The All-Time Best Games on Every Platform
Below, find a collection of the highest-scoring games exclusive* to every platform, ranging from current-gen consoles all the way back to the Sega Genesis system. (Note that for the oldest consoles not available on Metacritic, games are ranked by scores assigned by our sister site GameRankings.)
* In the year of their original release. (Some of these games may have been reissued for other platforms at a later date.)
PC
Valve, 2004
The title of highest-scoring PC game of all time hasn't changed in 13 years—which feels right, given that it is widely considered one of the best games of all time. Valve's 2004 sequel to the 1998 shooter Half-Life bested the original's score by a fraction of a point, and also helped usher in the developer's now-dominant digital distribution platform Steam.
| Runners-Up | |||
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| #2 | 96 | Half-Life | 1998 |
| #3 | 95 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | 2000 |
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