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Every videogame site worth its salt is currently putting together their best of the decade list, so why should we be any different? I fielded the idea in the General Games Chat thread last month and there was some enthusiasm.

As such, we're voting on the best videogames released from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2019.

Here's some links to lists and articles from other sites to inspire you.

Wikipedia article of 2010s in videogaming
Eurogamer
Polygon
Paste
DualShockers
KontrolFreek
Cnet

Here's the format we're following. We're voting in the thread, with the opportunity to vote for a total of 20 games, split across 2 distinct lists, covering major studio games and indie games.

Your lists of 10 will be ranked where your first place game receives ten points, your second place receives nine, and so on.

The thread can police whether something belongs in the 'Major Studio' or 'Indie' category. I am willing to be fairly liberal with definitions on this. Games with blurry lines like Ori and the Blind Forest, What Remains of Edith Finch, etc. are up for debate.

Here's the format to use:

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. [name of game] - 10 POINTS
2. [name of game] - 9 POINTS
3. [name of game] - 8 POINTS
4. [name of game] - 7 POINTS
5. [name of game] - 6 POINTS
6. [name of game] - 5 POINTS
7. [name of game] - 4 POINTS
8. [name of game] - 3 POINTS
9. [name of game] - 2 POINTS
10. [name of game] - 1 POINT

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. [name of game] - 10 POINTS
2. [name of game] - 9 POINTS
3. [name of game] - 8 POINTS
4. [name of game] - 7 POINTS
5. [name of game] - 6 POINTS
6. [name of game] - 5 POINTS
7. [name of game] - 4 POINTS
8. [name of game] - 3 POINTS
9. [name of game] - 2 POINTS
10. [name of game] - 1 POINT

Votes close at midnight on December 31st. Get voting!

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Legend of Zelda - Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2
3. The Last of Us
4. Portal 2
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf
6. Splatoon 2
7. Mario Kart 8
8. Donkey Kong - Tropical Freeze
9. Ori and the Blind Forest
10. Spider-man (PS4)

Slight Nintendo bias. Given Microsoft published Ori, I've put it in this category.

Will have a think about the indie list.

Very much my holding post. Likely to be reshuffled.

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. God of War
3. Grand Theft Auto 5
4. DOOM 2016
5. Tetris Effect
6. Bayonetta 2
7. Persona 5
8. Super Mario Odyssey
9. Animal Crossing New Leaf
10. Astro Bot Rescue Mission

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Hollow Knight
2. Dead Cells
3. Cuphead
4. Celeste
5. Journey
6. Gorogoa
7. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
8. Guacamelee 2
9. Undertale
10. Wandersong

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Marvel’s Spider-Man
2. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
3. Tearaway
4. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
5. The Last of Us
6. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
7. Yakuza 0
8. Tomb Raider (2013)
9. The Walking Dead: Season One
10. Sleeping Dogs

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Celeste
2. Hotline Miami
3. Katana Zero
4. Ori and the Blind Forest
5. Hyper Light Drifter
6. Journey
7. Oxenfree
8. Untitled Goose Game
9. Night in the Woods
10. Flinthook

WIP

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Witcher 3
2. Breath of the Wild
3. Bloodborne
4. Destiny 2
5. Titanfall 2
6. Life is Strange
7. DOOM
8. Valkyria Chronicles 4
9. Alien Isolation
10. Skyrim

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Into the Breach
2. Undertale
3. Disco Elysium
4. Dead Cells
5. Return of the Obra Dinn
6. Stardew Valley
7. 80 Days
8. Her Story
9. Hotline Miami
10. Binding of Isaac

Bolded ones are set, I think. Man this is hard

Holding post just to get some ideas down, no order yet

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Yakuza 0
2. Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag
3.
4. Saints Row 4
5. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
6.
7. Deadly Premonition
8. Uncharted 4
9.
10.

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. The Talos Principle
2. Superhot
3. The Stanley Parable
4. Hand of Fate
5. Pony Island
6. Octodad: Dadliest Catch
7.
8.
9.
10.

I knew my lists of top games stored on my ‘phone would come in handy!

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
5. Mario Kart 8/Deluxe (if you’re counting them separately then Mario Kart 8, but it’s down at 6. You shouldn’t count them separately)
6. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
8. Kid Icarus Uprising
9. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
10. Super Mario Galaxy 2

Anyone not including Ghost Trick is a scab.

