Best Games of 2011
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimon 17 of 34 rankings2
Dark Soulson 9 of 34 rankings3
Portal 2on 4 of 34 rankings4
Terrariaon 3 of 34 rankings5
Batman: Arkham Cityon 2 of 34 rankings6
Deus Ex: Human Revolutionon 1 of 34 rankings7
To the moonon 1 of 34 rankings8
Bastionon 1 of 34 rankings9
L.A. Noireon 1 of 34 rankings10
Mafia IIon 1 of 34 rankings11
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witchon 1 of 34 rankings12
Dragon Age IIon 1 of 34 rankings13
Star Wars: The Old Republicon 1 of 34 rankings14
Gears of War 3on 1 of 34 rankings15
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deceptionon 1 of 34 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 34 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best game of 2011 is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, followed by Dark Souls and Portal 2.
How this is counted
This chart counts 34 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2011, 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 34 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.