Favorite Games of the 10s

[Great Rumbler]

I'm gonna make a poll eventually, but first I'm putting together the list of games:

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A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alan Wake
Alice: Madness Returns
Alien Isolation
Astral Chain
Bastion
Batman: Arkham City
BattleTech
Bayonetta 2
Binding of Isaac, The
Bioshock 2
Bioshock Infinite
Bloodborne
Bloodstained
Borderlands 2
Borderlands 3
Catherine
Celeste
Cities: Skylines
Civilization V
Control
Cuphead
Dark Souls
Dark Souls 3
Darkest Dungeon
Days Gone
Deadly Premonition
Death Stranding
Destiny
Destiny 2
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Diablo 3
Dishonored
Dishonored 2
Divinity: Original Sin
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Division, The
Donkey Kong Country Returns
DOOM
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dragon Ball Fighterz
Dragon Quest 11
Dragon Quest Builders
Dragon's Dogma
Dying Light
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Evil Within 2, The
Evil Within, The
Fallout 4
Fallout: New Vegas
Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 15
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Fortnite
FTL
God of War
God of War 3
Gone Home
Grand Theft Auto V
Gravity Rush
Gravity Rush 2
Heavy Rain
Horizon Zero Dawn
Hotline Miami
Hypnospace Outlaw
Journey
Just Cause 2
Kingdom Hearts 3
Last Guardian, The
Last of Us, The
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Life is Strange
Mad Max
Mario Kart 8
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect Adromeda
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Metal Gear Solid V
Metro Exodus
Metro: 2033
Metro: Last Light
Metroid: Samus Returns
Minecraft
Mirror's Edge Catalyst
Monster Hunter World
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Neir: Automata
Night in the Woods
Nioh
No Man's Sky
Octopath Traveler
Ori and the Blind Forest
Outer Worlds, The
Overwatch
Papers, Please
Path of Exile
Persona 5
Pikmin 3
Pillars of Eternity
Pillars of Eternity 2
Planet Coaster
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
Pokemon GO
Pokemon Sun & Moon
Pokemon Sword & Shield
Portal 2
Prey
Quantum Break
Rage 2
Rayman Legends
Red Dead Redemption
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 7
Rocket League
Saints Row 4
Saints Row: The Third
Shadows of the Damned
Shenmue 3
Shovel Knight
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed
Sonic Mania
Spec Ops: The Line
Spelunky
Spider-Man
Splatoon/Splatoon 2
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Stardew Valley
Steamworld Dig
Street Fighter 5
Sunset Overdrive
Super Mario 3D Land
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Odyssey
Super Meat Boy
Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate
Superhot
Surge 2, The
Surge, The
Tales from the Borderlands
Titanfall
Tomb Raider
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Transistor
Uncharted 3
Undertale
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Vanquish
Walking Dead Season 1
Wasteland 2
Witcher 2, The
Witcher 3, The
Wolfenstein: The New Order
XCOM 2
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles X

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Lemme know what should be added.

[tiesto]

Oops, didn't see that you were looking for games.

But I had to think about this a bit. My favorites, not in any order, though Xenoblade, DQ11, and Nier Automata would probably be top 3

Dragon Quest 11
Dragon Quest Builders
Xenoblade
Nier Automata
Torna the Golden Country
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
The Alliance Alive
Super Mario 3D Land/World
Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2
Ys 8
Persona 5
Bloodstained
Radiant Historia
The Alliance Alive
Resonance of Fate
Octopath Traveler
Metal Gear Solid 5
Bloodborne
Shovel Knight
Monster Boy
Cosmic Star Heroine
Links Awakening Rmx
Bayonetta 2
DOOM 2016
Sanic Mania
Gravity Rush
Bravely Default
Zelda A Link Between Worlds
Super Mario Odyssey
Theatrhythm FF Curtain Call
Danganronpa
Hatsune Miku: Project Diva
King of Fighters 14
Fire Emblem Awakening
Zelda BOTW
Cuphead
Splatoon 1 and 2
Tetris Effect

Do the US releases of Trails in the Sky SC, Seiken 3, Soul Hackers, Romancing SaGa 2 count?

