Best Modern Games

Every Modern game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Modern setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Modern theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Modern world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Modern-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Modern Games rankings

9.9

Persona 5 Royal

RPG · Adventure · Simulation

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PC

ModernSchool / AcademyPsychological+1

ImmersiveStrategicAtmospheric+3

9.8

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Action-Adventure · Shooter

PlayStation 2 · Xbox · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation Vita · Nvidia Shield

Espionage / SpyPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousImmersiveTense+3

9.8

Fate/stay night REMASTERED

Visual Novel · Adventure

Nintendo Switch · PC

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+1

AtmosphericDramaticCinematic+2

9.8

METAL GEAR SOLID 3: SNAKE EATER

Action · Adventure · Shooter

PlayStation 2 · Nintendo 3DS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

MilitaryEspionage / SpyNature / Wilderness+1

ImmersiveIntenseStrategic+3

9.7

Project Zomboid

Survival · RPG · Simulation · Strategy

PC · macOS · Linux

Post-ApocalypticZombiesModern+1

ImmersiveTenseHigh-Stakes+3

9.7

Persona 4 Golden

RPG · Adventure

PlayStation Vita · PC · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

ModernDetective / MysterySchool / Academy+1

ImmersiveMysteriousEmotional+3

9.7

CASTLEVANIA: ARIA OF SORROW

Action · Action RPG · Adventure · Platformer

Game Boy Advance · Game Boy Advance SP · Game Boy Micro · Nintendo Wii U · Nintendo

FantasyDark FantasySupernatural+7

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+26

9.7

Balatro

Strategy

PC · Mac · Android · iOS · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

ModernSurreal

StrategicAddictiveSatisfying+2

9.7

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Fighting

Arcade · Dreamcast · PlayStation 2 · Xbox · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360

Martial ArtsModern

CompetitiveChallengingIntense+3

9.6

Geometry Dash

Action · Platformer · Rhythm / Music

Windows · macOS · iOS · Android

ModernSurrealContemporary

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+5

9.6

Yakuza 0

Action-Adventure · Fighting

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One · Amazon Luna

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseFunny+3

9.5

TrackMania Nations Forever

Racing

PC

Modern

Fast-PacedCompetitiveChallenging+3

9.5

Counter-Strike 2

Shooter

PC · Linux

MilitaryModernCrime

IntenseCompetitiveTactical+3

9.5

The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

Action-Adventure

GameCube · PlayStation 2 · Xbox

SuperheroModern

EpicOpen-EndedIntense+2

9.5

Phantom Forces

Shooter · FPS

PC · Xbox · PlayStation 5

MilitaryWarModern

Fast-PacedIntenseCompetitive+3

9.5

Hearts of Iron IV

Strategy · Simulation

PC

MilitaryWarModern

StrategicTacticalSerious+3

9.4

Until Then

Adventure · Visual Novel

PlayStation 5 · PC · Nintendo Switch · Xbox Series X/S · Linux · Mac

ModernPsychologicalSurreal+1

AtmosphericEmotionalMelancholic+3

9.4

CHAOS;HEAD NOAH

Visual Novel · Adventure

Nintendo Switch · PC · Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita · PSP · Android · iOS

ModernPsychologicalSurreal+1

MysteriousUnsettlingSuspenseful+3

9.4

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

RPG · Action · Adventure

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Windows · Steam

CrimeComedyFamily+1

AdventurousFunnyQuirky+3

9.3

Marvel Rivals

Action · Shooter · Fighting

PlayStation 5 · PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox Series X|S

SuperheroModern

Fast-PacedChaoticCompetitive+2

9.3

TEKKEN 8

Fighting

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Martial ArtsModern

IntenseFast-PacedCompetitive+3

9.3

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

RPG

PlayStation Portable · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

ModernDetective / MysteryMilitary+1

ImmersiveStrategicTactical+3

9.2

Cry of Fear

Adventure · Horror · FPS

Windows

PsychologicalModernMonsters+1

CreepyDarkBleak+3

9.2

Yakuza 5

Action · Adventure

PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PC

CrimeModernComedy+1

ImmersiveIntenseQuirky+3