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The Best Video Game Franchises of All Time

If someone asked you what the greatest video game franchise of all time was, how would you answer? If you grew up in the 80's and 90's, classic franchises like Mario, Sonic, Final Fantasy, and The Legend of Zelda might appeal to you more. However today's gamers have insanely good franchises to sink their teeth into as well, including Grand Theft Auto, God of War, Halo, Deus Ex, and so much more. This list takes your opinion into account, rather than sales, popularity, and reviews, so vote for your favorite game franchises no matter how mainstream or highly-rated they are. All genres are included here, whether it's a RPG, platformer, first person shooter or an adventure game. You can add any franchise that's missing to this list of the greatest game series of all time, as long as there have been 3 or more games in the franchise so far. That means we're not including games like Minecraft, League of Legends, and DotA.

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#1Currently leadingThe Legend of Zelda

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The Legend of Zelda
72% upvoted
2
Super Mario Bros.
70% upvoted
3
Pokémon Franchise
65% upvoted
4
Final Fantasy Franchise
62% upvoted
5
Super Smash Bros.
60% upvoted
6
Grand Theft Auto
60% upvoted
7
Mario Kart
61% upvoted
8
The Elder Scrolls
61% upvoted
9
Red Dead Redemption
61% upvoted
10
Fallout
58% upvoted
11
God of War
58% upvoted
12
Metal Gear
58% upvoted
13
HALO
58% upvoted
14
Batman: Arkham
59% upvoted
15
Assassins Creed
57% upvoted
16
The Witcher Franchise
58% upvoted
17
Doom
58% upvoted
18
Mortal Kombat
56% upvoted
19
Metroid
57% upvoted
20
Tomb Raider
56% upvoted
21
Bioshock
57% upvoted
22
Uncharted
56% upvoted
23
Soulsborne Franchise
56% upvoted
24
Sonic the Hedgehog
53% upvoted
25
Mass Effect
53% upvoted
26
The Last Of Us Franchise
55% upvoted
27
Kingdom Hearts
54% upvoted
28
Street Fighter
53% upvoted
29
Mega Man
53% upvoted
30
Portal
54% upvoted
31
Tetris
54% upvoted
32
Crash Bandicoot
53% upvoted
33
Half-Life
53% upvoted
34
Spyro the Dragon
53% upvoted
35
Mario Party
53% upvoted
36
Borderlands Franchise
52% upvoted
37
Donkey Kong
53% upvoted
38
Diablo
55% upvoted
39
Silent Hill
51% upvoted
40
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
55% upvoted
41
Far Cry
53% upvoted
42
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Series
50% upvoted
43
Chrono Trigger
50% upvoted
44
Dead Space
50% upvoted
45
Devil May Cry
48% upvoted
46
Star Fox
48% upvoted
47
Pac Man
48% upvoted
48
Ratchet and Clank
48% upvoted
49
Call of Duty
47% upvoted
50
Tekken Franchise
47% upvoted
51
Fire Emblem
47% upvoted
52
Warcraft
45% upvoted
53
The Sims
45% upvoted
54
Fable
50% upvoted
55
Need for Speed
49% upvoted
56
Hitman
48% upvoted
57
Wii Sports Series
49% upvoted
58
Civilization
47% upvoted
59
Age of Empires
47% upvoted
60
Gears of War
48% upvoted
61
Paper Mario
48% upvoted
62
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
47% upvoted
63
Persona 5
47% upvoted
64
Banjo-Kazooie
46% upvoted
65
Dragon Age
47% upvoted
66
Animal Crossing
46% upvoted
67
Dishonored
47% upvoted
68
Rayman
46% upvoted
69
Stardew Valley
46% upvoted
70
Gran Turismo
45% upvoted
71
Yakuza
45% upvoted
72
Max Payne
44% upvoted
73
Soulcalibur Franchise
45% upvoted
74
Dragon Quest
44% upvoted
75
Prince of Persia
43% upvoted
76
Wolfenstein 3D
44% upvoted
77
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
43% upvoted
78
Ninja Gaiden
43% upvoted
79
Bayonetta
43% upvoted
80
Saints Row
43% upvoted
81
Contra
43% upvoted
82
Twisted Metal
43% upvoted
83
WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw
42% upvoted
84
Pikmin
42% upvoted
85
Plants vs. Zombies
42% upvoted
86
Harvest Moon
42% upvoted
87
Darksiders
41% upvoted
88
Quake
41% upvoted
89
Medal of Honor
42% upvoted
90
Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes
41% upvoted
91
NieR: Automata
41% upvoted
92
Dead Rising
41% upvoted
93
The Simpsons
41% upvoted
94
Middle Earth
40% upvoted
95
Monster Hunter
41% upvoted
96
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai
40% upvoted
97
Punch-Out!!
40% upvoted
98
Duke Nukem
40% upvoted
99
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
40% upvoted
100
Counter-Strike
39% upvoted

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