The 100 Games That Taught Me Game Design

One of the best ways to learn about game design is to just play a whole bunch of games. But with thousands of titles to choose from... where do you start? Well, this video lists 100 games that have most helped me in my journey to understand game development - from arcade classics to virtual reality thrills.

100 Games

80 Days
80 Days
Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Among Us
Among Us
Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham Asylum
BioShock
BioShock
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Burnout Paradise
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Celeste
Celeste
Cookie Clicker
Cookie Clicker
Crazy Taxi
Crazy Taxi
Dark Souls
Dark Souls
Dead Rising
Dead Rising
Dead Space
Dead Space
Deus Ex
Deus Ex
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Diablo II
Diablo II
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium
Dishonored
Dishonored
Doom
Doom
Doom
Doom
Downwell
Downwell
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Factorio
Factorio
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: New Vegas
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 2
Florence
Florence
Fortnite
Fortnite
Fruit Ninja
Fruit Ninja
Furi
Furi
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Gone Home
Gone Home
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto III
Half-Life
Half-Life
Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx
Her Story
Her Story
Hitman
Hitman
Ico
Ico
Inscryption
Inscryption
Into the Breach
Into the Breach
Journey
Journey
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda
Mario Kart 8
Mario Kart 8
Mark of the Ninja
Mark of the Ninja
Mass Effect
Mass Effect
Mega Man
Mega Man
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Minecraft
Minecraft
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds
Overcooked!
Overcooked!
Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
Persona 5
Persona 5
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies
Pokémon Blue Version
Pokémon Blue Version
Portal
Portal
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 4
Rez
Rez
RimWorld
RimWorld
Rogue
Rogue
September 12th: A Toy World
September 12th: A Toy World
Shadows of Doubt
Shadows of Doubt
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Silent Hill 2
Silent Hill 2
The Sims
The Sims
Skate
Skate
Slay the Spire
Slay the Spire
SpaceChem
SpaceChem
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Spaceteam
Spaceteam
Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line
Spelunky Classic
Spelunky Classic
The Stanley Parable
The Stanley Parable
SteamWorld Dig
SteamWorld Dig
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario Maker
Super Metroid
Super Metroid
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2
Tetris
Tetris
Thief: The Dark Project
Thief: The Dark Project
Tomb Raider
Tomb Raider
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tunic
Tunic
Undertale
Undertale
Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Yakuza 0
Yakuza 0
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

11 Comments

Random_Hajile

1 month ago

Banger list. Definitely gonna check out the games I havent played from here. Also Zero Escape being mentioned is a W

Speakers

1 month ago

Rez mention 🎉🎉🎉

Gonzalinho

1 month ago

FACTORIO MENTIONED 🗣️ 🗣️ 🗣️

eliohoho

1 month ago

I love that Space Team made it in the list. Truly a unique experience and the onboarding was exceptional.

felipelee

28 days ago

Zero Escape and Tunic mentioned, yaay

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24 days ago

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Alexcicle

24 days ago

:0 I didn't know you used backloggd!

mUg0_

24 days ago

I have a question, how should I look at videogames as a way of learning game design? It seems so intriguing, I want to learn more!

goop_lord

23 days ago

bro sorted metacritic by top score

kaishek

23 days ago

yep this is definitely a list with 100 games on it

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21 days ago

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GameMakersTK

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