I forgot about secret files so please can I add to my previous list (I voted for 9 before as I put Grim Fandango but that is in the hall of fame):

secret files tunguska
Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis

ok just compiling the final lists - should be about an hour

Hi all,
Another year, and a new list.
Overall votes were down on previous years, so games that held their own or increased their votes did particularly well. So tribute must be paid to Isabelle for standing strong!
It was closer than I thought it might be, and clearly I have to play the game that finished second – must be good to do so well in its first year.
Its two in a row for the first placed game, and only Hall of Fame games have ever finished in front of it. Which suggests it might be eventually be headed there itself.
As always, two lists follow, one numerical, one alphabetical. I have started the numerical list with the Hall of Fame games, and included the Hall of Fame games in the alphabetical list. They are marked **.
I have used full as well as alternate titles where I have known them, and in the numeric least, I have tried to use actual titles, the games on my shelf having the final say (including those that are numbered).
I have taken some liberties with names in the alphabetical list to get series together where possible. It wasn’t always possible, so on a couple of occasions I have marked a game as a sequel.
As I did last year, I have numbered the series games to assist people with the order in which they were developed. They may not be sequels, just additional games in a series.
It can get confusing - there are a number of Dracula games, some in a series and some not. Ditto some others. Fan games complicate things a little further. Hopefully it is reasonably clear.
A casual game slipped in here and there, and one Dark-ish game, but I let them pass. Votes for Hall of Fame games were not counted.
Thanks to Chief who verified the count, and if errors remain, they are all mine.

21 The Lost Crown
18 Lost Horizon
17 Secret Files: Tunguska
16 Still Life (sequel to Post Mortem)
15 Dreamfall
14 Dracula: Origin
14 Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
13 Black Mirror 3
13 Gray Matter
12 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
12 Machinarium
11 Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
11 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
11 Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
11 Myst 3: Exile
11 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
10 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
10 Black Mirror 2
10 Moment of Silence
10 Overclocked: A History of Violence
10 Runaway: A Road Adventure
10 Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened
10 Yoomurjak's Ring
9 Culpa Innata
9 Mysterious Journey: Schizm
9 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
9 Under a Killing Moon
9 The Pandora Directive
8 Blackstone Chronicles
8 Keepsake
8 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
8 Obsidian
8 Scratches
8 Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion
8 Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin
7 Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
7 Lights Out
7 Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon
7 Morpheus
7 Nibiru
7 Outcry/Sublustrum
7 Rhem
7 Still Life 2
6 Amber: Journeys Beyond
6 Aura: Fate of the Ages
6 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
6 Chronicles of Mystery 2: The Tree of Life
6 Dracula: Resurrection
6 Faust: Seven Games of the Soul
6 Memento Mori
6 Uru: Chronicles
6 The Neverhood
6 Return to Mysterious Island
6 Rhem 2: The Cave
6 Rhem 3: The Secret Library
6 Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments
6 Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure
6 Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
5 Alida: The Enigmatic Giant
5 Ankh: Reverse the Curse
5 Art of Murder: Hunt for the Puppeteer
5 Black Dahlia
5 Dark Fall: Lost Souls
5 The Dig
5 The Filmmaker
5 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
5 The Secret of Monkey Island
5 The Curse of Monkey Island
5 Perry Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim/ Immortals of Terra
5 Shivers
5 Sinking Island
5 So Blonde
4 The Abbey/Murdey in the Abbey
4 Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
4 Art of Murder: Cards of Destiny
4 Atlantis 2
4 Discworld
4 Discworld: Noir
4 Dracula: The Last Sanctuary
4 Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
4 Jack Keane
4 Last Half of Darkness: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye
4 Next Life
4 Post Mortem
4 Reah
4 The Silver Lining
4 Simon the Sorcerer
3 80 Days
3 AGON (episodic)
3 Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
3 Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
3 Anacapri: The Dream (sequel to Quiet Weekend in Capri)
3 The Sacred Rings
3 Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok
3 Byzantine: The Betrayal
3 Chronicles of Mystery: The Scorpio Ritual
3 Day of the Tentacle
3 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites
3 Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon
3 Goin’ Downtown
3 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
3 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride
3 Last Half of Darkness: Shadows of the Servants
3 The Last Express
3 Legend of Kyrandia Book 2: The Hand of Fate
3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge
3 Monkey Island: Tales of Monkey Island (episodic)
3 Myst 5: End of Ages
3 Paradise
3 Phantasmagoria
3 Rama
3 Runaway: A Twist of Fate
3 Voyage/Journey to the Centre of the Moon
3 Tale of a Hero
3 Titanic: Adventure out of Time
3 Vampyre Story
3 Slip Space: The Burma Shave Analogy


