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Rock Band (2007)

0.2330Canon Score · ranked #96 all time

Aggregated from 5 of 17 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the game

Rock Band is a series of rhythm games first released in 2007 and developed by Harmonix. Based on their previous development work from the Guitar Hero series, the main Rock Band games have players use game controllers modeled after musical instruments and microphones to perform the lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums and vocal parts of numerous licensed songs across a wide range of genres though mostly focusing

Why it ranks #96

Every list on which Rock Band appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
EDGE 100 Greatest (2017)Critics' canon#30 / 100
gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018)Editorial list#124 / 200
Polygon 500 Best (2017)Critics' canon#130 / 500
Metacritic all-time (2026-07 snapshot)Editorial list#147 / 214
1001 Video Games (2013 ed.)Critics' canonSelected