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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)

Platforms: Wii U, Nintendo Switch

All-time

#6 of 1,295

Ranking by scope

2010s: #3 of 378
2017: #1 of 40
Wii U: #2 of 80

Ballots (97)

All-time lists

#1 Rolling Stone — untitled-2025-list (2025)
#1 Edge — The 100 Greatest Games of Edge's Lifetime (2023)
#1 IGN — The Top 100 Video Games of All Time (2022)
#1 GQ — The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts (2023)
#2 Famitsu — Famitsu Readers' Best Games of the Heisei Era (2019)
#2 Parade — Parade - ?all-time? (2023)
#3 GamesRadar — The 50 best games of all time (2021)
#4 Digital Trends — The 50 best video games of all time (2023)
#5 USA Today's For The Win — The 100 best video games of all time, ranked (2022)
#5 indy100 — best-games-list (2025)
#5 The Independent — untitled-2025-list (2025)
#5 Sports Illustrated — Best Games (2023)
#6 Dexerto — Best games of all time (2026)
#7 Jeuxvideo — Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps (2017)
#8 Esquire — The 15 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked (2020)
#10 Screen Rant — The 40 Best Games Of All Time (2024)
#18 Stuff — Stuff's Best Games Ever: The 50 greatest games of all time" (2017)
#20 USA Today — A definitive ranking of the top 30 video games of all time (2024)
#32 FZ (FragZone) — FZ utser de 100 bästa spelen genom tiderna! (2025)
#38 GamesTM — The 200 Greatest Games of All Time (2018)
#39 Magazine.HD — TOP 100: Os Melhores Jogos de Sempre (2023)
#43 Slant — The 100 Best Video Games of All Time (2020)
#56 Popular Mechanics — The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time (2019)
#100 Game Informer — Game Informer - ?all-time? (2018)
Hardcore Gaming 101 — HG101 Presents: The 200 Best Video Games of All Time (2020)
Hyper — The 200 Games You Must Play (2018)

Decade lists

#1 GameSpew — The 50 Best Games of the Decade (2019)
#1 Tom's Guide — The 30 best games of the decade (2019)
#1 USgamer — USG's Top 100 Games of the Decade (2019)
#1 Wired UK — The Best Games of the Decade, Ranked For Your Displeasure (2019)
#1 Gamer.nl — De 100 beste games van het decennium (2019)
#1 Stuff — Stuff of the Decade: The 25 best games (2021)
#1 The Young Folks — The Young Folks’ Top 50 Video Games of the 2010s (2019)
#1 Den of Geek — 100 Best Games of the Decade (2019)
#1 CNET — The 30 best video games of the decade, ranked (2019)
#1 Fanbyte — Fanbyte's Top 50 Games of the Decade (2019)
#1 Paste — The 100 Best Videogames of the 2010s (2019)
#2 Forbes — The Best — And Most Important — Video Games Of The Decade (2019)
#2 Trusted Reviews — Trusted Reviews’ top 25 games of the decade (2020)
#2 NME — The 50 Best Games Of The Decade: The 2010s (2019)
#2 Gaming Age — Gaming Age's Games of the Decade: #20 - #1 (2019)
#2 Polygon — The 100 best games of the decade (2010-2019) (2019)
#2 Guardian — The 15 greatest games of the 2010s – ranked! (2021)
#2 Uproxx — The Top 20 Video Games Of The 2010s (2019)
#3 3DJuegos — TOP 10: Los mejores juegos de la década (2020)
#3 Buzzfeed — The 20 Best Video Games Of The Decade, Ranked (2019)
#5 GamesRadar — The 100 best games of the decade (2019)
#15 VG247 — The top 50 games from 2010-2020, ranked (2019)
#24 Slant — The 100 Best Video Games of the 2010s (2019)
Destructoid — Destructoid Game of the Year 2010 (2019)
Everyeye — I giochi del decennio: i migliori videogame dal 2010 al 2019 (2019)
Eurogamer — Games of the Decade (2019)
Insider — The 10 video games that defined the decade and changed the world of gaming (2019)
Edge — Games of the Decade (2010s) (2019)
Time — The 10 Best Video Games of the 2010s (2019)
IGN — The Best Games of the Decade (2019)
Mashable — Our 15 Favorite Games of the Decade (2012)
GQ — The 17 Best Games That Shaped the Decade (2019)
Wired — Decade's 10 Most Influential Videogames (2019)
The Hollywood Reporter — The Best Games of the Decade (2019)
A.V. Club — The most important games of the 2010s (2019)
Mirror — Best video games of the decade: Our top releases of the 2010s (2019)

Year lists

#1 Game Developers Choice Awards — GDCA Game of the Year 2017 (2018)
#1 Thrillist — The Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Vulture — The 10 Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Forbes — The 20 Best Video Games Of 2017 (2017)
#1 The Game Awards — Game of the Year 2017 (2017)
#1 GamingBolt — GamingBolt's Game of The Year - Top 25 Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Eurogamer — Top 50 Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 USgamer — USgamer's 20 Best Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Polygon — The 50 best games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Time — The Top 10 Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Digital Trends — Best game of 2017 (2023)
#1 Goomba Stomp — The Very Best Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Gameswelt — Top 30: Unsere Spiele des Jahres 2017 (2017)
#1 New Yorker — The Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Guardian — The top 10 video games of 2017 (2017)
#1 D.I.C.E. Awards — Game of the Year 2017 (2018)
#1 Paste — The 30 Best Games of 2017 (2017)
#1 Screen Rant — These Are The Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#2 BAFTA — British Academy Games Awards Winners in 2017 (2017)
#2 Wired — From Automata to Zelda, These Are the Best Games of 2017 (2017)
#2 CNET — Here are the greatest video games of 2017 (2017)
#2 Empire — The Best Games Of 2017 (2017)
#3 Den of Geek — The 15 Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
#4 Insider — A ton of great games came out this year — these are the 10 best (2017)
#4 Ars Technica — Ars Technica’s best video games of 2017 (2017)
#5 Hardcore Gamer — Top 10 Games of 2017 (Game of the Year) (2018)
#8 Slant — The 25 Best Video Games of 2017 (2017)
Esquire — The Best Video Games Of 2017 (2017)
New York Game Awards — Awards! Here Are All The NY Game Awards Nominees! (2018)
The Verge — The 15 best video games of 2017 (2017)
Kotaku — The 12 Best Video Games Of 2017 (2018)
Game Developer — Best of 2017: Gamasutra's top games, devs, events and trends (2017)
VG247 — VG247's Game of the Year awards 2017 (2017)
A.V. Club — The A.V. Club's Favorite Games of 2017 (2017)
New York Times — The Video Games That Got Us Through 2020 (Published 2020) (2020)