Hyper (2018)

The 200 Games You Must Play
Publication Region: International (Australia)
Published: February 2018 (Issue #269)
Cut-Off: December 31, 2017

Hyper’s “The 200 Games You Must Play” is an unranked list from 2018.

“The 200 Games You Must Play” includes several extra games due to “ties” between Inside and Limbo, Portal and Portal 2, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, and Journey and Flower.

A “Worst Game Ever,” Fugitive Hunter: War On Terror, was selected by the editors of Hyper as the 200th game in “The 200 Games You Must Play.” It is not included in the list below.

  • 80 Days
  • Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
  • The Ancient Art of War
  • Animal Crossing: New Leaf
  • Arkanoid
  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Asteroids
  • Bastion
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Battlefield 1942
  • Bayonetta 2
  • The Beatles: Rock Band
    Ranked As: Rock Band (Series)
  • Beyond Good & Evil
  • The Binding of Isaac
  • BioShock 2
  • Blade Runner
  • Bloodborne
  • Body Harvest
  • Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep
    Ranked As: Borderlands 2
  • Braid
  • Burnout 3: Takedown
  • Bushido Blade
  • Bust-A-Move (AKA Puzzle Bobble)
  • Buster Bros. (AKA Pang)
  • Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Civilization V
  • Colossal Cave Adventure
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert
  • Crazy Taxi
  • Crusader Kings II
  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
  • Dark Souls
  • The Darkness
  • Day of the Tentacle
  • Dead Rising
  • Deadly Premonition
  • DEFCON
  • Defender
  • Defender of the Crown
  • Deus Ex
  • Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
    Ranked As: Diablo II
  • Diablo III
  • Divinity: Original Sin II
  • DoDonPachi
  • Donkey Kong
  • Doom II
  • Double Dragon
  • Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
  • Dungeon Master
  • Earth Defense Force 2025
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Elite
  • Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Myth
  • Exile
  • Fallout
  • Far Cry 2
  • Fez
  • Final Fantasy VI (AKA Final Fantasy III [US])
  • Flower
  • Freespace 2
  • Frequency
  • Galaga
  • Gauntlet
  • Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
  • Ghouls N Ghosts
  • God Hand
  • Gran Turismo 2
  • Grand Prix Legends
  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Guardian Heroes
  • Half-Life 2
  • Halo: Combat Evolved
  • Head Over Heels
  • Her Story
  • Herzog Zwei
  • Hitman: Blood Money
  • Hotline Miami
  • Icey
  • Ico
  • Ikaruga
  • IL-2 Sturmovik
  • Impossible Mission
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
  • Inside
  • Jagged Alliance 2
  • Jet Set Radio Future
  • Jet Set Willy
  • Journey
  • Kentucky Route Zero
  • The Last Express
  • The Last of Us
  • League of Legends
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Lemmings
  • Life Is Strange
  • Limbo
  • Lode Runner
  • Lost Odyssey
  • Lumines
  • Manhunt
  • Mario Kart 8
  • Mashed
  • Mass Effect
  • Mega Man 2
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Meteos
  • Metroid Prime
  • Mind Forever Voyaging, A
  • Minecraft
  • Missile Command
  • Monument Valley
  • Myth II: Soulblighter
  • NBA Jam
    Ranked As: NBA Jam (Series)
  • Nier
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
  • Out of This World (AKA Another World)
  • OutRun
  • Panzer Dragoon Saga
  • Papers Please
  • Paradroid
  • Peggle
  • Phantasy Star IV
  • Phantasy Star Online
  • Pitfall!
  • Planescape: Torment
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Point Blank 2
  • Pokemon Blue / Red / Yellow (AKA Pokemon FireRed / LeafGreen)
  • Portal
  • Portal 2
  • Prince of Persia
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 5
    Ranked As: Pro Evolution Soccer (Series)
  • Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
  • Quake III Arena
  • R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
  • Rainbow Islands
  • Rayman Origins
  • Realms of the Haunting
  • Red Dead Redemption
  • Resident Evil 4
  • Rez (AKA Rez Infinite)
  • Rocket League
  • Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
  • Rome: Total War
  • Saturn Bomberman
  • The Sentinel
  • Shadow of the Colossus
  • Silent Hill 2
  • SimCity
  • The Sims
  • Sine Mora
  • Sins of a Solar Empire
  • Space Channel 5
  • Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
  • Spelunky
  • The Stanley Parable
  • Star Control II
  • Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  • StarCraft
  • Stardew Valley
  • Street Fighter II
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island
  • Super Meat Boy
  • Super Metroid
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee
  • System Shock 2
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Tempest 2000
  • Tetris
  • Thief: The Dark Project
  • Threes
  • Tokyo Jungle
  • Tomb Raider (1996)
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2
    Ranked As: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Series)
  • Tron 2.0
  • Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar
  • Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss
  • Undertale
  • Valkyria Chronicles
  • Vanquish
  • Vib Ribbon
  • Virginia
  • The Walking Dead
  • Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
  • We Love Katamari
  • Wii Sports
  • Wii Sports Resort
  • Wipeout XL (AKA Wipeout 2097)
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • The Witness
  • Wizball
  • Worms Armageddon
  • Yakuza 5
  • Zen Bound