#01
Shadow of the Colossus
An action game about a boy who must slay sixteen giants to bring a girl back to life.
2005
PS2
Platform
PlayStation 2
The best-selling console ever, and a huge library of original games.
A ranking of the top games on this system, best first. A game that shipped on more than one platform keeps a separate place on each list.
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Up to ten guides — the ones people open most often on PlayStation 2. The ranking further down is a separate list.
Now the full ranking
Ranked on PS2
The top games on PS2, best first.
100 ranked · #01–#100
#02
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
A stealth game about Naked Snake on a 1960s mission through Soviet jungle.
2004
PS2
#03
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
An open-world crime game about CJ returning home and trying to take his neighborhood back.
2004
PS2PC
#04
God of War
An action game about the Spartan Kratos, bound to Ares and sent to kill a god.
2005
PS2PS4
#05
Resident Evil 4
An action-horror game about Leon escorting the president's daughter through a rural outbreak.
2005
PS2
#06
Final Fantasy X
An RPG about a blitzball player and a summoner on a pilgrimage.
2001
PS2
#07
Ico
An action-adventure about a boy leading a girl out of a castle.
2001
PS2
#08
Persona 4
An RPG about high-school students entering a TV world to stop a series of murders.
2008
PS2
#09
Kingdom Hearts
An action RPG about a boy with a key-shaped sword traveling through Disney worlds to find his friends.
2002
PS2
#10
Devil May Cry
An action game about Dante and a style rank that rewards not getting hit.
2001
PS2
#11
God of War II
An action game about Kratos betrayed by Zeus and climbing the sisters of fate.
2007
PS2
#12
Final Fantasy XII
An RPG about gambits, programmable allies, in a war over Dalmasca.
2006
PS2
#13
Final Fantasy X-2
An RPG about Yuna and a changing job system called dresspheres.
2003
PS2
#14
Kingdom Hearts II
An action RPG about Sora waking up a year later, with drive forms and reaction commands.
2006
PS2
#15
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
A stealth sequel that shifts to a new protagonist on an offshore plant.
2001
PS2
#16
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
An action game about Dante and Vergil, and styles you can switch.
2005
PS2
#17
Okami
An action-adventure about a sun goddess in wolf form painting with a celestial brush.
2006
PS2Wii
#18
Silent Hill 2
A horror game about James Sunderland looking for his wife in Silent Hill.
2001
PS1PS2
#19
Silent Hill 3
A horror game about Heather and a cult that wants her back.
2003
PS2
#20
Silent Hill 4: The Room
A horror game about a man who cannot leave his apartment except through a hole.
2004
PS2
#21
Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
A survival-horror game about Claire Redfield on a prison island.
2001
PS2
#22
Resident Evil Outbreak
A survival- horror game built for co-op escape scenarios.
2004
PS2
#23
Fatal Frame
A horror game about damaging ghosts by photographing them.
2002
PS2
#24
Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly
A horror game about twin sisters in a lost village.
2003
PS2
#25
Fatal Frame III: The Tormented
A horror game about a dream manor and a tattoo that grows when you are hurt.
2005
PS2
#26
Forbidden Siren
A stealth-horror game about sightjacking, seeing through enemies' eyes.
2004
PS2
#27
Rule of Rose
A horror game about a girl in an airship run by children.
2006
PS2
#28
Haunting Ground
A horror game about Fiona and a dog fleeing pursuers in a castle.
2005
PS2
#29
God Hand
A brawler about building a move set and a difficulty that rises when you play well.
2006
PS2
#30
Devil May Cry 2
An action game about Dante and Lucia, looser than the games around it.
2003
PS2
#31
Onimusha: Warlords
An action game about a samurai absorbing souls to feed a gauntlet.
2001
PS2
#32
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
An action game about Jubei and gifts you trade with other characters.
2002
PS2
#33
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
An action game with a present-day soldier.
2004
PS2
#34
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner
A mech action game about Jehuty and a fast lock-on dash.
2003
PS2
#35
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
A driving sim about licenses and endurance races.
2001
PS2
#36
Gran Turismo 4
A driving sim with photo mode and many more events.
2005
PS2
#37
Burnout 3: Takedown
A racer about boost you earn by driving toward traffic and taking rivals down.
2004
PS2
#38
SSX 3
A snowboarding game about one mountain you can ride from peak to village.
2003
PS2
#39
Tony Hawk's Underground
A skateboarding game with a story and the ability to get off the board.
2003
PS2
#40
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
A skateboarding game about a world tour of skating goals and create-a-skater.
2004
PS2
#41
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
A 3D platformer about collecting power cells across connected hubs.
2001
PS2
#42
Jak II
An action platformer about a sequel that puts Jak in a city of missions, guns, and a hover vehicle.
2003
PS2
#43
Jak 3
An action platformer about a desert, a new light form, and the city from the previous game.
2004
PS2
#44
Ratchet & Clank
A platformer about a lombax and a robot buying weapons with bolts.
2002
PS2PS3
#45
Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
An action platformer with strafing, upgrades, and space combat.
2003
PS2
#46
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
An action platformer with a third playable character and online-style multiplayer maps.
2004
PS2
#47
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
A stealth platformer about a raccoon thief and a book of family moves.
