Best Games of 1998
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timeon 11 of 21 rankings2
Metal Gear Solidon 8 of 21 rankings3
StarCrafton 2 of 21 rankings4
Half-Lifeon 3 of 21 rankings5
Crash Bandicoot: Warpedon 1 of 21 rankings6
Xenogearson 1 of 21 rankings7
Fallout 2on 1 of 21 rankings8
Grim fandangoon 1 of 21 rankings9
Banjo kazooieon 2 of 21 rankings10
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DXon 1 of 21 rankings11
Twisted Metal IIIon 1 of 21 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 21 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best game of 1998 is The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, followed by Metal Gear Solid and StarCraft.
How this is counted
This chart counts 21 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 1998, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 21 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.