It is not uncommon for various media outlets to release some lists that reveal their most favorite or least favorite gaming-related things. Sometimes these lists include Nintendo games, and sometimes they don’t. So, it isn’t that surprising that another example of these lists from the gaming media has appeared earlier today.
You see, Paste Magazine has released a list ranking what they feel are the 50 best games of the 2020s so far. There are multiple Nintendo games on the list, but none of them managed to make it into the list’s top 20. The highest Nintendo game is Animal Crossing: New Horizons at #22. You can see the list in full down below.
50. Stray
49. Drainus
48. Hi-Fi Rush
47. Dragon’s Dogma 2
46. Cult of the Lamb
45. Death’s Door
44. Nier Replicant ver1.22474487139
43. Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
42. Neon White
41. Venba
40. Dungeon Encounters
39. Super Mario Wonder
38. If Found
37. Animal Well
36. Ultros
35. The Making of Karateka
34. Tunic
33. Spelunky 2
32. Metroid Dread
31. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
30. The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow
29. Immortality
28. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
27. Xenoblade Chronicles 3
26. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
25. Street Fighter 6
24. Umurangi Generation
23. The Banished Vault
22. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
21. Thirsty Suitors
20. Wordle
19. El Paso, Elsewhere
18. Baldur’s Gate 3
17. 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
16. Psychonauts 2
15. Vampire Survivors
14. 1000xRESIST
13. Signalis
12. Pentiment
11. Thank Goodness You’re Here
10. Live a Live
09. Astro’s Playroom
08. Balatro
07. Kentucky Route Zero Act V
06. UFO 50
05. Citizen Sleeper
04. Elden Ring
03. Hades
02. Norco
01. Alan Wake II
Surprised to not see Monster Hunter Rise, but I’ll admit World/Iceborne were better.
How can tears of the kingdom be the best game ever and not be at the top of the 20’s
Def don’t agree with this list, too many games missing like lou2 and some of these games on this list are quite rubbish.
I especially think the order is way out, totk and bg3 should be right up there.
Wordle is the best game of all time imo
We’re only 4 years in to the 2020’s…
Also WTF is “Paste Magazine”. Will MyNintendoNews just post crap from anywhere now?
Actually 5 years 2020 counting as year 1 and 2029 counting as year 10, 2025 counting as year 6 😊
debatable as fuck but hey, at least its not that shitty best zelda games list made by the new york post i guess, Baldur’s gate should be at least a top 5 for me
Never heard of paste magazine.
This list is pretty weird. I’m all for opinions, but this one seems very hipster-ish.
I ain’t gonna hate though. Good for them.
You know this has been an abysmal decade for games when c_lt of the lamb made the list.
The people who made this list are REALLY huffing some niche indies… And also clearly dislike certain games at the genre level. It’s just an opinion, but it’s my opinion there’s a lot of forgettable, derivative garbo used to snub polished titles on this list.
Ranking Worldle above Dread, Wonder, and Tears of the Kingdom is fast way to lose all credit
Wordle had huge cultural impact and spawned literally thousands of similar games. You can’t really realistically compare it to a big-budget blockbuster like Tears of the Kingdom which obviously has so much money, time, effort and quality in it. Honestly, I find it one of the less questionable things going on with this list. Having the remake of Live A Live sitting above all those games certainly sits more strangely with me, for example.
Where’s pikmin 4 and Kirbys forgotten land 😭
Alan wake 2 #1? Complete and utter nonsense, this list is garbage. Where is Breath of the Wild?
Breath of the wild came out in like 2017 lil bro
There’s no doubt that indies are at the forefront of most of what is good about gaming right now but I do think this particular list is too heavily weighted towards them. As mentioned previously, Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Pikmin 4 at the very least are worthy of this list from a Nintendo perspective, maybe Echoes of Wisdom too though that’s very recent. Also noticing that many beloved Sony games are absent, such as God of War Ragnorok, Astro Bot, and Spiderman 2. I never played any of these games but given the universal acclaim they’ve received they surely should be here.
The 2020s have been lacklustre from big budget studios for sure but not quite as lacklustre as this list is implying.
Cult of the Lamb should be higher!