Games & Play Timeline Games

Order the Apex Legends characters added after launch by the season each one debuted in — one new legend at a time.

Order the Assassin’s Creed games by the historical period each is set in — from ancient Greece to Victorian London.

Order these Assassin's Creed games by release year.

Order the worlds of Banjo-Kazooie the way you unlock them inside Gruntilda’s Lair.

Order the Battlefield games by the year each first released.

Order by the year each game was published.

Order by the year each game released.

Order the chapters of Celeste the way you climb them, from the base of the mountain to Farewell.

Order the levels of the original Crash Bandicoot the way you play through the three islands.

Order the mainline Dragon Quest games by the year each first released in Japan.

Order these Far Cry games by release year.

Order the Far Cry games by the year each first released.

Order these Final Fantasy games by release year.

Order the mainline Final Fantasy games by the year each first released.

Order the Fire Emblem games by the year each first released.

Order these Fortnite crossover skins by the date each one first came to the island — from Marshmello to Kim Kardashian.

Order Fortnite’s big in-game live events the way they happened, from the first rocket launch to the latest island-ending spectacle.

Order these FromSoftware games — the Souls series and its kin — by the year each first released.

Order by the year each console launched.

Order the Genshin Impact 5-star characters by the version each first became playable, from the 1.0 launch onward.

Order the main levels of Geometry Dash the way they’re listed in the game, from Stereo Madness to Fingerdash.

Order these God of War games by release year.

Order these Gran Turismo games by release year.

Order these Grand Theft Auto games by release year.

Order the Grand Theft Auto games by the year each first released.

Order the chapters of Half-Life 2 the way you play them, from arriving in City 17 to the Citadel.

Order the chapters of Half-Life the way you play through Black Mesa, from the tram ride in to the final confrontation.

Order these Halo games by release year.

Order the Halo games by when they fall on the series’ own timeline — the story order across the Human–Covenant war and after.

Order these Kirby games by release year.

Order the main Kirby games by the year each first released.

Order these Magic: The Gathering sets by their release date.

Order by the year each game first released.

Order the Mario Kart games by the year each first released.

Order these Metal Gear games by release year.

Order the Metal Gear games by the in-universe year each one is set — the real chronology of the saga, not the order they came out.

Order these Metroid games by release year.

Order the Metroid games by the year each first released.

Order the Metroid games by Samus’s own chronology — the canonical story order, not the order they were released.

Order Minecraft’s big named updates by the year each one arrived.

Order these Minecraft mobs by the year each was added to the game.

Order the main Monster Hunter games by the year each first released in Japan.

Order these Mortal Kombat games by release year.

Order the main Mortal Kombat fighting games by the year each first released.

Order the Need for Speed racing games by the year each first released.

Order the Overwatch heroes added after the launch roster by the order they were released.

Order the plants of Plants vs. Zombies the way Adventure Mode gives them to you, from the very first Peashooter onward.

Order the zombies of Plants vs. Zombies the way Adventure Mode first throws them at you.

Order by National Pokédex number, lowest first.

Order the box-art legendary Pokémon by the generation each debuted in.

Order by the year each game first released.

Order the main Pokémon regions by the year the games that introduced them released.

Order the Pokémon starters by the generation each debuted in — from Kanto’s trio onward.

Order these Pokémon Trading Card Game sets by their release date.

Order the Ratchet & Clank games by the year each first released.

Order these Resident Evil games by release year.

Order the Resident Evil games by when their events take place — the outbreak’s own chronology from Raccoon City onward.

Order by top speed, slowest first.

Order the zones of Sonic 3 & Knuckles the way you play them, from Angel Island to the Doomsday.

Order by the year each game first released.

Order the zones of Sonic Mania the way you play them, from Green Hill to Titanic Monarch.

Order the zones of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 the way you race through them, from Emerald Hill to the Death Egg.

Order these Street Fighter games by release year.

Order these Street Fighter releases by the year each arrived.

Order the 15 main courses of Super Mario 64 the way the paintings unlock, from the very first to the last.

Order the kingdoms of Super Mario Odyssey the way you visit them, from the Cap Kingdom to the finale.

Order these Tekken games by release year.

Order the mainline Tekken fighting games by the year each first released.

Order the bosses of Terraria by the intended progression, from King Slime to the Moon Lord.

Order these The Elder Scrolls games by release year.

Order the Elder Scrolls games by the year each first released.

Order these The Sims games by release year.

Order these Tomb Raider games by release year.

Order the Tomb Raider games by the year each first released.

Order by the year each toy first went on sale.

Order the Valorant agents added after the launch roster by the order they were released.

Order by year of first release.

Order by the year each game first released.