Unlikely connections video games, ranked by your taste

Video games about bonds no one saw coming: every game on Boxlist tagged with the unlikely connections story theme, the same taste attribute as on films and TV. 104 games on Boxlist.

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The 100 best rated unlikely connections video games

  1. Baldur's Gate III

    Baldur's Gate III

    Strategy · 2023

    95 / 100

  2. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    RPG · 2024

    95 / 100

  3. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    Platformer · 1995

    94 / 100

  4. Persona 5

    Persona 5

    RPG · 2016

    93 / 100

  5. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

    Shooter · 2004

    92 / 100

  6. Chrono Trigger

    Chrono Trigger

    RPG · 1995

    92 / 100

  7. Persona 4

    Persona 4

    RPG · 2008

    91 / 100

  8. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

    Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

    Platformer · 1997

    91 / 100

  9. Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    Platformer · 2023

    91 / 100

  10. Metaphor: ReFantazio

    Metaphor: ReFantazio

    Strategy · 2024

    90 / 100

  11. Subnautica 2

    Subnautica 2

    Adventure · 2026

    90 / 100

  12. Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Ori and the Will of the Wisps

    Platformer · 2020

    89 / 100

  13. Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

    Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

    RPG · 2000

    89 / 100

  14. Super Mario 3D World

    Super Mario 3D World

    Platformer · 2013

    89 / 100

  15. Forza Horizon 5

    Forza Horizon 5

    Racing · 2021

    89 / 100

  16. Persona 3 Reload

    Persona 3 Reload

    RPG · 2024

    89 / 100

  17. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Doki Doki Literature Club!

