Top 100 Games (of all time) 2024 Edition – 100 through 91
It’s that time of year again. I find it always to be a fun time where I go through my Top 100 Games (of all time). By kicking off this week we either wrap up the day before Thanksgiving, or more likely than not take a week off and finish up after Thanksgiving. But let’s dive in with games 100 through 91 on my Top 100 Games (of all time) 2024 Edition.
About This List
So how is this list made? I use the Pub Meeple ranking engine to create the list. This website creates your list by doing side by side comparisons. I explain how it works at the beginning of the video.
But basically if I compare “A” and “B” and I prefer “B” it puts them in the order “B”, “A”. Then if I compare “C” and “D” and prefer “C”, those go in the order “C”, “D”. Then I compare “B” to “C” to see which I prefer, if I prefer “C” then I compare “B” and “D”. So if I prefer “C” and then I prefer “D” it’ll give me a list of “C”, “D”, “B”, and “A”. I never need to compare “A” to anything after “B” because I know since I prefer “C” and “D” to “B” I like it better than “A” because I like “B” mor than “A”.
Also a small tweak this year. In my write-up, I’m going to write less about the games and give more bullet points to help remind you about what I talked about in the video.
Top 100 Games (of all time) 2024 Edition – 100 through 91
100. Blank Slate
- Published by The Op Games in 2018
- Big Group Party Game
Blank Slate is a fun game where you are. filling in a blank on a card. It might be [blank] and then “Slate” you need to come up with a word. And you want to match with one person. That to me is the fun element of the game. You want to watch for points, but ideally with just one person to get more of them.
99. Skytear Horde
- Published by Skytear Games in 2023
- Solo, Cooperative, and Competitive Tower Defense Lane Battler
Skytear Horde offers really good game play in the tower defense style of games. I find that it’s best as a solo game with one player playing as factions fighting against the waves of monsters attacking. But I like the puzzle in what you do to beat the bad guys. The feeling of being limited is an element of the game I enjoy, even though it means that it’s always a tough battle.
98. Marvel United
- Published by CMON Games in 2020
- Beat back the Villain through Card play and Cooperation
This one works well because you get to feel like a team of heroes. A lot of superhero games you might have them in the game, but rarely do you need to plan and work together. Marvel United, while being a very light game, gives you that cooperation and team-up feel you want from a super hero game. Plus it’s easy to swap in new heroes, villains and locations to set the game up and play again.
97. Tesseract
- Published by Smirk & Laughter/Dagger Games in 2023
- Save Humanity by Cooperating and Manipulating dice with Special Powers
Tesseract is a great puzzle of a game. You need to work together to get one die of each color set on each number before the whole cube crumbles away. And while I find that I’ve won more often than not, it’s always a rush to the finish. I love that about a cooperative game, I don’t want to win all the time, but if I feel like it’s close, that is what I’m looking for. Plus the toy factor on Tesseract is great, and that’s not something that can be overlooked.
96. Starship Captain
- Published by CGE in 2023
- Travel across Planets, Deal with Pirates and Complete Missions better than anyone else
This is a game that I need to get back to the table. It has been too long since I played Starship Captains. I remember it being a fun game that gave you a lot of options but also limited them as you went. And I really enjoyed the system where you get three workers and then go back into a queue. So when they come out, you are able to determine the order somewhat. Forward planning, but it isn’t going to happen too quickly.
95. River Valley Glassworks
- Published by Allplay in 2024
- Put glass into the river to Collect more Glass and score them by Color
River Valley Glassworks is new this year, and I really enjoy the game. I especially like the simplicity and strategy in what you do. You need to figure out how to best collect glass to score points. Because the points are scores in both columns and rows. And if you do well, you can score in both, but maybe you focus on one area more than the others. It’s a fast and fun filler experience.
Preorder River Valley Glassworks.
94. Atlantis Rising
- Elf Creek Games in 2019
- Push Your Luck to Gather Resources and then Build a portal to save the people of Atlantis Before it sinks
Atlantis Rising is another one of those really good cooperative games. You need to work together to figure out where to place out your workers. And you want to figure out good ways to keep them alive because each round you flip cards and sink more of Atlantis. Can you race against the clock to build a portal to a new world and get off of Atlantis before it sinks?
93. Draftosaurus
- Published by Ankama in 2019
- Collect Dinosaurs for your Park and Place them to Score you the Most Points
This is a light filler game of drafting dinosaurs, hence the name Draftosaurus. You all want to collect the best parks, and it’s a great little light filler of a game. I don’t know that I’ve ever played less than two games in a sitting because each game takes maybe 10-15 minutes. And the simplicity of play and fun of scoring is great.
92. The Night Cage
- Published by Smirk and Dagger/Laughter in 2021
- Fumble your way through a Labyrinth, Avoid Monsters, Find Keys, and Escape Together
This is a fun cooperative experience for the spooky season. The game says, what if you’re trapped in an every changing Labyrinth with only a little candle. Can you get out in time? Because the candle only lights up the squares around you. So grab a key, help others find a key, and avoid the wax eaters so you can escape.
91. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

- Published by Grey Fox Games in 2014
- One of you is a Murderer and the Investigators figure out the Clue and Murder Weapon from the Forensic Scientists Reports
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is the only social deduction game I have on my list. Mainly because it is also a deduction game as the Forensic Scientist is sending up reports. The investigators needs to figure out how those connect to one players murder weapons and clues. And then which murder weapon and clue were used. It’s a great game of talking and accusing and fun.
Buy Deception: Murder in Hong Kong.
Final Thoughts on Top 100 Games (of all time) 2024 Edition 100 through 91
A lot of lighter games in this section and a number of cooperative games. Some that even surprised me that they’d fallen this far. I think Deception: Murder in Hong Kong was Top 40 or so last year. But it’s one that I enjoy every time we play it. I probably just need to play it more for it to move back up. Other games have moved down or up as well. And I find that part of the fun of doing a list every year. My tastes in games are always changing, and I like this as a way to track the changes.
Just a reminder, join me next week on Malts and Meeples for the next 10 on the list. The plan is to go live around 9 PM Central time and it’ll be 90 through 81. The best way to know when I go live is subscribe and click that notification bell. That’ll let you know for sure when it’ll be happening.
What is your favorite game from the list and what is one that you want to try?
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