2 15 Days, A Quiet Weekend in Capri, Alter Ego, Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris, Art of Murder: FBI Confidential, Beyond Atlantis 2, Blade Runner, Blue Madoona: A Carol Reed Mystery, Broken Sword: The Angel of Death/Secrets of the Ark, Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet, Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, Ceville, Conspiracies, Destination Treasure Island, Diamonds in the Rough, Dragonsphere, Edna and Harvey: The Breakout, Escape From Haunted House, Gemini Rue, Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Isabelle, Jack the Ripper, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Legend of Kyrandia Book 1: Fables and Fiends, Lighthouse: The Dark Being, Loom, Escape from Monkey Island, Myst 4: Revelation, Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon, The NEXT Big Thing, Portal, The Omega Stone, Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle, Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy, Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls, Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe, Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths, The Whispered World, Valhalla Classics 6: The Dungeons

1 3 Skulls of the Toltecs, The 7th Guest, 9: The Last Resort, Adam’s Venture (episodic), Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine, Amnesia, Armed and Delirious/ Dementia, Atlantis: The Lost Tales, Belief and Betrayal, Beneath a Steel Sky, Bizarre Adventures of Woddruffe and the Schnibble/ Woodruffe and the Schnibble of Azimuth, Black Circle: A Carol Reed Mystery, Blackwell Unbound, Blackwell Convergence, Buried in Time, Ceremony of Innocence, Clandestiny, The Crystal Key, CSI: Hard Evidence, CSI: Deadly Intent, CSI: Fatal Conspiracy, The Dark Eye, Drawn: The Painted Tower, The Drowned God, The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses, Emerald City Confidential, Eric the Unready, Flower Sun Rain, Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria, Inherent Evil, Innocent Until Caught, Jack Orlando, Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella, Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity, Last Window: Secret of Cape West, 1 Laura Bow: The Dagger of Amon Ra, The Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin, Leisure Suit Larry: Love For Sail, Lost in Time, The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo, Maniac Mansion, Martin Mystere: Operation Dorian Grey/Crime Stories, Mata Hari, The Messenger/Louvre: The Final Curse, Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh, The Mystery of the Druids, Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor, Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice, Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals, Normality, Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright: Justice for All, Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations, Physicus, Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina’s Fate, Ripper, The Sacred Amulet /Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold, Safecracker, Safecracker 2006, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (episodic), Shadow of Destiny/Shadow of Memories, Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring, Shivah, Spellcasting 301: Spring Break, Tears of Betrayal, Tex Murphy: Overseer, Toonstruck, Torin’s Passage, Traitor’s Gate, Undercover: Operation Wintersun, Valhalla Classics 5: The Servant’s Hall, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures (episodic), Wrath of the Gods, Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders, Zork: Return to Zork

1 3 Skulls of the Toltecs
3 80 Days
1 7th Guest
1 9: The last Resort
2 15 Days

2 A Quiet Weekend in Capri
4 Abbey, The/Murdey in the Abbey
1 Adam’s Venture (episodic)
4 Agatha Christie 1: And Then There Were None
3 Agatha Christie 2: Murder on the Orient Express
3 Agatha Christie 3: Evil Under the Sun
3 AGON (episodic)
1 Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine
5 Alida: The Enigmatic Giant
2 Alter Ego
6 Amber: Journeys Beyond
** AmerZone: The Explorer’s Legacy
1 Amnesia
3 Anacapri: The Dream (sequel to Quiet Weekend in Capri)
5 Ankh 1: Reverse the Curse
2 Ankh 2: Heart of Osiris
1 Armed and Delirious/ Dementia
2 Art of Murder 1: FBI Confidential
5 Art of Murder 2: Hunt for the Puppeteer
4 Art of Murder 3: Cards of Destiny
1 Atlantis 1: The Lost Tales
4 Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
2 Atlantis 3: The New World
6 Aura 1: Fate of the Ages
3 Aura 2: The Sacred Rings

