Retro Titles Among the Most Popular Video Games on TikTok

Last Updated on July 7, 2021

TikTok has been analyzed to find the most popular games on the social network – and happily plenty of retro games can be found high in the list.

Top10Casinos.com used Metacritic’s official ranking of the top 100 most played games of all time, then tracked their popularity on TikiTok. Games released on multiple platforms were omitted, then the remaining list checked against TikTok. Data was collected in June 2021.

While some typically popular titles like God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2, and The Last of Us unsurprisinly ride high in the list, some happy surprises can be found.

Video Game	Views
God of War	793500000
Red Dead Redemption 2	694900000
The Last of Us	318400000
Grand Theft Auto V	267700000
Red Dead Redemption	178300000
Celeste	141600000
Halo 3	113300000
Half-Life	110200000
Gears of War	96300000
BioShock	86000000
Portal 2	59800000
Half-Life: Alyx	58900000
Resident Evil 4	54700000
Devil May Cry	50400000
Halo 2	42800000
Gran Turismo	41200000
Metal Gear Solid	40800000
Super Mario 64	37800000
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	32000000
Persona 5 Royal	30700000
Super Mario 3D World	27400000
Quake	25700000
Half-Life 2	22900000
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	20900000
Super Mario Odyssey	19400000
LittleBigPlanet	18200000
Super Mario Galaxy	15400000
BioShock Infinite	12300000
Batman: Arkham City	12200000
Hades	9800000
The Last of Us Part II	8600000
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	7600000
Halo: Combat Evolved	5100000
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	4500000
Tekken 3	4200000
SoulCalibur	3500000
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3000000
Ori and the Will of the Wisps	2800000
Mass Effect 2	2500000
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	1800000
Super Mario Galaxy 2	1700000
Metroid Prime	520100
Final Fantasy IX	457300
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence	372100
The Orange Box	364800
GoldenEye 007	358800
Perfect Dark	358600
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	334200
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	318100
Resident Evil Code: Veronica	290500
God of War II	290100
Gran Turismo 2	238100
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	237400
Chrono Cross	212800
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	175100
Grand Theft Auto IV	162000
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	146700
Grim Fandango	117200
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	117100
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	108100
Burnout 3	100600
Ninja Gaiden Black	98100
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	89800
World of Goo	70800
Jet Grind Radio	28500
Diablo	22900
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	20300
The House in Fata Morgana	20000
Unreal Tournament 2004	18400
The Elder Scrolls V: Oblivion	17900
Company of Heroes	11000
Grand Theft Auto III	10100
Street Fighter IV	8004
Street Fighter Alpha 3	5848
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars	5663
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	5162
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past	5117
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	4979
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	4839
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3	2289
Virtua Fighter 4	1964
Madden NFL 2004	1636
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	1270
The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition	415
Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec	298
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4	175
NFL 2K1	166
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut	0
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	0
Madden NFL 2003	0
Madden NFL 2002	0
Sid Meier's Civilization II	0
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory	0
NCAA Football 2004	0
Sid Meier's Civilization IV	0
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow	0
Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	0
PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX	0
Divinity: Original Sin II	0
Braid	0

Quake, Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Super Mario 64, and GoldenEye 007 all appear in the top 50. That means these games are widely discussed (clips shared, videos made about them, reactions given, etc.) on TikTok in 2021.

Given that some of these titles are over 20 years old, that’s pretty heartwarming to know.