>> best steam games of 2010 the full ranking

These are the best Steam games of 2010 — the releases of that year players still rate highest, years after the reviews stopped counting.

No launch-week scores, no hype: every position comes from head-to-head duels between two games in one player's library, and a game's percentage is the share of a typical library it beats. Years are the honest test, and this is what 2010 looks like once the dust has settled and only the games people still reach for are left standing.

Fallout: New Vegas

beats 75%

388 players

percentile across every personal ranking, weighed by the crowd behind it

Games ranked by the share of a typical library they beat.
rk	game	players	beats
02	Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition	103 players	beats 75%
03	Assassin's Creed 2	112 players	beats 75%
04	BioShock® 2	81 players	beats 75%
05	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction™	24 players	beats 75%
06	Riven (1997)	14 players	beats 75%
07	Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition	327 players	beats 72%
08	Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™	23 players	beats 72%
09	Patrician IV	8 players	beats 75%
10	Sid Meier's Civilization® V	295 players	beats 69%
11	Mount & Blade: Warband	160 players	beats 68%
12	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat	37 players	beats 68%
13	NecroVisioN: Lost Company	3 players	beats 75%
14	Metro 2033	145 players	beats 65%
15	Sword of the Stars: Complete Collection	3 players	beats 69%
16	Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing	15 players	beats 62%
17	Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000	14 players	beats 62%
18	Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale	45 players	beats 61%
19	Disciples III - Renaissance Steam Special Edition	6 players	beats 63%
20	Call of Duty®: Black Ops	66 players	beats 59%
21	The Guild II Renaissance	19 players	beats 59%
22	DeathSpank	6 players	beats 61%
23	Darksiders™	81 players	beats 56%
24	F.E.A.R.	77 players	beats 54%
25	STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack	65 players	beats 54%
26	Super Meat Boy	236 players	beats 53%
27	Broken Sword: Director's Cut (2009)	13 players	beats 54%
28	The Guild II - Pirates of the European Seas	6 players	beats 54%
29	Dead Rising® 2	39 players	beats 52%
30	Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne	4 players	beats 53%
31	Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition	49 players	beats 52%
32	Supreme Commander 2	27 players	beats 52%
33	R.U.S.E.™	9 players	beats 52%
34	STAR WARS™: The Force Unleashed™ II	36 players	beats 51%
35	Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands™	11 players	beats 51%
36	Singularity™	8 players	beats 51%
37	Amnesia: The Dark Descent	145 players	beats 51%
38	Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit	34 players	beats 51%
39	Victoria II	35 players	beats 51%
40	Just Cause 2	171 players	beats 50%
41	Zen Bound 2	12 players	beats 50%
42	Fish Fillets 2	3 players	beats 50%
43	Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising	33 players	beats 50%
44	Chime	9 players	beats 50%
45	VVVVVV	71 players	beats 50%
46	Call of Duty®: Black Ops	56 players	beats 50%
47	Worms Reloaded	43 players	beats 50%
48	Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	33 players	beats 50%
49	Puzzle Agent	20 players	beats 50%
50	Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days	19 players	beats 50%
51	Pirates Vikings & Knights II	15 players	beats 50%
52	Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West	13 players	beats 50%
53	Lugaru HD	5 players	beats 50%
54	AquaNox 2: Revelation	5 players	beats 50%
55	Star Ruler	3 players	beats 50%
56	LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4	82 players	beats 50%
57	Sniper: Ghost Warrior	21 players	beats 50%
58	Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2	43 players	beats 50%