3 Barron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok
10 Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle
1 Belief and Betrayal
1 Beneath a Steel Sky
1 Bizarre Adventures of Woddruffe and the Schnibble/ Woodruffe and the Schnibble of Azimuth
5 Black Dahlia
** Black Mirror
10 Black Mirror 2
13 Black Mirror 3
8 Blackstone Chronicles
1 Blackwell 2: Unbound
1 Blackwell 3: Convergence
2 Blade Runner
11 Broken Sword 1: Shadow of the Templars/Circle of Blood
6 Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror
7 Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
2 Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death/Secrets of the Ark
1 Buried in Time
3 Byzantine: The Betrayal

2 Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Comet
2 Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon
1 Carol Reed 6: Black Circle
2 Carol Reed 7: Blue Madoona
1 Ceremony of Innocence
2 Ceville
3 Chronicles of Mystery 1: The Scorpio Ritual
6 Chronicles of Mystery 2: The Tree of Life
1 Clandestiny
2 Conspiracies
1 Crystal Key, The
1 CSI: Hard Evidence
1 CSI: Deadly Intent
1 CSI: Fatal Conspiracy
9 Culpa Innata

1 Dark Eye, The
** Dark Fall 1: The Journal
7 Dark Fall 2: Lights Out
5 Dark Fall 3: Lost Souls
3 Day of the Tentacle
2 Destination Treasure Island
2 Diamonds in the Rough
5 Dig, The
4 Discworld 1
3 Discworld 2: Missing Presumed..?/Mortality Bites
4 Discworld 3: Noir
14 Dracula: Origin
6 Dracula 1: Resurrection
4 Dracula 2: The Last Sanctuary
3 Dracula 3: Path of the Dragon
2 Dragonsphere
1 Drawn: The Painted Tower
1 Drowned God

4 Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
2 Edna and Harvey: The Breakout
1 Egypt 3: The Egyptian Prophecy/The Fate of Ramses
1 Emerald City Confidential
1 Eric the Unready
2 Escape From Haunted House

6 Faust: Seven Games of the Soul
5 Filmmaker, The
1 Flower Sun Rain

12 Gabriel Knight 1: Sins of the Fathers
** Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
11 Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
2 Gemini Rue
2 Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
1 Gilbert Goodmate and the Mushroom of Phungoria
3 Goin’ Downtown
13 Gray Matter
** Grim Fandango

2 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
3 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
1 Inherent Evil
1 Innocent Until Caught
2 Isabelle

4 Jack Keane
1 Jack Orlando
2 Jack the Ripper
2 Journey to the Centre of the Earth
5 Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time

8 Keepsake
1 Kings Quest 4: The Perils of Rosella
8 Kings Quest 6: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
3 Kings Quest 7: The Princeless Bride
1 Kings Quest 8: Mask of Eternity

3 Last Express, The
3 Last Half of Darkness 1: Shadows of the Servants
4 Last Half of Darkness 2: Beyond the Spirit’s Eye
11 Last Half of Darkness 3: Tomb of Zojir
7 Last Half of Darkness 4: Society of the Serpent Moon
1 Last Window: Secret of Cape West
1 Laura Bow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra
2 Legend of Kyrandia 1: Fables and Fiends
3 Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate
1 Legend of the Prophet and the Assassin
1 Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love For Sail
2 Lighthouse: The Dark Being
** Longest Journey, The
15 Longest Journey 2: Dreamfall
2 Loom
21 Lost Crown, The
18 Lost Horizon
1 Lost in Time
1 The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: Case of the Rose Tattoo

12 Machinarium
1 Maniac Mansion
1 Martin Mystere: Operation Dorian Grey/Crime Stories
1 Mata Hari
6 Memento Mori
1 Messenger, The/Louvre: The Final Curse
10 Moment of Silence
5 Monkey Island 1: The Secret of Monkey Island
3 Monkey Island 2: Le Chuck’s Revenge
5 Monkey Island 3: Curse of Monkey Island
2 Monkey Island 4: Escape from Monkey Island
3 Monkey Island: Tales of Monkey Island (episodic)
7 Morpheus
1 Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh
** Myst/RealMyst
** Myst 2: Riven
11 Myst 3: Exile
2 Myst 4: Revelation
3 Myst 5: End of Ages
6 Myst: Uru Chronicles
9 Mysterious Journey 1: Schizm
2 Mysterious Journey 2: Chameleon
1 Mystery of the Druids

1 Nancy Drew 11: Curse of Blackmoor Manor
1 Nancy Drew 18: The Phantom of Venice
6 Neverhood
2 NEXT Big Thing, The
4 Next Life
7 Nibiru
1 Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals
1 Normality
1 Nostrodamus: The Last Prophecy