[Akala]

Tekken 7

I would have to think on any more. TBH Samurai Shodown may sneak in.

[bork]

HONK

[HardcoreRetro]

Some Yakuza games at the very least.

[bork]

Tekken 7

I would have to think on any more. TBH Samurai Shodown may sneak in.

Bunch more stuff that may or may not have already been mentioned.

Dragon's Crown

Soul Calibur VI. 

Dead Or Alive 5- replace with 6 if you want I guess.

VA-11 Hall-A

Aragami

ARMS

River City Girls

Lollypop Chainsaw

Fight'N Rage

Blaster Master Zero

Guilty Gear Xrd

BlazBlue Central Fiction

Blazing Chrome

Bloodstained Curse Of The Moon

Bomb Chicken

Crypt Of The Necrodancer

Cadence Of Hyrule

Capn' Toad

Celeste

Crossniq+

Crystal Crisis

Tetris 99

Cuphead

Dead Cells

Doom

Downwell

Dragonball FighterZ

Dragon Quest Heroes II

Dynasty Warriors 8 XL

Samurai Warriors 4-II

WARRIORS OROCHI 3 ULTIMATE

Enter The Gungeon

Fate/Extella Link

Hyrule Warriors

Fire Emblem Warriors

Flinthook

Friday The 13th: The Game (should this be on here?)

Furi

Gato Roboto

God Eater 3

Code Vein

Golf Story

Guacamelee

One Piece Pirate Warriors 3

Azure Striker Gunvolt

Mega Man 11

Hollow Knight

Horizon Chase Turbo

Iconoclasts

Skullgirls

Katana Zero

Ape Out

Kero Blaster

Lumines Remastered

Mario+Rabbids

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3

Mercenary Kings

Mighty Switch Force

Momodora Reverie Under The Moonlight

Moonlighter

My Friend Pedro

Mutant Mudds

Neurovoider

Octopath Traveler

I Am Setsuna

Lost Sphear

Oninaki

Owlboy

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2

Pato Box

Pokken

Puyo Puyo Tetris

Shakedown Hawaii

Reverie

Rocket League

Rogue Legacy

Save Me Mr. Tako

Sayonara Wild Hearts

Shantae 1/2 Genie Hero

Shovel Knight

Slain

Sonic Mania

Splatoon 2

Super Mario Maker (2)

The Messenger

The Ninja Warriors Once Again/The Ninja Saviors

Thimbleweed Park

Undertale

Valfaris

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Verlet Swing

Wild Guns Reloaded

YU-NO Remake

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Atelier Ryza
Senran Kagura
Valkyrie Drive
GalGun
GunGun Pixies
Bullet Girls
Omega Labrynth Life
Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3

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[Great Rumbler]

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Atelier Ryza
Senran Kagura
Valkyrie Drive
GalGun
GunGun Pixies
Bullet Girls
Omega Labrynth Life
Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3

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[bork]

Call Of Duty should probably go up there.

If I had to put together a quick list, it's like this, but I know I gotta be missing some stuff from the last decade.

Bayonetta 2 (bought the wiiiuuu for it)
Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night
Hotline Miami
Mass Effect 2
Call Of Duty: Black Ops II
Saints Row: The Third
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed
Super Street Fighter IV
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter V
Resident Evil: Revelations
Super Mario Odyssey
Superhot
Tomb Raider (2013)
Uncharted 4
Uncharted Lost Legacy
Link's Awakening (2019)
Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
Samurai Warriors 4/4-II
Untitled Goose Game (yes, really!)
Senran Kagura (the whole series- I love this perverted shit!)
Dead Or Alive 5 (I hesitate to put this on there but I did spend a lot of time playing online)
Sengoku Basara 3/Utage
Sengoku Basara 4/Sumeragi

Games I haven't played, haven't played enough of, or haven't finished yet that I can't put on my list (yet):

Astral Chain
Samurai Shodown (this is awesome, but I haven't played enough of it to put it that high on the list)
Dragon Quest Builders
Nier: Automata
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Vanquish
The Witcher III
VA-11 Hall-A
Skullgirls
The Messenger

[EchoRin]

FEZ should be in the poll.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Games not on there, that I would consider for my top 10:

Counter Strike GO
Hyper light drifter
The Witness
Ni no kuni
Yakuza 0
Ken Folletts The Pillars of the Earth
Shadowrun dragonfall
Pony Island
South park stick of truth
Two point hospital
The Wolf Among Us
Disco Esylum ( a bit early, but really loving it so far)
Sekiro
The Stanley Parable

and of course, garfield kart.

