Best Games of 2010
Fallout: New Vegason 12 of 37 rankings2
Mass Effect 2on 11 of 37 rankings3
Red Dead Redemptionon 6 of 37 rankings4
God of War IIIon 3 of 37 rankings5
Call of Duty: Black Opson 3 of 37 rankings6
Xenoblade Chronicleson 2 of 37 rankings7
Fable IIIon 2 of 37 rankings8
StarCraft II: Wings of Libertyon 2 of 37 rankings9
Sid Meier's Civilization Von 2 of 37 rankings10
Mount & Blade: Warbandon 1 of 37 rankings11
Halo: Reachon 1 of 37 rankings12
Heavy rainon 1 of 37 rankings13
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detectiveon 1 of 37 rankings14
Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year Editionon 1 of 37 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 37 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best game of 2010 is Fallout: New Vegas, followed by Mass Effect 2 and Red Dead Redemption.
How this is counted
This chart counts 37 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2010, 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 19 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 37 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.