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## Top 10
1. **Super Mario 64 (10/10)**: The game itself is phenomenal. But what makes this game a 10/10 is how the fan base has kept it alive and thriving over the years, whether it's [speedrunning the game by visiting parallel universes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUt840BUOYA) or [mods that increase its awesomeness](https://gamebanana.com/mods/284283).
1. **Super Mario 64 (10/10)**: Although this game was released in 1996, it's still a blast to play today. Yes, the camera is incredibly janky, and yes, the low-poly models can't compete with the graphics in modern games, but the excitement and joy of exploring an open-world sandbox is something that doesn't age. But what makes this game a 10/10 for me is how the community has kept it alive and thriving over all these years. The mindblowing fastest known speedrun of the game mixes [computer science, physics, and parallel universes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUt840BUOYA). You can explore the [source code](https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64) due to the meticulous work of reverse-engineers. There are more [ROM hacks](https://sm64romhacks.com/) than you can play in a lifetime. And [pannenkoek2012's amazing videos](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMm211NGh4Ls5SAMZJF7E8A) have made Super Mario 64 analysis more scientific than some real scientific fields!
2. **Minecraft (9/10)**: The game that peaked in 2012 and gets worse with every new update. [exozyme](https://exozy.me/) intermittently runs a server.
2. **SuperTuxKart (9/10)**: My appreciation for SuperTuxKart over time increases logarithmically. Seriously. For a game completely created by unpaid volunteers, it's absolutely stunning. Since it's free and open source, you can read the source code (it's nicely commented) and see for yourself if the AI is really cheating. SuperTuxKart is also incredibly friendly to modding and addons, and it's easy to contribute to its development. As for simply enjoying the game, it handles local, LAN, and online multiplayer extremely smoothly, so you can get together your friends and have loads of fun.
3. **Baba Is You (9/10)**: This puzzle game broke my brain. OK, most of the levels are not difficult, but there are some real stumpers out there. What this game does so well is taking a single, simple concept, and turning it into a world of hundreds of levels that don't get old as you play through the game.
3. **Minecraft (8/10)**: Yeah, Minecraft peaked in 2012 and gets worse with every new update. Minetest is allegedly pretty good but I haven't tried it yet.
4. **SuperTuxKart (9/10)**: Unlike many of the other games on this list, SuperTuxKart is free and open source! So what does that even mean for the player? Well, you can read the source code (it's nicely commented) and see for yourself if the AI is really cheating! It's also very friendly to modding and addons, and you can even contribute to its development. As for simply enjoying the game, the local and online multiplayer makes it a real blast! Dashie the Cyber Bunny is the best character! The graphics are kind of meh, but whatever.
4. **Baba Is You (8/10)**: This puzzle game broke my brain. OK, most of the levels are not difficult, but there are some real stumpers out there. What this game does so well is taking a single, simple concept, and turning it into a world of hundreds of levels that don't get old as you play through the game. Admittedly, many of the later levels are hard simply because there are so many different elements in the puzzle all interacting with each other that you can't keep track of them.
5. **The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (9/10)**: A game that's very scary yet not scary at the same time. (Play it and you'll know what I mean.) Speaking of Zelda games, this one, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, and a Link to the Past are the only good ones. Everything else is kind of meh. (Yes, including the "critically acclaimed" Breath of the Wild) Also, I hate the supposedly canon timeline.
5. **The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (8/10)**: A game that's very scary yet not scary at the same time. (Play it and you'll know what I mean.) By the way, I'm not a Breath of the Wild fan, and don't provoke me to rant about it.
6. **Kerbal Space Program (9/10)**: This game is a real blast! (No pun intended) It's really possible to have fun building rockets and learn a lot about physics and orbital dynamics at the same time! I learned more from playing this game during my high school Aerospace Engineering class than my from that class. The physics could be more accurate though, such as using proper N-body simulations instead of the patched conic approximation. KSP 2 is supposed to launch soon too! (OK, maybe that pun was intended)
6. **Kerbal Space Program (8/10)**: This game is a real blast! (No pun intended) It's really possible to have fun building rockets and learn a lot about physics and orbital dynamics at the same time! I learned more from playing this game during my high school Aerospace Engineering class than from the class itself. The physics could be more accurate though, such as using proper N-body simulations instead of the patched conic approximation, but it's a good compromise between accuracy and difficulty.
7. **BeamNG.drive (8/10)**: A driving simulator with terrible controls but amazing crashes. It's best enjoyed with an actual steering wheel but game controllers will kinda work.
7. **Mother 3 (8/10)**: One of the best RPGs out there. As always, the battle system sucks. Also, there's animal abuse. Best enjoyed in RetroArch with the xBRZ Freescale shader.
8. **Super Mario Maker 2 (8/10)**: Great game you can use to build binary computers. Best enjoyed in an emulator.
8. **Super Mario Maker 2 (7/10)**: I built binary computers with this.
9. **Mother 3 (8/10)**: One of the best RPGs out there. As always, the battle system kind of sucks. Also, there's animal abuse.
9. **Wii Sports (7/10)**: A really fun game that pretty much anyone can play. I have way too many memories playing this as a kid...
10. **Wii Sports (8/10)**: A really fun game that pretty much anyone can play. I have way too many memories playing this game as a kid...
## Honorable mentions
- **Portal (8/10)**: A puzzle game. The puzzles are a bit too easy in my opinion and the entire game is way too short, but it's obviously the better of the two Portal games.
- **Hedgewars (7/10)**: Hilarious multiplayer battle game with too many weapons.
- **The Powder Toy (7/10)**: Great sandbox game, a bit like Minecraft but better in some ways. Open source! There's even a RetroArch core available for it.
- **FlightGear (7/10)**: Really, really hard but ultra-realistic flight simulator game. Just try landing any plane. Open source too!
- **osu!lazer (6/10)**: Open source anime rhythm game that I suck at. For Linux users, make sure PulseAudio (or Pipewire) is managing ALSA, or sound may not work and you'll have a bad time like I did.
10. **Oh My Git! (7/10)**: I legitimately learned Git by playing this game. Well yeah, I knew some basic Git already, but it does a wonderful job of visually representing what's going on, which is especially helpful for learning things like the dreaded `git merge`. Just like Kerbal Space Program, this really shows how powerful games can be for learning new things.