[Akala]

can see it getting zero votes but think Crusader Kings II should be in thur. 

[Raist]

Where is Resogun

[Human Snorenado]

Diablo 3
Path of Exile
Grim Dawn
Witcher 3
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Fallout New Vegas
Shadowrun Dragonfall
Zeruda Breath of the Wild

[Nintex]

Add Insurgency: Sandstorm to the list.

[thisismyusername]

Are we including 2010 in that? Because:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Biohazard: REbirth 2
Biohazard 7: Resident Evil
Catherine
Demon's Souls (forgetting if this is 2010, I think it's 2008?)
Dark Souls
Dragonball Fighter Z
Guilty Gear: XXX/Xrd: -Revelator- 2
Gwent: A Witcher Card Game
Magic: the Gathering: Arena
Portal 2
Rocket League
Superhot
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (+DLC, Especially Blood and Wine)

[Nintex]

That list is a trip down memory lane, so many good vidya 

[The Sceneman]

Spelunky HD

[paprikastaude]

Astro Bot
Ghost Trick
Mark of the Ninja
Nier
Red Steel 2
Rune Factory 4
Shin Megami Tensei 4
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Sonic Colours
Tearaway
Virtue's Last Reward
Yakuza 6

[Raist]

Demon's Souls (forgetting if this is 2010, I think it's 2008?)

2009. 2010 in EU.

[Mr. Gundam]

Yakuza 0
Tetris Effect
Witcher 3
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
Dragon Quest Builders
Mass Effect 2
Vanquish
Binary Domain
Nier Automata
World of Final Fantasy

[headwalk]

return of the obra dinn
disco elysium (seven hours through and it already takes a massive dump on the decade and game writing in general)
rainbox six siege
amnesia was 2010, so that sneaks in

[Great Rumbler]

I tried to make a poll with 300 options but the forum software freaked out and wouldn't let me post a poll with more than 50, so whatever.

[Chooky]

can i combine all of FFXIV's expansions into one vote? because i want to do that

[Himu]

Super Mario Odyssey
Warriors Orochi 3
Bloodborne
Dark Souls
Breath of the Wild
Ultra Street Fighter IV
Guilty Gear Xrd series
Saints Row The Third
Fallout New Vegas
Spelunky

[Nintex]

Turns out it's Super Mario Galaxy 2
https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-videogames-of-the-decade-2010s

[benjipwns]

PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+
Skrillex Quest
Thirty Flights of Loving
Titanfall 2
You Must Build A Boat!

I don't know if you want to get more specific regarding expansions or anything but for Civilization V, I'd specifically choose it post Brave New World, otherwise I consider VI to be equivalent

[BisMarckie]

Football Manager 2011
Football Manager 2012
Football Manager 2013
Football Manager 2014
Football Manager 2015
Football Manager 2016
Football Manager 2017
Football Manager 2018
Football Manager 2019
Football Manager 2020




Civ 5
Europa Universalis 4
MGS V
Super Mario Odyssey
Dark Souls
Bloodborne
Doom 2016
Any MLB The Show
Dead Space 2
Saints Row 3

Those were alright as well I guess.



Contradiction Spot the Liar for the FMV bliss.

