Best Games of 2010

The best games released in 2010, ranked by Belly Score. The Belly's definitive 2010 game rankings.

The Belly's definitive rankings for games released in 2010. Every title from 2010 that earned a Belly Score appears here, sorted from the highest verdict down. It's a year-by-year snapshot of what The Belly thought of the releases — the standout hits, the disappointments, and everything in between from 2010.

9.8

Fallout: New Vegas

Action · RPG · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Xbox Cloud Gaming

Post-ApocalypticDystopianWestern+1

AdventurousOpen-EndedImmersive+2

9.6

White Album 2

Visual Novel

Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita

School / AcademyRomancePsychological+1

EmotionalMelancholicBittersweet+3

9.6

Wonderful Everyday: Down the Rabbit-Hole

Visual Novel · Adventure

Windows

PsychologicalSurrealDreamlike+1

MysteriousUnsettlingThought-Provoking+3

9.6

Xenoblade Chronicles

Action RPG · RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Wii · New Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiFantasyRobots / Mechs+1

AdventurousExploratoryEpic+3

9.5

Sid Meier's Civilization V

Strategy

Windows · Mac OS X · Linux

Ancient / HistoricalMilitaryWar

StrategicTacticalSingle-Player+3

9.4

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

FPS · Survival · Horror

PC

Post-ApocalypticSci-FiMonsters+1

AtmosphericGrittyTense+3

9.4

Mount & Blade: Warband

Action RPG · Strategy · Sandbox

Microsoft Windows · macOS · Linux · Android · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

MedievalWarMilitary

Open-EndedChallengingBrutal+3

9.4

MELTY BLOOD: ACTRESS AGAIN CURRENT CODE

Fighting · Action

Arcade · PC · PlayStation 2

Urban FantasySupernaturalMartial Arts

Fast-PacedChaoticCompetitive+3

9.4

Mount & Blade: Warband

Action RPG · Strategy · Sandbox

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Android

MedievalWarMilitary

Open-EndedStrategicTactical+3

9.4

BioShock 2

FPS · Horror · Survival

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

DystopianUnderwaterPsychological+1

AtmosphericDarkIntense+3

9.3

ALAN WAKE

Action · Horror · Adventure

PC · PlayStation · Xbox · Nintendo Switch

MysteriousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+14

9.3

Victoria 2

Strategy · Simulation

Windows · macOS

Ancient / HistoricalMilitaryWar+1

StrategicChallengingMethodical+2

9.3

Radiant Historia

RPG

Nintendo DS · Nintendo 3DS

FantasyDark / GrimPsychological

StrategicTacticalThought-Provoking+3

9.2

NO MORE HEROES 2: DESPERATE STRUGGLE

Action-Adventure

Wii · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Amazon Luna

ModernCrimeSatire+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.2

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII

Fighting

Arcade · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch

Martial Arts

IntenseFast-PacedCompetitive+3

9.1

Monster Hunter Tri

Action RPG

Wii

FantasyMonstersNature / Wilderness

AdventurousChallengingStrategic+3

8.9

Lost Planet 2

Action · Adventure · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

Sci-FiRobots / MechsMonsters+1

EpicIntenseChaotic+3

8.8

Endless Ocean: Blue World

Adventure · Simulation

Wii

UnderwaterNature / WildernessDetective / Mystery+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenImmersive+2