The best games of the 1990s
We ranked 1,531 1990s games that have at least 10 player ratings on IGDB. Super Mario World (1990) comes out on top with an average of 96/100 from 2,041 players. The most-rated game on the list is Half-Life (2,928 ratings). The list covers releases from 1990 to 1999.
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Super Mario World1990 · Arcade, SNES, Wii962,041 ratings - 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past1991 · SNES, Wii, WiiU961,726 ratings - 3
Super Metroid1994 · SNES, Wii, WiiU961,081 ratings - 4
Final Fantasy III1994 · SNES, Wii, WiiU95769 ratings - 5
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island1995 · SNES, SFAM94729 ratings - 6
Chrono Trigger1995 · SNES, Wii, SFAM921,391 ratings - 7
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time1998 · Wii, N64, 64DD922,169 ratings - 8
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night1997 · PS3, Saturn, PS192844 ratings - 9
EarthBound1994 · SNES, WiiU, New 3DS91574 ratings - 10
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia1999 · Linux, PC, Mac91729 ratings - 11
Super Mario 641996 · Wii, N64, WiiU892,080 ratings - 12
Fallout 21998 · PC, Mac89905 ratings - 13
Unreal Tournament1999 · Linux, PC, Mac92286 ratings - 14
Final Fantasy VII1997 · PS3, PS1, PSP881,634 ratings - 15
StarCraft1998 · PC, Mac881,258 ratings - 16
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge1991 · Mac, DOS, Amiga88595 ratings - 17
Sonic the Hedgehog 21992 · PS3, 3DS, Wii88623 ratings - 18
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee1997 · OnLive, PS3, PC91254 ratings - 19
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis1992 · Linux, Wii, PC89434 ratings - 20
Day of the Tentacle1993 · Mac, DOS, Amiga88465 ratings - 21
System Shock 21999 · Linux, PC, Mac89388 ratings - 22
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness1995 · Mac, DOS88385 ratings - 23
Suikoden II1998 · PS3, PC, Vita96115 ratings - 24
Metal Gear Solid1998 · PS3, PS1, PSP851,709 ratings - 25
Sid Meier's Civilization1991 · Atari-ST, PC, Mac89265 ratings - 26
Pokémon Gold Version1999 · GBC, 3DS87404 ratings - 27
GoldenEye 0071997 · N6487421 ratings - 28
Final Fantasy VIII1999 · PS3, PS1, PSP86524 ratings - 29
Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game1997 · OnLive, Linux, PC86664 ratings - 30
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars1996 · SNES, Wii, WiiU88236 ratings - 31
Pokémon Blue Version1996 · 3DS, Game Boy86492 ratings - 32
Half-Life1998 · Linux, PC, Mac842,928 ratings - 33
Pokémon Silver Version1999 · GBC, 3DS86430 ratings - 34
Super Mario Kart1992 · SNES, Wii, WiiU86460 ratings - 35
Super Castlevania IV1991 · SNES, Wii, WiiU89194 ratings - 36
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX1998 · GBC, 3DS89195 ratings - 37
Grim Fandango1998 · PC86391 ratings - 38
Doom II: Hell on Earth1994 · zod, PC, Mac85537 ratings - 39
Star Fox 641997 · Wii, N64, WiiU86282 ratings - 40
Tekken 31997 · Arcade84559 ratings - 41
Baldur's Gate1998 · Linux, PC, iOS85353 ratings - 42
Quake III Arena1999 · Linux, PC, Mac85422 ratings - 43
Diablo1996 · PC, Mac, PS184605 ratings - 44
The Longest Journey1999 · PC, iOS87203 ratings - 45
Mega Man X1993 · SNES, 3DS, Wii85298 ratings - 46
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings1999 · PC, Mac, DC831,031 ratings - 47
Command & Conquer: Red Alert1996 · PS3, PC, DOS85373 ratings - 48
Shenmue1999 · PS4, PC, XONE88149 ratings - 49
Age of Empires1997 · PC, Mac83683 ratings - 50
The Curse of Monkey Island1997 · PC, Mac85329 ratings
How this list is ranked: IGDB player ratings, weighted by how many people rated each game (a Bayesian average with a prior of 100 ratings), so a game with a handful of perfect scores doesn't outrank a classic rated by thousands. Only games with at least 10 ratings; editions and re-releases are folded into the original. Numbers shown are the raw average rating (0–100) and the rating count.