# IGN's best games of the decade: 2014 to 2017

The games from 2014 to 2017 that IGN picked in its list of the best games of the decade, published on 31 December 2019: from Bloodborne and The Witcher 3 to Breath of the Wild.

- 80 votes · 40 items
- Aug 1, 2020 · laura_zaragoza
- https://even.best/en/l/1514/ign-s-best-games-of-the-decade-2014-to-2017

## Top 40

1. **80 Days** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — 2014. Inkle's interactive novel inspired by Jules Verne.
2. **Bayonetta 2** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2014. Stylish action from PlatinumGames.
3. **Shovel Knight** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2014. Yacht Club's love letter to 8-bit platformers.
4. **Stardew Valley** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2016. The farm made by one person, ConcernedApe.
5. **Five Nights at Freddy's** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2014. Surviving the night with killer animatronics.
6. **P.T.** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2014. The playable teaser for the cancelled Silent Hills.
7. **Rocket League** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2015. Football with rocket-powered cars.
8. **Doom** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2016. id Software's ultra-violent reboot.
9. **Firewatch** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2016. A fire lookout in Wyoming and a voice on the radio.
10. **Bloodborne** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2015. FromSoftware's gothic nightmare in Yharnam.
11. **Hearthstone** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2014. Blizzard's Warcraft card game.
12. **Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2015. Kojima's open-world stealth.
13. **Pillars of Eternity** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2015. Obsidian's revival of classic isometric RPGs.
14. **The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2015. Geralt's adventure, as close to perfect as games get.
15. **Undertale** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2015. The RPG where you can spare every monster.
16. **Inside** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2016. Playdead's dark puzzle platformer.
17. **Overwatch** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2016. Blizzard's hero shooter.
18. **Divinity: Original Sin II** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 2017. Larian's turn-based RPG of total freedom.
19. **Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2014. Its Nemesis system generated unique orc enemies.
20. **NieR: Automata** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2017. Androids, philosophy and twists by Yoko Taro and Platinum.
21. **Rise of the Tomb Raider** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2015. Lara Croft in Siberia.
22. **MLB The Show** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2016. The elite baseball simulation.
23. **Persona 5** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2016. The Phantom Thieves of Tokyo.
24. **Titanfall 2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2016. Perhaps the best shooter campaign of the decade.
25. **Destiny 2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2017. Bungie's online shooter.
26. **Fortnite: Battle Royale** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2017. The building battle royale that became a phenomenon.
27. **Mario Kart 8 Deluxe** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2017. The definitive Mario Kart on Switch.
28. **Super Mario Odyssey** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 2017. Mario and Cappy, the hat that possesses everything.
29. **Horizon Zero Dawn** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2017. Aloy hunting robotic dinosaurs.
30. **The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2017. The open-world Zelda that reinvented the series.
31. **Uncharted: The Lost Legacy** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 2017. Chloe and Nadine's adventure in India.
32. **Yakuza 0** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2015. The prequel set in 1980s Tokyo and Osaka.
33. **Dishonored 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016. Immersive sim and its transforming Clockwork Mansion.
34. **The Witness** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016. Jonathan Blow's island of puzzles.
35. **Dragon Quest XI** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. The classic Japanese RPG at its best.
36. **Hollow Knight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. The Metroidvania of Hallownest.
37. **What Remains of Edith Finch** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. The stories of a cursed family.
38. **Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017. B.J. Blazkowicz against the Nazi regime in America.
39. **Superhot VR** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 2016. Time moves only when you move, in virtual reality.
40. **XCOM 2** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 2016. Turn-based tactics against an alien occupation.

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