[El Babua]

Super Mario Galaxy 2
Vanquish
Portal 2
Dark Souls
Hotline Miami
Last Of Us
GTA 5
Bloodborne
Bayonetta 2
Witcher 3
Doom 2016
Breath of The Wild
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Devil May Cry 5
Sekiro
Disco Elysium

[Great Rumbler]

My top 5 for the 10's:

5. Untitled Goose Game
4. Hypnospace Outlaw
3. Jazzpunk
2. Disco Elysium
1. Gun Gun Pixies

[Svejk]

Top 5 that left me feeling like I have reached the top of the mountain of gaming and it simply can't get any better than this for the 10's:

5. Saint's Row 3rd
4. AstroBot
3. Dragon's Dogma
2. Witcher 3
1. Skyrim

[TakingBackSunday]

Batman: Arkham City

Bioshock Infinite

Celeste

Donkey Kong Country Returns
DOOM

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Final Fantasy 15
God of War
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Mario Kart 8
Mass Effect 2
Resident Evil 2
Sonic Mania
Super Mario Galaxy 2

Super Mario Odyssey


I'd also include Arkham Knight and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Top 5 that left me feeling like I have reached the top of the mountain of gaming and it simply can't get any better than this for the 10's:

5. Saint's Row 3rd
4. AstroBot
3. Dragon's Dogma
2. Witcher 3
1. Skyrim

I respect u as a poster but skyrim above witcher 3 man man man

[Svejk]

Top 5 that left me feeling like I have reached the top of the mountain of gaming and it simply can't get any better than this for the 10's:

5. Saint's Row 3rd
4. AstroBot
3. Dragon's Dogma
2. Witcher 3
1. Skyrim

I respect u as a poster but skyrim above witcher 3 man man man

Really only due to mods and being in VR too... Otherwise, W3 is the total package.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Bloodborne
Last of Us
Hotline Miami
Until Dawn
Witcher 3
Zelda: BOTW
Doom
Mass Effect 2

[Tasty]

Mario Galaxy 2
WarioWare D.I.Y. 2009
Pokemon SoulSilver 【ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ　ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ】
Zelda Breath of the Wild
Smash Ultimate
Animal Crossing: New Leaf

[Tasty]

'00s had WarioWare DIY and the better Galaxy, '00s > '10s.

[kingv]

Hard choice... but I’d probably go:
Doom
Witcher 3
Death Stranding
Bayonetta 2
Breath of the Wild
Maybe add Yakuza 0

[Eel O'Brian]

Add Terraria

[Let's Cyber]

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Witcher 3
Bloodborne
Nier:Automata
Persona 5
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Mass Effect 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Red Dead Redemption 2
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Xcom: Enemy Within
Devil May Cry 5
Subnautica
Super Mario Odyssey


2017 

[Cerveza mas fina]

Id like to mention some games i played a lot, but not necessarily my fav games

Diablo 3 (300+ hours)
Overwatch (40+)
Hearthstone (1000+???)
Fortnite (200+)

[Coax]

Didn't play a great deal (and these are a PC variety) but for me it'd be

Witcher 3 + DLC
Dishonored 1 and 2 + DLC (excluding DotO since it was disappointing imo)
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
MGSV
Fez
Shovel Knight
Momodora꞉ Reverie Under the Moonlight
Deadbolt
NieR꞉ Automata
Sekiro

Special mentions:

Cuphead
else Heart.Break()
Nidhogg

[Chooky]

the best game of the decade was Jetpack Joyride

[who is ted danson?]

i'm just gonna post some of the ones i enjoyed the most from my HLTB completed list. Some may be mentioned, some not. Reverse release date order


Door Kickers: Action Squad
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Hitman (2016)
Dirt Rally
Tales from the Borderlands
Door Kickers
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Jazzpunk
Insurgency (2014)
Grand Theft Auto V
ARMA 3
Race the Sun
Gone Home
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Forza Horizon
Hotline Miami
Dishonored
Borderlands 2
Guild Wars 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Diablo III
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
Fez
Saints Row: The Third
Driver: San Francisco
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)
Fallout: New Vegas
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Halo: Reach
Crackdown 2
Singularity
Red Dead Redemption
Alan Wake
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Mass Effect 2

[mormapope]

Hotline Miami
Red Dead Redemption 2
Overwatch
Max Payne 3
Forza 4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Nier Automata
Rocket League
Binding of Isaac
Risk of Rain

[Mr. Gundam]

Lists need more Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. The long lost FROM mecha game that gets no love.

