How the Video Games bracket works
Video game tier list without dragging anything into rows. You get one matchup at a time — The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Minecraft? The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt or Red Dead Redemption 2? — and after 31 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Nobody can hold 32 options in their head at once, but everybody can answer "this one" — so the order you end up with is one you will actually stand behind.
This bracket runs 5 rounds at the default 32-slot size (Round of 32, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, Championship), with every one of the 32 options in the field. The field is reshuffled on every play, so the same option can meet a different opponent in round one and finish somewhere else entirely. You can also play it at 8 or 16 slots for a shorter or longer run.
31 picks, 5 rounds
- Round of 3216 matchups
- Sweet 168 matchups
- Elite 84 matchups
- Final Four2 matchups
- Championship1 matchup
Roughly 2-4 minutes start to finish.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Minecraft, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017 - Nintendo
Minecraft
2011 - Mojang
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015 - CD Projekt Red
Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 - Rockstar
Grand Theft Auto V
2013 - Rockstar
The Last of Us
2013 - Naughty Dog
Elden Ring
2022 - FromSoftware
Super Mario Odyssey
2017 - Nintendo
God of War (2018)
2018 - Santa Monica
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011 - Bethesda
Dark Souls
2011 - FromSoftware
Halo: Reach
2010 - Bungie
Portal 2
2011 - Valve
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2023 - Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2018 - Nintendo
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
2017 - Nintendo
Baldur's Gate 3
2023 - Larian
Celeste
2018 - Maddy Makes Games
Hollow Knight
2017 - Team Cherry
Stardew Valley
2016 - ConcernedApe
Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 - Guerrilla
Marvel's Spider-Man
2018 - Insomniac
Ghost of Tsushima
2020 - Sucker Punch
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
2019 - FromSoftware
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
2020 - Nintendo
Persona 5 Royal
2019 - Atlus
Final Fantasy VII
1997 - Square
Mass Effect 2
2010 - BioWare
Hades
2020 - Supergiant
BioShock
2007 - Irrational
Metal Gear Solid
1998 - Konami
Resident Evil 4
2005 - Capcom
Would rather group them than rank them? Open all 32 in the tier list maker and sort them into S, A, B, C, D and F tiers instead — same entrants, no matchups.
How everyone else ranked them
Aggregated from 24 completed Video Games brackets. Win rate is the share of head-to-head matchups each entrant has won across every play.
- 1
Minecraft
51W - 15L · won 6 brackets
77%
win rate
- 2
Red Dead Redemption 2
57W - 17L · won 7 brackets
77%
win rate
- 3
Elden Ring
38W - 19L · won 2 brackets
67%
win rate
- 4
Grand Theft Auto V
44W - 23L
66%
win rate
- 5
The Last of Us
40W - 21L · won 2 brackets
66%
win rate
- 6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
36W - 20L · won 2 brackets
64%
win rate
- 7
God of War (2018)
38W - 23L
62%
win rate
- 8
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
28W - 21L · won 1 bracket
57%
win rate
- 9
Marvel's Spider-Man
25W - 23L
52%
win rate
- 10
Portal 2
21W - 22L
49%
win rate
Getting a ranking you actually agree with
- 1Trust the first instinct. Overthinking a matchup usually produces a ranking you do not agree with later.
- 2The default run puts all 32 options in the draw. Short on time? Drop to 16 slots — a quicker run over a random 16 of them.
- 3Undo exists for a reason: an early-round mistake propagates all the way to the final, and there is no shame in taking it back.
Video Games bracket FAQ
How many options are in the Video Games bracket?
The pool holds 32 options. A default run puts all of them in the draw and takes 31 picks across 5 rounds: Round of 32, Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, Championship. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which options are included?
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Minecraft, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Red Dead Redemption 2, Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us, Elden Ring, Super Mario Odyssey, God of War (2018), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Dark Souls and Halo: Reach, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the video game tier list take?
About 2-4 minutes — 31 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to a 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and you can abandon a run at any point without losing anything.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other option grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 31 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two options that never met. If you would rather place the options into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Video Games community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a option I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own options, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.