59	SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition	43 players	beats 49%
60	Alien Swarm	9 players	beats 47%
61	Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee	7 players	beats 46%
62	Back to the Future: The Game	20 players	beats 45%
63	Beat Hazard	45 players	beats 45%
64	Alien Breed: Impact	10 players	beats 45%
65	Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD	10 players	beats 44%
66	Medal of Honor™	12 players	beats 43%
67	Puzzle Dimension	4 players	beats 41%
68	King's Bounty: Crossworlds	6 players	beats 41%
69	Shatter	16 players	beats 42%
70	Shank	22 players	beats 40%
71	Medal of Honor™	30 players	beats 40%
72	Puzzle Bots	3 players	beats 34%
73	ArcaniA	12 players	beats 39%
74	Alien Breed 3: Descent	3 players	beats 32%
75	Bejeweled® 3	39 players	beats 38%
76	Burn Zombie Burn!	4 players	beats 33%
77	Aliens vs. Predator™	39 players	beats 38%
78	Farming Simulator 2011	4 players	beats 31%
79	Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)	46 players	beats 37%
80	Puzzle Quest 2	4 players	beats 30%
81	Rig n Roll	4 players	beats 30%
82	LEGO® Indiana Jones™ 2: The Adventure Continues	7 players	beats 32%
83	Hacker Evolution: Untold	10 players	beats 33%
84	Nimbus	4 players	beats 28%
85	Wings of Prey: Special Edition	3 players	beats 25%
86	Patrician III	3 players	beats 25%
87	Clones	4 players	beats 27%
88	Bloody Good Time	3 players	beats 25%
89	Flight of the Icarus	3 players	beats 25%
90	Super Laser Racer	3 players	beats 23%
91	Gridrunner Revolution	3 players	beats 23%
92	Winter Voices	3 players	beats 23%
93	Cossacks: Back to War	4 players	beats 26%
94	Toki Tori	17 players	beats 32%
95	Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time	4 players	beats 25%
96	Sol Survivor	4 players	beats 24%
97	BIT.TRIP BEAT	15 players	beats 30%
98	Avencast: Rise of the Mage	6 players	beats 27%
99	Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes	5 players	beats 25%
100	Ion Assault	8 players	beats 27%
101	Dark Fall: Lost Souls	5 players	beats 25%
102	The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom	5 players	beats 25%
103	Front Mission Evolved	5 players	beats 25%
104	Delve Deeper	6 players	beats 25%
105	Alpha Protocol™	23 players	beats 29%
106	Tidalis	3 players	beats 18%
107	Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic	3 players	beats 18%
108	Hacker Evolution	19 players	beats 29%
109	Flotilla	6 players	beats 24%
110	Zero Gear	7 players	beats 25%
111	Ship Simulator Extremes	5 players	beats 23%
112	Alien Breed 2: Assault	7 players	beats 25%
113	nail'd	7 players	beats 25%
114	eversion	6 players	beats 23%
115	F.E.A.R.	26 players	beats 28%
116	URU: Complete Chronicles	4 players	beats 20%
117	Star Wolves 3: Civil War	5 players	beats 22%
118	M.U.D. TV	9 players	beats 25%
119	Lost Planet® 2	7 players	beats 24%
120	Puzzler World	9 players	beats 25%
121	Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight	9 players	beats 25%
122	The Guild II	11 players	beats 25%
123	Plain Sight	11 players	beats 25%
124	Blood Bowl - Legendary Edition	13 players	beats 25%
125	MX vs. ATV Reflex	13 players	beats 25%
126	The Polynomial - Space of the music	11 players	beats 24%
127	Fortix	6 players	beats 21%
128	The Ball	13 players	beats 24%
129	F.E.A.R.	21 players	beats 25%
130	Swords and Soldiers HD	22 players	beats 25%
131	Greed Corp	13 players	beats 24%
132	DogFighter	9 players	beats 22%
133	RUSH	19 players	beats 24%
134	Moonbase Alpha	44 players	beats 25%
135	Faerie Solitaire	26 players	beats 24%
136	Secret of the Magic Crystals	9 players	beats 21%
137	X: Beyond the Frontier	4 players	beats 14%
138	Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead	78 players	beats 25%
139	Day of Defeat: Source	69 players	beats 25%
140	SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics	151 players	beats 25%
141	EVE Online	115 players	beats 25%
142	Flight Control HD	5 players	beats 13%
143	Bob Came in Pieces	3 players	beats 1%

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