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You think I'm kidding, but it's really an awesome game.

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[Kara]

Dota 2 is my serious answer.

DUST 514 is my from the heart answer.

Microsoft Excel 2010 is the obvious answer.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Hotline Miami
Red Dead Redemption 2
Overwatch
Max Payne 3
Forza 4
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Nier Automata
Rocket League
Binding of Isaac
Risk of Rain

Max Pain 3 shout

 

[D3RANG3D]

Treasure Adventure Game/Treasure Adventure World
Hotline Miami
Binding of Isaac
Dark Souls
Nehrim: At Fates Edge
A Hat in Time
La Mulana
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Spelunky
Aggelos
Runers
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
ULTIMATE SPACE COMMANDO
Eroico
Castlevania: Lecarde Chronicles 2
E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy
Toybox Turbos
Princess Edge: Dragonstone
Super Cyborg
Long Live The Queen
Templar Battleforce
Mount & Blade: Warband
Kings Bounty: Armored Princess
Unity of Command
Succubus Hunter
Succubus
Tower of Succubus
Mini Doom 2
Doom (2016)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Epikos
Hunie Pop
SorcerLand

[Bebpo]

So I saw Tim Rogers gave Dark Souls game of the decade and IGN gave Last of Us (weird choice and I love that game).

Which made me think, yeah feels pretty objective that Dark Souls 1 (2011) is the defining game of this decade considering how much game design it has influenced since. Even if it’s mostly an evolution from Demon Souls, it was Dark Souls that made the mark on gaming culture this decade.

[Human Snorenado]

Dark Souls is definitely the most influential game of the decade, for better or worse. Any "best" is entirely subjective but it's hard to argue the effect that game has had on game design. I'm not largely a fan (I do need to play more "souls like" games like Bloodborne and Sekiro, I'm told I'll probably enjoy those more) but at least this sort of game is less terrible overall than shit like Kojima "games."

[Akala]

Final Fantasy XIV
Tekken 7
Red Dead Redemption
Forza Horizon 2
Witcher 3
Persona 4G
Diablo 3
Nier Automata
Wipeout Omega Collection
Samurai Shodown

DQ Builders 1 honorable mention I guess. Not certain in list at all but these are some big ones off top of head. Think they are all 2010+.

I think I agree with Dark Souls or Fortnite being general game of the decade even though I am not crazy about them.

[tiesto]

I like the concept and philosophy behind Dark Souls much more than actually playing Dark Souls. I'm not that great at 3D action, or any game that requires both camera movement and regular movement in parallel, plus I like to play offensively in action games... so it just never clicked with me. I do appreciate that during a time when gaming was becoming increasingly casual, accessible, and westernized, a fairly obscure Japanese company came out and made a game that eschewed all that and made a punishing, challenging, and obtuse game.

[bork]

So I saw Tim Rogers gave Dark Souls game of the decade and IGN gave Last of Us (weird choice and I love that game).

Which made me think, yeah feels pretty objective that Dark Souls 1 (2011) is the defining game of this decade considering how much game design it has influenced since. Even if it’s mostly an evolution from Demon Souls, it was Dark Souls that made the mark on gaming culture this decade.

I get Tim Rogers' choice there, although Demon's Souls was first and is from the previous decade.


The Last Of Us...why?

[Akala]

I literally don't understand how anyone could pick Last of Us as game of the decade. 

[HardcoreRetro]

My game of the decade used to be Hotline Miami, but since Suda51 actually got back in the director's seat it's going to Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

[Akala]

Minecraft was game of last decade. 

[Human Snorenado]

Minecraft was game of last decade. 

For the special fellow set, maybe

[Brehvolution]

Witcher 3
CIV 5, 6
CODs of the last 5 years except WW2
Madden 18, 19, 20

[Akala]

For the special fellow set, maybe

Absolutely. It was 2008 tho, so dq'd from 2010s.

Thinking about, I would put GTA3 and WoW ahead of it. 

[Tasty]

I really enjoyed The Evil Within, rough around the edges but scratched my RE4 itch pretty good. Still haven't played the sequel though.