The 71 best 7th generation console games

All systems together, ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. Systems: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii. The list draws on 8,695 review scores of 3,616 games.

#	Game	Platform	Year	Score
1	Grand Theft Auto IV	X360, PS3	2008	99.4
2	Grand Theft Auto V	PS3, X360	2013	99.2
3	Portal 2	X360, PS3	2011	99.2
4	Super Mario Galaxy 2	Wii	2010	98.5
5	BioShock	X360, PS3	2007	96.3
6	Mass Effect 2	X360, PS3	2010	96
7	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	PS3	2009	96
8	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	X360, PS3	2011	95.8
9	Super Mario Galaxy	Wii	2007	95.5
10	Batman: Arkham City	X360, PS3	2011	95
11	Donkey Kong Country Returns	Wii	2010	95
12	Gears of War 2	X360	2008	95
13	Red Dead Redemption	X360, PS3	2010	95
14	Halo 3	X360	2007	94.8
15	LittleBIGPlanet	PS3	2008	94.4
16	Fallout 3	X360, PS3	2008	94.3
17	Gears of War	X360	2006	94.2
18	Ōkami	Wii	2008	94.2
19	The Last of Us	PS3	2013	94.1
20	BioShock Infinite	PS3, X360	2013	94
21	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	PS3, X360	2009	94
22	Street Fighter IV	PS3, X360	2009	94
23	World of Goo	Wii	2008	94
24	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Wii	2011	93.8
25	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	X360, PS3	2006	93.8
26	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Wii	2006	93.5
27	Rage	PS3	2011	93.3
28	Braid	X360, PS3	2008	93
29	Pac-Man Championship Edition DX	X360	2010	93
30	Dishonored	PS3, X360	2012	92.9
31	Bayonetta	X360, PS3	2009	92.5
32	Rayman Origins	Wii, PS3	2011	92
33	Batman: Arkham Asylum	X360, PS3	2009	92
34	Forza Motorsport 3	X360	2009	92
35	God of War III	PS3	2010	92
36	Guitar Hero II	X360	2006	92
37	Rock Band 2	Wii, X360, PS3	2008	92
38	Super Street Fighter IV	PS3, X360	2010	92
39	FIFA Soccer 12	PS3, X360	2011	91.7
40	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	PS3	2008	91.7
41	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	X360, PS3	2007	91.6
42	Borderlands 2	PS3	2012	91.1
43	Assassin's Creed II	PS3	2009	91
44	FIFA Soccer 10	PS3, X360	2009	91
45	Forza Motorsport 4	X360	2011	91
46	Halo: Reach	X360	2010	91
47	Killzone 2	PS3	2009	91
48	MLB 10: The Show	PS3	2010	91
49	Rayman Legends	PS3, X360	2013	91
50	Dead Space 2	PS3	2011	90.8
51	Mass Effect 3	PS3, X360	2012	90.8
52	Journey	PS3	2012	90.8
53	Super Smash Bros. Brawl	Wii	2008	90.8
54	Virtua Fighter 5	PS3	2007	90.7
55	Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter	X360	2006	90.5
56	Mass Effect	X360	2007	90.5
57	Rock Band	X360, PS3	2007	90.5
58	BioShock 2	X360	2010	90.2
59	FEZ	X360	2012	90.2
60	Bastion	X360	2011	90
61	Diablo III	PS3	2013	90
62	Call of Duty: Black Ops	X360, PS3	2010	90
63	Far Cry 3	PS3	2012	90
64	Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2	X360	2008	90
65	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned	X360	2009	90
66	LIMBO	X360, PS3	2010	90
67	Metal Gear Solid HD Collection	X360	2011	90
68	MLB 09: The Show	PS3	2009	90
69	MLB 11: The Show	PS3	2011	90
70	Ōkami HD	PS3	2012	90
71	Portal - Still Alive	X360	2008	90

Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews

42 titles have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.

Game	Platform	Year	Score
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare	PS3	2010	100
Persona 5	PS3	2016	97
FEZ	PS3	2014	95
Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!	PS3	2014	95
The Walking Dead: 400 Days	X360	2013	95
The Orange Box	X360	2007	94
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	X360	2014	93
The Swapper	PS3	2014	93
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night	PS3	2007	92.5
Sound Shapes	PS3	2012	92.5
XCOM: Enemy Within	PS3	2013	92.5
FIFA 18: Legacy Edition	PS3	2017	92
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City	PS3	2010	92
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016	PS3		92
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017	PS3	2016	92
Pro Yakyu Spirits 2014	PS3	2014	92
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015	PS3	2014	91
NBA 2K9	PS3	2008	90
The Walking Dead	PS3	2012	90
Airport Mania: First Flight	Wii	2010	90
Batman: Arkham City -- Harley Quinn's Revenge	PS3	2012	90
Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2 Future Legend of Rhythm Alien	PS3	2013	90
Dragon Quest Builders	PS3	2016	90
FIFA 15	PS3	2014	90
FIFA 17	PS3	2016	90
Frobot	Wii	2010	90
Helldivers	PS3	2015	90
Mass Effect	PS3	2012	90
Mix Superstar	Wii	2010	90
Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost	PS3	2014	90
Need for Speed: The Run	Wii	2011	90
Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou	PS3	2013	90
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir	PS3	2016	90
Pro Yakyuu Spirits 3	X360	2006	90
Rise of the Tomb Raider	X360	2015	90
River City Ransom	Wii	2008	90
Rogue Legacy	PS3	2014	90
Shift 2: Unleashed	X360	2011	90
Shin Sangoku Musou 7 with Moushouden	PS3	2013	90
Toukiden 2	PS3	2016	90
Virtua Fighter 5	X360	2007	90
WWE 13	Wii	2012	90

How the ranking works

The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
A title released on several systems of the group appears once, at the rank of its best version; every version good enough to make the list is shown under it.

The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.

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