Best board games based on video games

40 ELO points separate Cyberpunk from The Witcher at the top of the Philibert ranking, after 13302 duels.

Cyberpunk claims the top spot with 1275 ELO points and a 63% win rate across 96 duels, establishing a clear 40-point gap over The Witcher in second place. The Witcher follows with 1235 ELO and a 57% win rate over 87 duels, showing CD Projekt Red dominates the community's wishlist for video game adaptations. Dark Souls holds third at 1224 ELO after 94 duels, closely trailed by God of War with 1222 points across 86 duels. The tight race from rank 3 downward suggests a community divided on which franchises deserve the board game treatment most. Resident Evil 2 rounds out the top 5 with 1205 ELO. At the bottom, Bloodborne sits at rank 8 with 1170 ELO, while This War of Mine takes rank 9 with 1153 points. Jetpack Joyride lands at rank 10 with 1111 ELO and a 38% win rate over 73 duels, indicating that mobile gaming adaptations face a tougher sell than their AAA counterparts.

This ranking draws from 13302 duels cast by 587 players across 10 contenders, updated on 10 October 2026. The narrow margins separating most ranks reveal passionate debate over which digital worlds translate best to tabletop. Cast your vote to shape the next update and signal which video game universes you want to see in cardboard and dice.

Updated on October 10, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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