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World of Warcraft (2004)

Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS

All-time

#14 of 1,295

Ranking by scope

2000s: #2 of 398
2004: #2 of 52
macOS: #3 of 328

Ballots (52)

All-time lists

#3 Empire — Empire - ?all-time? (2009)
#4 GamePro — GamePro - ?all-time? (2007)
#4 BBC — Top 20 Games of All Time (2009)
#4 Jeuxvideo — Top 100 des meilleurs jeux de tous les temps (2017)
#5 Game Informer — Game Informer - ?all-time? (2018)
#7 Polygon — The 500 best games of all time (2017)
#9 GamesTM — The 200 Greatest Games of All Time (2018)
#9 Esquire — The 15 Best Video Games of All Time, Ranked (2020)
#10 Magazine.HD — TOP 100: Os Melhores Jogos de Sempre (2023)
#10 G4TV — Top 100 Video Games Of All Time (2012)
#10 Time — The 50 Best Video Games of All Time (2016)
#10 Gameswelt — Gameswelt Top 100 (2016)
#12 Rolling Stone — untitled-2025-list (2025)
#12 Museum of Pop Culture — TOP 100 VIDEO GAMES OF ALL TIME (2019)
#12 Screen Rant — The 40 Best Games Of All Time (2024)
#14 GamesMaster — 100 Games That Shook the World (2016)
#14 Power Unlimited — Top 100 beste video games aller tijden". (2018)
#15 1UP — The Essential 100 (2012)
#18 Dexerto — Best games of all time (2026)
#22 FHM — untitled-2010-list (2010)
#22 GQ — The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts (2023)
#25 Gamereactor — Top 100 bedste spil nogensinde (2017)
#25 USA Today — A definitive ranking of the top 30 video games of all time (2024)
#27 Digital Trends — The 50 best video games of all time (2023)
#28 The Age — The 50 best games (2005)
#31 Edge — The 100 Greatest Games of Edge's Lifetime (2023)
#31 Popular Mechanics — The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time (2019)
#33 Yahoo Games — best-games-list (2005)
#35 indy100 — best-games-list (2025)
#35 The Independent — untitled-2025-list (2025)
#47 IGN — The Top 100 Video Games of All Time (2022)
#56 GQ Spain — Los 100 mejores videojuegos de la historia (2020)
#67 EP Daily — Reviews on the Run - Top 100 Games & Movies Of All Time! (2013)
#75 USA Today's For The Win — The 100 best video games of all time, ranked (2022)
#75 Sports Illustrated — Best Games (2023)
#151 An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games — best-games-list (2013)
1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die (2013)
Collider — The Greatest and Most Influential Video Games of All Time (2020)
Mashable — What are the best video games of all time? I asked our team to help decide. (2020)
Game On! From Pong to Oblivion – The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time — Game On! From Pong to Oblivion: The 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time : Simon Byron : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (2006)

Decade lists

#6 Gamereactor — Decenniets Dundertitlar - del 3 (2010)
#6 A.V. Club — The 15 best videogames of the ’00s (2009)
#10 CNN — The top 10 video games of the past decade (2010)
#12 Paste — The 20 Best Video Games of the Decade (2000-2009) (2009)
#19 Destructoid — The Top 50 Videogames of the Decade (2009)
#98 Den of Geek — 100 Best Games of the Decade (2019)

Year lists

#2 Game Developers Choice Awards — GDCA Game of the Year 2004 (2005)
#2 IGN — Best of the Decade (2004) (2010)
#2 D.I.C.E. Awards — Game of the Year 2004 (2005)
#13 Eurogamer — Top 50 Games of 2005 (2005)
#40 Polygon — The best video games of the year (2023)
GameSpot — Why 2004 Was the Best Year in Gaming (2014)