50 Best Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Of All Time

Remember, this list is dynamic and based on the User Ratings for each game submitted in the Nintendo Life games database. It is, therefore, subject to fluctuation, even now! If you haven’t rated any of the games below, simply tap the star on the corresponding entry and rate the game out of 10 to exert your personal influence on the ranking, or use the search tool just below to find your favourite SNES game that doesn’t appear (yet). Enjoy!

A lot can happen in 30 years. To be fair, a lot can happen in one year (2020 was a stark reminder of that), but 20?!? We saw five-ish console generations in that time, and some incredible advances in the tech and design ideas behind video games, but there was something special about the 16-bit generation.

Maybe it’s just rose-tinted specs for our long-lost childhood. Maybe the console wars and the playground debates gave every game release an extra little frisson. Or perhaps developers and hungry platform holders really were at the very top of their game—the peak of their powers—before polygons arrived and sent teams back to the drawing board to re-examine and experiment with the expanded possibilities of household gaming.

Whatever the reason, the 16-bit Super Nintendo and SEGA’s Genesis / Mega Drive represent a pinnacle of gaming for many of us. 2020 was the 30th anniversary year of the Super Nintendo’s launch in Japan (known there as the Super Famicom, of course). We asked Nintendo Life readers to submit user ratings for their favourite SNES games and we present to you below the top 50 Super NES games ever, as rated by you.

Much like our previous Top 50 lists covering other Nintendo consoles, the ranked list below is dictated by User Ratings for each game in the Nintendo Life game database. As such, the order below is fluid and can fluctuate even after publication. Haven’t rated your favourite SNES games? Simply click on the User Rating star next to each title below and give it a score out of 10. The score will immediately be counted towards the total and reflected in the ordering.

If there’s a game bubbling under the top 50 that you’d like to rate, feel free to find it using the search tool below and give it a score out of 10. Already rated your SNES collection? Thank you! In that case, simply sit back and prepare to scroll through the 50 best SNES games ever…

Note. In order for games to become eligible, they need a minimum of 50 User Ratings in total.