The Best Rare Games List

List of the best Rare games with images, including any well-known Rare made games for any platform and console. This list may not contain every game made by Rare but definitely features the best ones. This greatest Rare games list features box covers and additional information such as the game's publisher and release date. The most popular Rare video games are listed by how many votes they received, so the best ones are at the top. If you're looking to find a list of best games developed by Rare then you're in the right place. Think the top game developed by Rare isn't as high as it should be? If yes then be sure to vote it up so that your opinion counts, since this is a community-based opinion list. 

Thislist answers the questions "What are the best games madeby Rare?" and "Which games were developed by Rare?" 

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This list is the perfect resource for those looking to find out the names of acclaimed games made by Rare. Ranker has a similar list for every other significant video game developer so don't forget to check those out as well.(81 games)

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  • Banjo-Kazooie
    1
    155 votes
    • Developer: 4J Studios, Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Platform game, Action game, Adventure
    Banjo-Kazooie is a platform video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was first released on 29 June 1998 in North America and on 17 July 1998 ...more
    • Developer: Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Platform game
    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest known in Japan as Super Donkey Kong 2: Dixie & Diddy, commonly abbreviated to DKC2, is a 1995 adventure platforming video game developed by Rare and ...more
  • Donkey Kong Country
    3
    139 votes
    • Developer: Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Platform game, Side-scrolling
    Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 platforming video game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was first released on 21 November, 1994 in North ...more
  • Conker's Bad Fur Day
    4
    • Developer: Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Platform game, Third-person Shooter, Action game
    Conker's Bad Fur Day is an action-platform video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on 5 March 2001 in North America and on 6 April 2001 in Europe as part ...more
  • GoldenEye 007
    5
    124 votes
    • Developer: Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action game, Stealth game, First-person Shooter
    GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare and based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. It was exclusively released for the Nintendo 64 video game console in Japan on 23 ...more
  • Perfect Dark
    6
    May 22 2000
    97 votes
    • Developer: Nintendo, 4J Studios, Ashby Computers and Graphics Ltd., Rare Ltd
    • Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action game, Stealth game, First-person Shooter
    Perfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye ...more