array of street ready weapons and some of the seediest characters in video game history, Grand Theft Auto 3 is a sprawling epic which will show you that sometimes, crime can pay and sometimes it can pay you back. Available now for PlayStation2, Xbox, PC and Macintosh.
93
/100
07
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons is one of two Zelda titles released for the Game Boy Color, the other being Oracle of Ages. The game retain many gameplay elements from Link's Awakening such as the graphics, audio and top-view perspective. It also features eight dungeons and a large overworld to explore like in the previous games. Oracle of Seasons is said to be more action-oriented than its counterpart being more puzzle-oriented. After completing one of the two games, both can be linked to form a single linear plot with an alternate ending. Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages were often credited as being two of the top games for the Game Boy Color.
93
/100
08
Final Fantasy X
92
/100
09
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World is a remake of Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance starring Mario's dinosaur friend Yoshi for the first time. Super Mario Advance is a four-part series for the GBA with Super Mario games of the NES and SNES era. The remakes came with adjusted graphics, sound and additional content. Each game of the series includes additionally the arcade-classic "Mario Bros" which can be played in multiplayer via link cable.
92
/100
10
Golden Sun
Evil is slowly covering the world. Forces of darkness are pursuing the lost art of Alchemy, and the fate of mankind hangs in the balance. You and your companions, armed with weapons, Psynergy magic, and a host of elemental creatures, must return peace to the world. Golden Sun is an epic role-playing game with an engrossing story, set in a massive world. Gather the elemental Djinn – fire, water, wind and earth – and combine them in unique ways to produce awesome magical effects.
91
/100
11
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
90
/100
12
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
90
/100
13
ICO
90
/100
14
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
90
/100
15
Black & White
90
/100
16
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
89
/100
17
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
87
/100
18
Animal Crossing
87
/100
19
Halo: Combat Evolved
87
/100
20
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
86
/100
21
Onimusha: Warlords
86
/100
22
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
85
/100
23
Devil May Cry
85
/100
24
Clive Barker's Undying
85
/100
25
Aliens Versus Predator 2
85
/100
26
Ikaruga
84
/100
27
Serious Sam: The First Encounter
83
/100
28
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
82
/100
29
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100
30
Stronghold
81
/100
31
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
80
/100
32
Sid Meier's Civilization III
80
/100
33
Sonic Adventure 2
79
/100
34
Tekken 4
79
/100
35
RuneScape
78
/100
36
A
Gothic
78
/100
37
Luigi's Mansion
78
/100
38
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
77
/100
39
Anachronox
77
/100
40
Worms World Party
75
/100
41
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
75
/100
42
Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro
74
/100
43
Runaway, A Road Adventure
74
/100
44
Cossacks: Art of War
74
/100
45
S
Max Payne
74
/100
46
Oni
73
/100
47
Half-Life: Blue Shift
71
/100
48
STAR WARS Starfighter
71
/100
49
Red Faction
70
/100
50
Zoo Tycoon
68
/100
Frequently asked questions
Wat is de beste game van 2001?
Super Smash Bros. Melee voert de ranglijst momenteel aan met een score van 100/100 uit 1,071 beoordelingen. Ranglijst bijgewerkt in september 2026.
Hoe komt deze ranglijst tot stand?
Games worden gerangschikt op hun geaggregeerde critic score op 100, met een minimumdrempel aan stemmen zodat één lovende recensie nooit een bewezen klassieker voorbijstreeft; de F-tot-S-grades van de Tier-community staan naast elke game.