2002
PS2
#48
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
An action-adventure about a gang pulling jobs, with three playable thieves.
2004
PS2
#49
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
An action-adventure about recruiting specialists for one last vault.
2005
PS2PS3
#50
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
An action game about a prince who can rewind a mistake.
2003
PS2
#51
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
An action-adventure about the prince trying to escape his fate.
2004
PS2
#52
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
An action-adventure about a sequel that adds a dark form and chariot chases.
2005
PS2
#53
Beyond Good & Evil
An action-adventure about a photographer uncovering a government lie.
2003
PS2
#54
Psychonauts
A platformer about a boy entering people's minds.
2005
PS2
#55
Katamari Damacy
A game about rolling a ball that picks up objects until it is large enough for a star.
2004
PS2
#56
We Love Katamari
A puzzle game about the prince rolling katamari for fans with specific requests.
2005
PS2
#57
Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
An action RPG about a keyblade and Disney worlds.
2008
PS2
#58
Persona 3 Fes
An RPG about students fighting during a hidden hour, plus an epilogue chapter.
2007
PS2
#59
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
An RPG about a tribe that turns into demons when it eats.
2005
PS2
#60
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
An RPG about a direct sequel that carries your party into a new world.
2005
PS2
#61
Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
A strategy RPG about demons, the item world, and levels that can go very high.
2003
PS2
#62
Phantom Brave
A strategy RPG about confining spirits to objects on the map.
2004
PS2
#63
Makai Kingdom
A strategy RPG about a demon lord turned into a book.
2005
PS2
#64
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits
A strategy RPG about two half-brothers on opposite sides of a war between humans and deimos.
2003
PS2
#65
Xenosaga Episode I
An RPG about androids and a ship under attack, heavy on story scenes.
2003
PS2
#66
Xenosaga Episode II
An RPG about a sequel that changes the battle system and continues the same plot.
2005
PS2
#67
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
A long RPG about a cursed king and a party traveling a continuous world.
2005
PS2
#68
Dark Cloud
An action RPG about rebuilding towns with pieces you find in dungeons.
2001
PS2
#69
Dark Cloud 2
An action RPG about a boy with a camera and a girl from the future, with invention.
2003
PS2
#70
Rogue Galaxy
An action RPG about a boy who joins a space pirate crew.
2007
PS2
#71
Okage: Shadow King
An RPG about a boy whose shadow is a vain demon king.
2001
PS2
#72
Grand Theft Auto III
An open-world game about a silent criminal in Liberty City.
2001
PS2
#73
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
An open-world game about Tommy Vercetti in a 1980s city.
2002
PS2
#74
Bully
An open-world game about a student at a boarding school.
2006
PS2
#75
The Warriors
A brawler about a gang trying to get back to Coney Island.
2005
PS2
#76
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
A platformer about a knight with limited armor and a hub of graveyards.
2002
PS2
#77
Maximo vs. Army of Zin
An action platformer with a shield and less punishment.
2004
PS2
#78
Viewtiful Joe
A side-scrolling action game about slowing time and zooming in VFX mode.
2004
PS2
#79
Viewtiful Joe 2
A side-scrolling action game about a sequel that adds a second character and new VFX.
2004
PS2
#80
Black
A first-person shooter about destructible cover and a short campaign.
2006
PS2
#81
Killzone
A first-person shooter about a war with the Helghast.
2004
PS2
#82
TimeSplitters 2
A shooter about time periods, with a map maker and bots.
2002
PS2
#83
Red Faction
A shooter about miners and walls you can break.
2001
PS2
#84
Red Faction II
A shooter about a sequel that leans on a squad and a shorter campaign.
2002
PS2
#85
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
A tactical online shooter about a headset and short missions.
2002
PS2
#86
Twisted Metal: Black
A darker car-combat game about stories for each vehicle.
2001
PS2
#87
SSX Tricky
A snowboarding game about uber tricks and a showoff meter.
2001
PS2
#88
NBA Street
An arcade basketball game about trick points and a gamebreaker.
2001
PS2
#89
ESPN NFL 2K5
A football sim about many people kept as their last word on the sport that generation.
2004
PS2
#90
Virtua Fighter 4
A 3D fighting game about stance and throws.
2002
PS2
#91
Tekken 5
A fighting game that brings back a faster movement and a story for the Mishimas.
2005
PS2
#92
Tekken 4
A fighting game with walled stages.
2002
PS2
#93
Soulcalibur II
A weapon fighter about ring-outs and a guest character.
2003
PS2
#94
Soulcalibur III
A weapon fighter with character creation and chronicles of the sword.
2005
PS2
#95
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2
A fighting game about beam clashes and a large roster.
2006
PS2
#96
Guitar Hero
A rhythm game about a guitar controller and covers.
2005
PS2
#97
Guitar Hero II
A rhythm game with a longer setlist and a practice mode.
2006
PS2
#98
Lumines Plus
A puzzle about making 2x2 squares of color in time with music.
2007
PS2
#99
Baroque
A roguelike about climbing a tower that changes what you are.
2008
PS2
#100
Wild Arms 3
A western RPG about four drifters and tools in a wasteland.
2002
PS2