Best Games of 2000

The best games released in 2000, ranked by Belly Score. The Belly's definitive 2000 game rankings.

The Belly's definitive rankings for games released in 2000. Every title from 2000 that earned a Belly Score appears here, sorted from the highest verdict down. It's a year-by-year snapshot of what The Belly thought of the releases — the standout hits, the disappointments, and everything in between from 2000.

9.9

Final Fantasy IX

RPG · Adventure

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PC · Android · iOS · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4

High FantasyMedieval

AdventurousWhimsicalCharming+3

9.2

AMERICAN MCGEE'S ALICE

Action · Horror · Platformer · Adventure · Puzzle

PC · PlayStation · Xbox

ExploratoryAdventurousDark+15

9.2

Chrono Cross

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation 4 · Nintendo Switch · Xbox One · PC

FantasyPsychologicalSurreal+1

AdventurousMysteriousAtmospheric+3

7.8

The Ring: Terror's Realm

Horror · Survival

Dreamcast

SupernaturalPsychologicalModern

CreepyEerieUnsettling+3

7.6

Evergrace

Action RPG

PlayStation 2

FantasyDark FantasySurreal

MysteriousWeirdAtmospheric+2