The five most important video games of the last decade, from Minecraft to Fortnite
- Augmented reality, virtual reality, freemium games – this was a decade of huge innovation in gaming
- So which titles made the biggest impact?
Gaming is now humanity’s favourite form of entertainment, and the medium’s legacy was cemented this past decade.
While the early 2000s saw video game creators honing their ability to tell stories and build worlds in 3D, this past decade built off those nuts and bolts of game making and propelled the medium towards bigger ambitions such as open-world design, virtual and augmented reality and an influx of new genres such as battle-royale multiplayer.
This past decade achieved several milestones with its wide array of games. Some, such as Red Dead Redemption 2 and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, are titles that we believe will have a lasting impact on the gaming world for years to come. While these were taken into consideration for this article, we haven’t seen their influence fully resonate just yet, as open-world games take years to polish before they’re shipped and the next generation is still on its way.
So, which games have made the biggest mark on the industry between 2010 and 2019? After much deliberation, here is a list of titles we believe aren’t just quality games but ones that have shaped the medium and continue to do so in extraordinary ways.
1. Minecraft (2010)
