Best Rockstar Games

Red Dead wins 86% of its duels and tops the Rockstar Games ranking ahead of Grand Theft Auto.

The gap at the summit tells a clear story: 119 ELO points separate Red Dead from Grand Theft Auto, a margin that underscores the Western saga's dominance despite the commercial reach of its rival. Max Payne claims third with 1274 points, followed closely by Bully – Canis Canem Edit at 1268. The surprise lies in Red Dead's lead over a franchise that has sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide, a testament to the depth of feeling for Arthur Morgan and John Marston's journeys. At the bottom, Smuggler's Run sits at 1028 points, just behind Beaterator at 1030, suggesting that early experiments and niche titles struggle to win hearts in a catalog defined by blockbuster ambition.

This ranking draws on 715 duels submitted by 30 players across 11 Rockstar franchises, updated on 12 October 2026. The vote remains open: head to the Rockstar Games TopList and cast your own duels to shape the standings. Every choice shifts the ELO balance and determines which franchise rises or falls in the community's estimation.

Updated on October 12, 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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