IGN's best games of the decade: 2010 to 2013
The top 3 according to 2,286 votes from people: Amnesia: The Dark Descent · Civilization V · Fallout: New Vegas. (Updated May 21, 2020.)
The games from 2010 to 2013 that IGN picked in its list of the best games of the decade, published on 31 December 2019: from Red Dead Redemption and Minecraft to The Last of Us.
Top 40
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1
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
2010. Frictional's horror game where you cannot fight back, only hide.
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2
Civilization V
2010. Firaxis's turn-based strategy with hexagonal tiles.
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3
Fallout: New Vegas
2010. Obsidian's role-playing game in the Mojave wasteland.
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4
Call of Duty: Black Ops
2010. Cold War espionage campaign and the foundation of modern Zombies mode.
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5
NBA 2K11
2010. Basketball simulation with the Jordan Challenge.
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6
Minecraft
2010. The block-building sandbox that became the best-selling game ever.
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7
Mass Effect 2
2010. BioWare's space opera and its unforgettable suicide mission.
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8
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
2010. Blizzard's real-time strategy, king of esports.
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9
Red Dead Redemption
2010. John Marston's western, from Fort Mercer to that ending.
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10
Super Mario Galaxy 2
2010. Mario's second gravity-defying trip through space, with Yoshi.
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11
Batman: Arkham City
2011. Rocksteady's open-world Batman.
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12
Marvel vs. Capcom 3
2011. The tag-team fighting crossover (and its Ultimate edition).
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13
Terraria
2011. Dig, build and fight in 2D.
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14
Dark Souls
2011. FromSoftware's interconnected world that created a genre.
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15
Super Meat Boy
2010. The merciless, precise platformer that set the bar for indies.
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16
Portal 2
2011. Valve's puzzles with portals, GLaDOS and Wheatley.
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17
Borderlands 2
2012. Loot shooter with Handsome Jack as villain.
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18
Fire Emblem: Awakening
2012. The tactics game that saved the Fire Emblem series.
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19
Diablo III
2012. Blizzard's action RPG of endless loot.
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20
Saints Row: The Third
2011. The goofiest sandbox action of its time, in Steelport.
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21
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011. Bethesda's open world of dragons and Nordic mountains.
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22
FTL: Faster Than Light
2012. A roguelike at the helm of a spaceship.
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23
Spec Ops: The Line
2012. The military shooter that questions the player.
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24
Fez
2012. A 2D world that rotates in 3D.
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25
Kentucky Route Zero
2013. Magical-realist adventure along a hidden highway.
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26
Far Cry 3
2012. A tropical island and the villain Vaas.
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27
The Last of Us
2013. Joel and Ellie, Naughty Dog's storytelling triumph.
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28
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
2012. Becoming mayor of your own village on 3DS.
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29
Mark of the Ninja
2012. Klei's 2D stealth.
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30
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
2012. The rare direct Pokémon sequels, with the Pokémon World Tournament.
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31
Grand Theft Auto V
2013. Three protagonists in Los Santos and the endless GTA Online.
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32
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
2013. Pirates and naval battles in the Caribbean.
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33
Spelunky
2013. The cave-diving roguelike (in its Enhanced Edition).
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34
The Walking Dead: Season One
2012. Telltale's story of Lee and Clementine.
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35
Hotline Miami
2012. Ultra-violent top-down action with a neon soundtrack.
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36
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
2013. The MMO that was rebuilt from scratch and triumphed.
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37
Gone Home
2013. Exploring an empty house to uncover a family story.
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38
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
2013. Capcom's action RPG with pawns and giant monsters.
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39
Dota 2
2013. Valve's MOBA and its record-breaking tournaments.
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40
Papers, Please
2013. Border inspector in a fictional communist state.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (7)
Mass Effect 2 is the peak of the trilogy.
Skyrim, Portal 2 and Dark Souls in 2011, what a year.
Red Dead Redemption and New Vegas in the same year, 2010 was stacked.
IGN putting NBA 2K11 there is a choice, lol.
Minecraft changed gaming forever.
The Last of Us in 2013, best story of the decade.
Amnesia scared me more than any game since.