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Celeste
2. Untitled Goose Game
3. Undertale
4. Baba Is You
5. Jackbox Party Pack 3
6. Overcooked 2
7. Hollow Knight
8. Deltarune
9. Rocket League
10. Guacamelee

That indie list is much more fluid, mostly because I can barely remember any indie games I played off Switch. (I remember maybe 2 from the Wii U?) Also, do Jackbox and Rocket League count? I think Psyonix were indie at that point, but I’m not sure what Jackbox Games counts as.

This is going to be hard. For one thing I have enough trouble remembering what I've loved over the course of 1 year, let alone 10!

Work in progress lists from me:

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Witcher 3
2. Mario Odyssey
3. Dishonored 2
4. Prey
5. Dark Souls
6. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
7. Breath of the Wild
8. DOOM
9. Bloodborne
10. Deus Ex: Human Revolution

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Celeste
2. Hollow Knight
2. Dead Cells
3. Axiom Verge
4. Gunpoint
5. Gone Home
6. _Observer
7. Stealth Bastard
8.
9.
10.

Can I put BotW in 10 times?

The list for now, I may tweak it but its what feels best to me right now.

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Xenoblade Chronicles X
3. Red Dead Redemption 2
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
6. Xenoblade Chronicles 2
7. Portal 2
8. Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag
9. Super Mario Odyssey
10. Red Dead Redemption

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Minecraft
2. Stardew Valley
3. Mark of the Ninja
4. Void Bastards
5. Super Meat Boy
6. Bastion
7. Firewatch
8. Shovel Knight
9. Rogue Legacy
10. BoxBoy!

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. Rock Band 4 - 10 POINTS
2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 9 POINTS
3. The Last of Us - 8 POINTS
4. Resident Evil 2 - 7 POINTS
5. Mario Kart 8 - 6 POINTS
6. Marvel's Spider Man - 5 POINTS
7. Doom 2016 - 4 POINTS
8. Skyrim - 3 POINTS
9. Rare: Replay - 2 POINTS
10. Pokemon: Heart Gold - 1 POINT

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Hotline: Miami - 10 POINTS
2. Broforce - 9 POINTS
3. Journey - 8 POINTS
4. Hotline: Miami 2 - 7 POINTS
5. [name of game] - 6 POINTS
6. [name of game] - 5 POINTS
7. [name of game] - 4 POINTS
8. [name of game] - 3 POINTS
9. [name of game] - 2 POINTS
10. [name of game] - 1 POINT

I’ll come back to this and change the order around considerably.

Really wish I could have clicked with Hotline: Miami. So many people raved about it but I just couldn't see why myself.

Tempted to give it another shot actually.

Trelliz wrote:

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Pony Island

Oh my god didn't expect to see Pony Island in such a position ahah, certainly one of the more memorably creepy games of the decade D:

Breath of the wild isn't that good guys.

Ignoring some UTTER NONSENSE there:

Jazzem wrote:

Trelliz wrote:

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Pony Island

Oh my god didn't expect to see Pony Island in such a position ahah, certainly one of the more memorably creepy games of the decade D:

This is a game I’ve always wanted to play but I don’t have a mouse.

Snowballadeer wrote:Ignoring some UTTER NONSENSE there:

Jazzem wrote:

Trelliz wrote:

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Pony Island

Oh my god didn't expect to see Pony Island in such a position ahah, certainly one of the more memorably creepy games of the decade D:

This is a game I’ve always wanted to play but I don’t have a mouse.

Aww no ahah, just a laptop trackpad? If it's any consolation, it can't be worse than when I tried to play Portal with one :p

Yup! I’ve heard it’s very good iff you have a mouse.

I’m reminded of the time my dad tried to play BioShock Infinite with a trackpad...

Snowballadeer wrote:Yup! I’ve heard it’s very good iff you have a mouse.

I’m reminded of the time my dad tried to play BioShock Infinite with a trackpad...

Ha, now I desperately want to see trackpad runs at AGDQ :p

Haven't really played enough AAA games to make a proper top 10 but here goe

TOP 10 MAJOR STUDIO GAMES

1. XCOM2
2. Civilization V (pretty sure this was released in 2010)
3. Diablo III
4. Disgaea 5
5. Octopath Traveler
6. Ghost Trick (2011 apparently, thought it was older than that)


TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Stardew Valley
2. Grim Dawn
3. Into the Breach
4. Divinity: Original Sin 2
5. Phoenix Point
6. Yoku's Island Express
7. Wargroove
8. Invisible, Inc.
9. Slay the Spire
10. 80 Days

Not the final list.

Jazzem wrote:

Trelliz wrote:

TOP 10 INDIE GAMES

1. Pony Island

Oh my god didn't expect to see Pony Island in such a position ahah, certainly one of the more memorably creepy games of the decade D:

It's not final, just getting ideas down while I think of them.