Video Games Polls 1-Year Report
I've been running this blog for a full year and I've polled nearly 3,000 games, so I wanted to post an updated report with the top 10 games for each of the four options included in my polls, plus a couple other categories.
📊 General Stats
Games Polled: 2,864
Average Sample Size: 728
Games with 40%+ "yes" votes: 149 (5.2%)
🏆 Most Played
Games with the highest percentage of "Yes" votes:
The Dinosaur Game (2014, AKA Chrome Dino Game) - 93.9%
Pac-Man (1980) - 93.4%
Wii Sports (2006) - 87.7%
Tetris (1985) - 86.9%
3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet (1995) - 85.5%
Pokemon Go (2016) - 82.9%
Minecraft (2011) - 81.1%
Angry Birds (2009) - 80.1%
Stardew Valley (2016) - 79.3%
Space Invaders (1978) - 78.5%
🏆 Most Known But Not Played
Games with the highest percentage of "No" votes:
Raid: Shadow Legends (2018) - 85.8%
Final Fantasy XI (2002) - 82.1%
Far Cry (2004) - 79.3%
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018) - 78.3%
Far Cry 2 (2008) - 78.2%
Halo Infinite (2021) - 77.6%
Grand Theft Auto 2 (1999) - 75.4%
Final Fantasy V (1992) - 76.4%
Baldur's Gate (1998) - 76.1%
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) - 75.8%
🏆 Most Watched
Games with the highest percentage of "I watched someone play it" votes:
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (2017) - 54.2%
I Am Bread (2015) - 51.3%
Octodad: Dadliest Catch (2014) - 47.0%
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach (2021) - 45.6%
Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (2018) - 43.5%
Amanda the Adventurer (2023) - 42.5%
Phasmophobia (2020, Early Access) - 41.3%
P.T. (2014) - 41.0%
PowerWash Simulator (2022) - 40.4%
The Mortuary Assistant (2022) - 38.7%
🏆 Most Obscure
Games with the highest percentage of "I've never heard of it" votes:
Jessica's Uncomfortable Hanukkah Adventure (2023, Early Access) - 97.8%
Batty Zabella (2022) - 97.6%
Citampi Stories: Love & Life (2019) - 97.0%
Tears - 9, 10 (2002) - 97.0%
Just, Bearly (2018) - 96.9%
Anito: Defend a Land Enraged (2003) - 96.6%
That Damn Goat (2023) - 96.5%
Star Seeker in: The Secret of the Sorcerous Standoff (2020) - 96.4%
Cisini Stories: Girl Life RPG (2024) - 96.4%
Dear Substance of Kin (2019) - 96.3%
🏆 Most Balanced
Games with the most even spread of votes:
Human Fall Flat (2016) - 19.3% Yes | 28.5% No | 26.1% Watched | 26.1% Never Heard
Kerbal Space Program (2015) - 21.9% | 31.1% | 24.5% | 22.5%
The Henry Stickmin Collection (2020) - 19.3% | 29.2% | 22% | 29.5%
Ib (2012) - 24.1% | 26.8% | 19.2% | 29.9%
Superhot (2016) - 24.9% | 25.1% | 30.5% | 19.5%
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2010) - 25.8% | 31.1% | 20% | 23.2%
Limbo (2010) - 30.2% | 28.7% | 23.9% | 17.1%
Wobble Dogs (2022) - 18% | 25.4% | 25.2% | 31.3%
Slay the Princess (2023) - 30.2% | 27.4% | 26.1% | 16.4%
Golf with Your Friends (2020) - 13.9% | 16.9% | 23.6% | 30.8%
🏆 Most Votes
Games with the most number of votes:
3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet (1995) - 11,773
Robot Unicorn Attack (2010) - 7,600
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) - 4,329
Flight Rising (2013) - 4,132
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004) - 4,053
Final Fantasy XV (2016) - 3,056
Zero Escape: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009) - 2,844
Dark Souls (2011) - 2,823
The Dinosaur Game (2014, AKA Chrome Dino Game) - 2,758
QWOP (2008) - 2,636
*I did not take most Pokémon games into consideration since I handle those polls a little differently.
Check out my results spreadsheet for an alphabetized list of all poll results plus some other stats, and in case anyone is interested in comparing results to past reports here are the links to my 6-month and 9-month posts.
