Best Games of 2017
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildon 17 of 35 rankings2
Hollow Knighton 8 of 35 rankings3
NieR: Automataon 6 of 35 rankings4
Xenoblade Chronicles 2on 4 of 35 rankings5
What Remains of Edith Finchon 1 of 35 rankings6
Rain Worldon 1 of 35 rankings7
Slime Rancheron 1 of 35 rankings8
Preyon 1 of 35 rankings9
Resident Evil 7: Biohazardon 1 of 35 rankings10
Nex Machinaon 1 of 35 rankings11
Middle-earth: Shadow of Waron 1 of 35 rankings12
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossuson 1 of 35 rankings13
The Long Darkon 1 of 35 rankings14
Gorogoaon 1 of 35 rankings15
Cupheadon 1 of 35 rankings16
Sexy brutaleon 1 of 35 rankings17
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earthon 1 of 35 rankings18
Finding Paradiseon 2 of 35 rankings19
Brawlhallaon 1 of 35 rankings20
Super Mario Odysseyon 3 of 35 rankings21
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Ageon 1 of 35 rankings22
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battleon 1 of 35 rankings23
Cupheadon 1 of 35 rankings
Black & White 2: Battle of the Godson 1 of 35 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 35 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best game of 2017 is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, followed by Hollow Knight and NieR: Automata.
How this is counted
This chart counts 35 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles released in 2017, 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 35 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.