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The Most Addictive Video Games of All Time
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The most addictive games of all time, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd. Anyone can add their video game addictions to this list, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the video games that gamers just can't put down. Voting on this list is easier than figuring out the Konami code, so add your two cents and see how your gaming obsessions stack up against everyone else's.
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Puzzle gameNintendo Research & Development 1, Blue Planet SoftwareMost Listed - 2
Dec 14 1996Racing gameNintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development - 3
Aug 23 1997First-person Shooter, Stealth-based gameRare Ltd - 4
Jan 21 1999Platform game, Action game, Fighting gameHAL Laboratory - 5
Nov 23 2004Fantasy, MMORPG, Massively multiplayer online game, Virtual worldBlizzard Entertainment - 6
Sep 13 1985Platform gameNintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development - 7 Jan 01 1992Racing gameNintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
- 8 Nov 01 2003Action game, Action-adventure gameRockstar North, Rockstar Vienna
- 9 Nov 21 1998Action role-playing game, Action-adventure gameNintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, Grezzo
- 10 Jan 01 1992Fighting gameMidway Games
- 11 Oct 23 1988Platform gameNintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
- 12 Jan 05 2004Action game, Action-adventure gameRockstar North, Rockstar Vienna
- 13 Oct 30 2001Turn-based strategy, Isometric projectionAspyr Media, Firaxis Games, MacSoft Games
- 14 Sep 01 1996Platform gameNintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
- 15 Nov 10 2009First-person Shooter, Third-person ShooterInfinity Ward
- 16 Jan 01 2005Music video gameHarmonix Music SystemsControversial
- 17 Jan 01 1998Party gameHudson Soft
- 18 Jan 01 1986Action-adventure gameNintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development
- 19 Jan 01 1997Role-playing video game, Console role-playing game, Japanese role-playing game MoreSquare Co.
- 20 Jan 01 1979MazeNamco
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- 21 Nov 05 2007Action game, First-person Shooter, Tactical shooterAspyr Media, Treyarch, Infinity Ward
- 22 Jan 01 1994Platform game, Side-scrollingNintendo, Rare Ltd
- 23 Jan 01 2007Science Fiction, First-person ShooterBungie Studios
- 24 Jan 01 1981Platform gameNintendo
- 25 Aug 01 1987Fighting gameCapcomControversial
- 26 Jan 01 1991Action-adventure gameCapcom, Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, Flagship More
- 27 Jan 01 1984First-person Shooter, Arcade game, Light gun, Light gun shooterNintendo Research & Development 1
- 28 Jan 01 1992Fighting gameCapcom
- 29 Jan 01 2000Action role-playing game, Hack and slash, Isometric projectionBlizzard North
- 30 Mar 20 2006Fantasy, Computer role-playing game, Role-playing video game, Action role-playing game MoreBethesda Softworks
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Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis
Nov 17 2006Sonic Team - 32 Jan 01 2002Horror, Shoot 'em up, Survival horror game, Rail shooterWow EntertainmentControversial
- 33 Jan 01 1998Science Fiction, Isometric projection, Real-time strategyTHQ, Blizzard Entertainment
- 34 Oct 28 2008Computer role-playing game, Action role-playing game, First-person Shooter, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Survival horror game More2K Games, Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios
- 35 Nov 20 2007Music video game, SimulationBackbone Entertainment, Harmonix Music Systems, Q Entertainment, Traveller's Tales, Pi Studios More
- 36 Nov 09 2004Science Fiction, First-person ShooterMicrosoft Game Studios, Bungie Studios, Certain Affinity
- 37 Jan 01 1996Science Fiction, Horror, Zombie, Action-adventure game, Shooter game, Survival horror game, Third-person Shooter MoreCapcom, Westwood Studios, Nex Entertainment, Happy Happening
- 38 Jan 10 2003Simulation video game, Construction and management simulation games, City-building game MoreMaxis
- 39 Jan 01 1987Sports game, Fighting gameNintendo, Nintendo development divisions
- 40 Dec 10 1993Action game, Science Fiction, First-person Shooter, ZombieWilliams Entertainment Inc., id Software
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- 41 Mar 16 1999Fantasy, MMORPG, Massively multiplayer online gameSony Online Entertainment, 989 StudiosControversial
- 42 Jan 01 1993Simulation video game, Isometric projection, City-building gameMaxis, Full Fat
- 43 Jan 01 1990Puzzle gameNintendo
- 44 Feb 11 1999Role-playing video game, Console role-playing gameSquare Co.
- 45 Mar 30 2003Fighting gameCapcom, Backbone Entertainment
- 46 Jan 01 1987Shoot 'em up, Run and gunKonami
- 47 Jan 01 2000Extreme sport, SkateboardingActivision, Natsume Co., Ltd, Aspyr Media, Gray Matter Interactive, Vicarious Visions, Treyarch, Edge of Reality, Neversoft More
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Madden NFL
American footballElectronic Arts - 49 Action role-playing game, Third-person ShooterBioWare
- 50 Jan 01 1981Science Fiction, Shoot 'em up, Space Invaders, Space combatNamco
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