    Visual novel · 2017

    88 / 100

  18. Day of the Tentacle

    Day of the Tentacle

    Point-and-click · 1993

    88 / 100

  19. LittleBigPlanet

    LittleBigPlanet

    Platformer · 2008

    88 / 100

  20. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

    The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

    Puzzle · 2011

    87 / 100

  21. Spiritfarer

    Spiritfarer

    Platformer · 2020

    87 / 100

  22. Doom

    Doom

    Shooter · 2016

    86 / 100

  23. Final Fantasy VIII

    Final Fantasy VIII

    RPG · 1999

    86 / 100

  24. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    Simulation · 2020

    86 / 100

  25. Rayman Origins

    Rayman Origins

    Platformer · 2011

    86 / 100

  26. Risk of Rain 2

    Risk of Rain 2

    Shooter · 2020

    86 / 100

  27. Luigi's Mansion 3

    Luigi's Mansion 3

    Adventure · 2019

    86 / 100

  28. Omori

    Omori

    RPG · 2020

    86 / 100

  29. Forza Horizon 6

    Forza Horizon 6

    Racing · 2026

    86 / 100

  30. Big Walk

    Big Walk

    Platformer · 2026

    86 / 100

  31. Half-Life 2

    Half-Life 2

    Shooter · 2004

    85 / 100

  32. Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Dragon Age: Inquisition

    Tactics · 2014

    85 / 100

  33. Pokémon Black Version

    Pokémon Black Version

    Strategy · 2010

    85 / 100

  34. Night in the Woods

    Night in the Woods

    Platformer · 2017

    85 / 100

  35. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

    Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

    RPG · 2011

    85 / 100

  36. Super Mario Maker

    Super Mario Maker

    Platformer · 2015

    85 / 100

  37. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

    Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

    Hack and slash · 2024

    85 / 100

  38. Battlefield 1

    Battlefield 1

    Shooter · 2016

    84 / 100

  39. Crash Team Racing

    Crash Team Racing

    Racing · 1999

    84 / 100

  40. Crusader Kings II

    Crusader Kings II

    Strategy · 2012

    84 / 100

  41. Wii Sports Resort

    Wii Sports Resort

    Racing · 2009

    84 / 100

  42. Tomb Raider

    Tomb Raider

    Shooter · 2013

    83 / 100

  43. Sonic the Hedgehog

    Sonic the Hedgehog

    Platformer · 1991

    83 / 100

  44. Halo 4

    Halo 4

    Shooter · 2012

    83 / 100

  45. Marvel's Spider-Man 2

    Marvel's Spider-Man 2

    Hack and slash · 2023

    83 / 100

  46. Bulletstorm

    Bulletstorm

    Shooter · 2011

    83 / 100

  47. Worms Armageddon

    Worms Armageddon

    Shooter · 1999

    83 / 100

  48. Kingdom Hearts III

    Kingdom Hearts III

    Hack and slash · 2019

    83 / 100

  49. Super Mario 64 DS

    Super Mario 64 DS

    Platformer · 2004

    83 / 100

  50. BattleBlock Theater

    BattleBlock Theater

    Platformer · 2013

    83 / 100

  51. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

    Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

    Strategy · 2007

    83 / 100

  52. Borderlands 2

    Borderlands 2

    Shooter · 2012

    82 / 100

  53. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

    Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

    Hack and slash · 2014

    82 / 100

  54. South Park: The Fractured But Whole

    South Park: The Fractured But Whole

    Strategy · 2017

    82 / 100

  55. FlatOut 2

    FlatOut 2

    Racing · 2006

    82 / 100

  56. Streets of Rage 2

    Streets of Rage 2

    Hack and slash · 1992

    82 / 100

  57. Sackboy: A Big Adventure

    Sackboy: A Big Adventure

    Platformer · 2020

    82 / 100

  58. The Last Guardian

    The Last Guardian

    Platformer · 2016

    81 / 100

  59. Reanimal

    Reanimal

    Puzzle · 2026

    81 / 100

  60. Until Dawn

    Until Dawn

    Adventure · 2015

    80 / 100

  61. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

    Platformer · 1995

    80 / 100

  62. Gears of War 4

    Gears of War 4

    Shooter · 2016

    80 / 100

  63. Final Fantasy XV

    Final Fantasy XV

    Hack and slash · 2016

    79 / 100

  64. Borderlands 3

    Borderlands 3

    Shooter · 2019

    79 / 100

  65. Saints Row IV

    Saints Row IV

    Shooter · 2013

    79 / 100

  66. Valiant Hearts: The Great War

    Valiant Hearts: The Great War

    Platformer · 2014

    79 / 100

  67. Unravel Two

    Unravel Two

    Platformer · 2018

    79 / 100

  68. Until Dawn

    Until Dawn

    Adventure · 2024

    79 / 100

  69. Castle Crashers

    Castle Crashers

    Hack and slash · 2008

    78 / 100

  70. Fortnite

    Fortnite

    Shooter · 2020

    77 / 100

  71. Among Us

    Among Us

    Strategy · 2018

    77 / 100

  72. Oxenfree

    Oxenfree

    RPG · 2016

    77 / 100

  73. Mortal Kombat II

    Mortal Kombat II

    Fighting · 1994

    77 / 100

  74. Raft

    Raft

    Simulation · 2022

    77 / 100

  75. Life is Strange: Before the Storm

    Life is Strange: Before the Storm

    Adventure · 2017

    76 / 100

  76. Remnant: From the Ashes

    Remnant: From the Ashes

    Shooter · 2019

    76 / 100

  77. Don't Starve Together

    Don't Starve Together

    Strategy · 2016

    76 / 100

  78. Sonic Generations

    Sonic Generations

    Platformer · 2011

    76 / 100

  79. Donut County

    Donut County

    Puzzle · 2018

    76 / 100

  80. LEGO The Lord of the Rings

    LEGO The Lord of the Rings

    Adventure · 2012

    76 / 100

  81. Total War: Rome II

    Total War: Rome II

    Strategy · 2013

    75 / 100

  82. My Time at Portia

    My Time at Portia

    RPG · 2019

    75 / 100

  83. My Friend Pedro

    My Friend Pedro

    Shooter · 2019

    74 / 100

  84. Sons of the Forest

    Sons of the Forest

    Simulation · 2024

    74 / 100

  85. The Outlast Trials

    The Outlast Trials

    Adventure · 2024

    74 / 100

  86. Alice: Madness Returns

    Alice: Madness Returns

    Platformer · 2011

    73 / 100

  87. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands

    Shooter · 2017

    73 / 100

  88. Back 4 Blood

    Back 4 Blood

    Shooter · 2021

    73 / 100

  89. Little Nightmares III

    Little Nightmares III

    Platformer · 2025

    73 / 100

  90. Call of Duty: Black Ops II

    Call of Duty: Black Ops II

    Shooter · 2012

    72 / 100

  91. Call of Duty: Black Ops III

    Call of Duty: Black Ops III

    Shooter · 2015

    72 / 100

  92. Sonic Frontiers

    Sonic Frontiers

    Platformer · 2022

    72 / 100

  93. TheHunter: Call of the Wild

    TheHunter: Call of the Wild

    Shooter · 2017

    72 / 100

  94. Magicka

    Magicka

    Strategy · 2011

    71 / 100

  95. Kirby's Adventure

    Kirby's Adventure

    Platformer · 1993

    71 / 100

  96. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

    Adventure · 2019

    70 / 100

  97. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    Platformer · 2001

    69 / 100

  98. Gothic 3

    Gothic 3

    RPG · 2006

    69 / 100

  99. Five Nights at Freddy's

    Five Nights at Freddy's

    Strategy · 2014

    69 / 100

  100. Sonic Heroes

    Sonic Heroes

    Platformer · 2003

    64 / 100

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