Tetris (1985)
0.6616Canon Score · ranked #2 all time
Aggregated from 10 of 17 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →
About the game
Tetris (Russian: Тетрис) is a puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, a Soviet software engineer, in the mid-1980s. In Tetris, falling pieces consisting of four connected blocks, known as tetrominoes, must be sorted into a pile. Once a horizontal line of the playfield is filled with blocks, the line disappears, granting points and preventing the pile from reaching the top.
Why it ranks #2
Every list on which Tetris appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Polygon 500 Best (2017) | Critics' canon | #1 / 500 |
| TIME 50 Greatest (2016) | Editorial list | #1 / 50 |
| Next Generation Top 100 (1996) | Editorial list | #2 / 100 |
| Rolling Stone 50 Greatest (2025) | Editorial list | #2 / 50 |
| Game Informer Top 300 (2018) | Critics' canon | #3 / 300 |
| Slant 100 Greatest (2020) | Editorial list | #5 / 100 |
| EDGE 100 Greatest (2017) | Critics' canon | #7 / 100 |
| gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018) | Editorial list | #10 / 200 |
| IGN Top 100 (2021) | Critics' canon | #28 / 100 |
| 1001 Video Games (2013 ed.) | Critics' canon | Selected |