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The Best Video Games Released In 1997

Video game rankings for video games that had a release in the year 1997, ranked from best to worst. This includes games that had a release. All scores are calcuated by gamer's ratings, post reactions, and more. You can affect these rankings by joining and rating video games.

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Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter game
97.3
47.3

Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter

  • Fighting

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Goldeneye 007 game
95.7
45.7

Goldeneye 007

  • adventure
  • Shooter
  • splitscreen

GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rareware and based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye. It was exclusively released for the Nintendo 64 video game console in August 1997. The game features a single-player campaign in which players assume the role of British Secret Intelligence...

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror game
94.6
44.6

Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror

  • PointAndClick
  • Puzzle

It is the second installment in the Broken Sword series, and the first game in the series that does not follow the Knights Templar storyline. Though serious in tone, The Smoking Mirror incorporates some humour and graphics animated in the style of classic animated films. Unlike the first Broken Sword...

Final Fantasy Vii game
94.4
44.4

Final Fantasy Vii $11.99 $4.79

It is the seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Events send Cloud and his allies in pursuit of Sephiroth, a former member of the corporation who seeks to destroy the planet. During the journey, Cloud builds close friendships with his party members, including Aerith Gainsborough, who holds...

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II game
93.9
43.9

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II $5.99 $2.09

  • FirstPerson
  • Shooter

It is the sequel to 1995's Star Wars: Dark Forces, and the second installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. The story, set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe one year after the film Return of the Jedi, follows returning protagonist Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the New Republic,...

Star Fox 64 game
92.3
42.2

Star Fox 64

  • Shooter
  • Scifi

It is a reboot of the original Star Fox, and the only game in the Star Fox series to be released on the Nintendo 64. Most of the game takes place in "Corridor Mode," which forces Fox's vehicle down a fixed path straight forward through the environment. The Arwing is also capable of deflecting...

Duke Nukem 3D game
91.9
41.9

Duke Nukem 3D

  • Comedy
  • Shooter

Play as Duke Nukem in his super macho adventures as he fights aliens from stealing his babes. Duke Nukem 3D was a major part of establishing first person shooters as a major gaming genre, its historical value is very high despite its extremely manly humor and puns. Duke is a parody of many action heroes...

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 game
88.8
38.8

Sonic The Hedgehog 3

  • adventure
  • Platform

The third main game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, it was released for the Sega Genesis worldwide in February 1994, and in Japan three months later. It was developed simultaneously with Sonic & Knuckles; as the games were originally developed as a single title until time constraints and cartridge...

BS Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets game
84.9
27.7

BS Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets

BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets was a game for the BS-X Broadcasting System add-on for the Super Famicom. Games were downloaded from St. GIGA's satellite radio service. The game was much like a Second Quest or Master Quest of the legend of zelda: a link to the past, sharing a very similar...

Azure Dreams game
81.8
31.8

Azure Dreams

  • RolePlaying

A stripped down version was later released on the Game Boy Color. Azure Dreams is set in the desert town of Monsbaiya. But an interesting side mission is the improvement of the town of Monsbaiya. The layout of the picture and text was different also with the Japanese version having the monster text off...

Grand Theft Auto game
80.8
30.8

Grand Theft Auto $19.99 $9.99

  • racing
  • Shooter

Grand Theft Auto is an open world action-adventure video game series created by David Jones and Mike Dailly; the later titles of which were created by brothers Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut. The series also has elements of the earlier beat 'em up games from the 16-bit era. The third...

Armored Core game
80
30

Armored Core

  • Fighting
  • Shooter

Armored Core games are third-person shooters, in which the player pilots a large mecha called an Armored Core. Story elements vary widely throughout the series but gameplay is generally focused on the player's character as a silent protagonist, acting as a mercenary, completing missions assigned by various...

Breath Of Fire 3 game
79.3
29.3

Breath Of Fire 3

  • RolePlaying

Breath of Fire III is a role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation console as part of the Breath of Fire series. The story takes place in a fantasy world where humans live alongside anthropomorphic creatures, and centers the story on Ryu, the last of The...

Carmageddon game
78.3
28.3

Carmageddon

  • racing
  • Fighting

It was later ported to other platforms, and spawned a series of follow-up titles. In Carmageddon, the player races a vehicle against a number of other computer controlled competitors in various settings, including city, mine and industrial areas. The game featured instrumental versions of songs from...

Sonic R game
76.6
26.6

Sonic R

  • racing

Sonic R is a 1997 racing video game developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Saturn and Microsoft Windows. Sonic R is the third Sonic Racing game and the last of two Sonic games to be co-developed by Traveller's Tales and Sonic Team. Sonic R was praised by critics...

San Francisco Rush game
75.6
25.6
Panzer Dragoon game
75.7
25.7

Panzer Dragoon

  • ShootEmUp

The game follows the journey of Keil Fluge , a member of a hunting party who becomes the rider of a powerful blue dragon and joins it on its mission to stop a rival dragon from wreaking havoc on the world. Panzer Dragoon received positive reviews, both in 1995 and in recent retrospective coverage. The...

Doom 64 game
73.5
23.5

Doom 64 $4.99 $1.99

  • Action
  • FirstPerson
  • Horror
  • Shooter
  • Scifi
  • Action
  • FirstPerson
  • Horror
  • Shooter
  • Scifi

Doom 64 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 that was developed and published by Midway Games on March 31, 1997. Doom 64 plays similarly to earlier games in the Doom series; the player must advance through 32 levels battling demons, collecting weapons and keys, and activating switches...

Diablo game
73.1
23.1
Mega Man X3 game
69.7
19.7

Mega Man X3

  • Platform
  • Shooter

It is the third game in the Mega Man X series and the last to appear on the SNES. Mega Man X3 follows in the tradition of both the original Mega Man series and the Mega Man X series as a standard action-platform game. A 32-bit version of Mega Man X3 was released on the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Windows...

Mission: Impossible game
69.6
19.6

Mission: Impossible

  • adventure
  • Shooter

An Action-adventure game based on the 1996 film Mission: Impossible. It was for Nintendo 64. It was later ported to the PlayStation, with minor additions such as voice acting. A sequel, Mission: Impossible – Operation Surma, was released in 2003.

Grandia game
69
19

Grandia

  • RolePlaying

Since its release, Grandia has become notable for its combat mechanics which have been carried over to future games within the franchise, and has spawned two spin-off titles - Grandia: Digital Museum and Grandia: Parallel Trippers - both released exclusively in Japan. In celebration of the announcement...

Yoshi's Story game
66.1
16.1

Yoshi's Story

  • adventure
  • Platform

It was first released on December 21, 1997, in Japan; March 9, 1998, in North America; and May 10, 1998, in PAL regions. It was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2007. It was released on the Wii U Virtual Console in North America on March 24, 2016 and Europe on April 14, 2016. However,...

Quake II game
65.6
15.6

Quake II $9.99 $3.99

  • Action
  • FirstPerson
  • Shooter
  • Action
  • FirstPerson
  • Shooter

Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. The gameplay is very similar to that featured in Quake, in terms of movement and controls, although the player's movement speed has been slowed down, and the player now has the ability to crouch. First,...