The Best Xbox 360 Games of All Time, Ranked
The Xbox 360 is one of the most popular consoles of all time, so it’s only natural that fans like you want to know what the best Xbox 360 games of all time are. There are only a handful of games for the Xbox 360 that can be described as classics or must-plays. No one wants to waste their time playing mediocre games, which unfortunately describes too many games to count. So which Xbox 360 games are really the best? Gamers have ranked the top Xbox 360 games of all time below, but we need you to add to the discussion by voting for your favorites.
So what counts as a good game? Some examples that other gamers have chosen include Halo 3, Red Dead Redemption, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. While a few of the top Xbox 360 games are exclusives, many are also available on PS3, Wii, PC, or GameCube. Exclusivity has nothing to do with quality and this ranking includes both Xbox 360 exclusives and non-exclusives.
In terms of genre, the top Xbox 360 games can be from a wide variety of genres. Some are action RPGs, like Mass Effect while others are first person shooters, like Bioshock. As long as a game is great, it belongs on the list regardless of genre.
Vote up and add what you think are the best ever games on the Xbox 360.
- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
- Genres (Video game): Action role-playing game, fantasy
- Developer: Rockstar North
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Racing video game
- 2012
- Developer: Ubisoft Red Storm, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action-adventure game, First-person Shooter
- 2007
- Developer: Bungie Studios
- Genres (Video game): First-person shooter
- Developer: 4J Studios, Bethesda Game Studios, Superscape
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Action role-playing game, Role-playing video game
- Developer: Rockstar San Diego
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Beat 'em up, Stealth game
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure
- 2010
- Developer: Bungie Studios
- Genres (Video game): First-person shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Halo-Reach/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d53085b - Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, Stealth game
- 2007
- Developer: Irrational Games
- Genres (Video game): First-person shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/BioShock/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802545407d8 - 2008
- Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
- Genres (Video game): Action role-playing
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Fallout-3/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802425307d5 - 2010
- Developer: BioWare
- Genres (Video game): Third-person Shooter, Action role-playing game
- 2004
- Developer: Microsoft Studios, Bungie Studios, Pi Studios
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action game, Adventure
- Developer: Treyarch
- Genres (Video game): First-person Shooter
- Developer: Infinity Ward
- Genres (Video game): Action-adventure game, First-person Shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Modern-Warfare-2/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80241560817- Developer: n-Space, Treyarch
- Genres (Video game): First-person shooter
- Developer: Rockstar North
- Genres (Video game): Open world, Action-adventure game, Third-person Shooter, Action game
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/GTA-IV/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802545407f2- Developer: Infinity Ward
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Tactical shooter, First-person Shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Modern-Warfare/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802415607e6- 2012
- Developer: Gearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios
- Genres (Video game): Action role-playing game, First-person Shooter
- Developer: Irrational Games, 2K Marin
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action-adventure game
- 2008
- Developer: Visceral Games
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action-adventure game, Third-person Shooter, Survival horror, Psychological horror
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Dead-Space/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80245410857 - 2006
- Developer: Epic Games
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Third-person Shooter, Action game, Tactical shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Gears-of-War/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5307d5 - Developer: Gearbox Software, Bungie Studios, MacSoft Games
- Genres (Video game): Shooter game, Action game, First-person Shooter, Science Fiction
- 2009
- Developer: Gearbox Software
- Genres (Video game): Action role-playing, first-person shooter
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Borderlands/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802545407e7