8 Obsidian
7 Outcry/Sublustrum
10 Overclocked: A History of Violence

3 Paradise
5 Perry Rhodan: Myth of the Illochim/ Immortals of Terra
3 Phantasmagoria
1 Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
1 Phoenix Wright: Justice for All
1 Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
1 Physicus
2 Portal
4 Post Mortem

3 Rama
4 Reah
6 Return to Mysterious Island
1 Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina’s Fate
7 Rhem 1
6 Rhem 2: The Cave
6 Rhem 3: The Secret Library
6 Rhem 4: The Golden Fragments
9 Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
6 Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure
2 Riddle of the Sphinx 2: The Omega Stone
1 Ripper
10 Runaway 1: A Road Adventure
2 Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle
3 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate

1 Sacred Amulet, The/Aztec: The Curse in the Heart of the City of Gold
1 Safecracker
1 Safecracker 2006
1 Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (episodic)
** Sanitarium
8 Scratches
17 Secret Files 1: Tunguska
11 Secret Files 2: Puritas Cordis
2 Secrets of Atlantis: The Sacred Legacy
6 Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript
8 Sentinel: Descendants in Time/Realms of Illusion
1 Shadow of Destiny/Shadow of Memories
1 Sherlock Holmes 2: Case of the Silver Earring/Secret of the Silver Earring
10 Sherlock Holmes 3: The Awakened
8 Sherlock Holmes 4: Nemesis/vs Arsene Lupin
14 Sherlock Holmes 5: Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
1 Shivah
5 Shivers 1
2 Shivers 2: Harvest of Souls
4 Simon the Sorcerer 1
2 Simon the Sorcerer 2: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe
5 Sinking Island
3 Slip Spce: The Burma Shave Analogy
4 Silver Lining, The
5 So Blonde
1 Spellcasting 301: Spring Break
16 Still Life 1 (sequel to Post Mortem)
7 Still Life 2
** Syberia 1
** Syberia 2

3 Tale of a Hero
1 Tears of Betrayal
9 Tex Murphy 3: Under a Killing Moon
9 Tex Murphy 4: Pandora Directive
1 Tex Murphy 5: Overseer
** Timelapse
3 Titanic: Adventure out of Time
2 Tony Tough and the Night of the Roasted Moths
1 Toonstruck
1 Torin’s Passage
1 Traitor’s Gate

1 Undercover: Operation Wintersun

1 Valhalla Classics 5: The Servant’s Hall
2 Valhalla Classics 6: The Dungeons
3 Vampyre Story
3 Voyage/Journey to the Centre of the Moon

1 Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures (episodic)
2 Whispered World, The
1 Wrath of the Gods

10 Yoomurjak's Ring

1 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mind Benders
** Zork Grand Inquisitor
** Zork Nemesis
1 Zork: Return to Zork

Flotsam Thank you so much for your hard work.

Chief, thank you also!

Fantastic guide!

Ana

Thank you Flotsam for the huge work and thank you Chief for proof-reading!
I'm glad to see that new and newish games are in top position, it's a good sign for us gamers and all the gaming industry.
And I can see that I'm still the only one who truly enjoyed King's Quest 8!

Flotsam and Chief!

Thank you VERY much!
GB Annual Game Lists page is updated.

Thanks flotsam and Chief! Well done!

to flotsam and Chief for all of their hard work. You both are awesome.

Well Done flotsam and Chief Your hard work is much appreciated

Thanks, flotsam and Chief!

A lot of my favourites made the top 10, and it's wonderful to see SH vs JTR right up there with the rest of the best!

flotsam and Chief!

Even though the newer games came out on top it was nice to see strong showings by the older games like Gabriel Knight, Broken Sword, Tex Murphy, Kings Quest, and Morpheus.

Thank you flotsam & Chief for doing this - it's much appreciated.

I agree with you Carla that it was an encouraging sign for the industry that so many newer games did well. Yes, flotsam - you really should try Lost Horizon!

Many thanks to flotsam and Chief. All your hard work is most appreciated!
Jeanne

Thank you Flotsam and Chief, really interesting reading this years results!

thank you both !
i'm so sorry i missed being able to participate ! it's a wonderful reference !

Oh, I missed it It's ok. Maybe next time.I still have Dark Side List