The best Nintendo 64 games
The top 3 according to 14 votes from people: Paper Mario · Wave Race 64 · GoldenEye 007. (Updated Jun 10, 2025.)
The 25 Nintendo 64 games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 20
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1
Paper Mario
Released February 2001. Metascore: 93.
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2
Wave Race 64
Released November 1996. Metascore: 92.
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3
GoldenEye 007
Released August 1997. Metascore: 96.
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4
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Released October 2000. Metascore: 95.
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5
Super Mario 64
Released September 1996. Metascore: 94.
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6
Banjo-Kazooie
Released June 1998. Metascore: 92.
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7
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Released March 2001. Metascore: 92.
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8
Beetle Adventure Racing
Released February 1999. Metascore: 90.
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9
Diddy Kong Racing
Released November 1997. Metascore: 88.
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10
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Released November 1998. Metascore: 99.
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11
Perfect Dark (2000)
Released May 2000. Metascore: 97.
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12
Mario Tennis
Released August 2000. Metascore: 91.
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13
Mario Golf
Released June 1999. Metascore: 91.
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14
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Released November 1999. Metascore: 90.
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15
Donkey Kong 64
Released November 1999. Metascore: 90.
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16
Banjo-Tooie
Released November 2000. Metascore: 90.
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17
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Released October 1999. Metascore: 89.
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18
WWF No Mercy
Released November 2000. Metascore: 89.
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19
Excitebike 64
Released April 2000. Metascore: 88.
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20
Star Fox 64
Released July 1997. Metascore: 88.
Candidates
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21
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Released December 1998. Metascore: 86.
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22
F-Zero X
Released September 1998. Metascore: 85.
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23
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
Released November 1998. Metascore: 85.
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24
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Released March 1997. Metascore: 85.
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25
Mario Kart 64
Racing game by Nintendo (1996) with four players in split-screen and the Rainbow Road circuit.
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26
Super Smash Bros.
HAL Laboratory's fighting game (1999) which brought Nintendo characters together for the first time.
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27
Blast Corps
Released February 1997. Metascore: 90.
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Comments (5)
Ocarina of Time primo, ovvio. Il gioco della mia infanzia.
Conker's Bad Fur Day era assurdo per un gioco Nintendo 😂
Manca Mario Kart 64! E anche Super Smash Bros.
GoldenEye in multiplayer con quattro joypad, quante serate!
Majora's Mask è più bello di Ocarina, lo dico e lo sostengo