The Best Games to Play When Stuck at Home

The Best Games to Play When Stuck at Home

Social distancing means being stuck at home, which gives a lot of us some extra time to play video games and even catch up on those fickle backlogs. The IGN staff came together from our remote locations to share some suggestions of how we’re riding out our shelter-in-place orders. We tried to group up our recommended games by our respective tastes, but also by category of “mood,” if you will. Hopefully, this will spark some inspiration. Please do share your own suggestions, in list form and in accordance with your chosen “mood” in the comments below, too!

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50 Comments

  1. Deadpool on January 16, 2021 at 12:58 am

    *cries in broke*



  2. SNG on January 16, 2021 at 12:59 am

    Man I was sad when I finished RDR2



  3. hamavery64 on January 16, 2021 at 12:59 am

    I hate that this is still relevant 😂



  4. Justin Young on January 16, 2021 at 1:00 am

    Been Playing Mass Effect 1 After I Complete ME1 Playing It Again with New Game Plus then Playing Mass Effect 2 on Ps3 wish There was A Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster on Ps4 Though that Would Be Great though…



  5. Arvind Balajee A on January 16, 2021 at 1:02 am

    horizon zero dawn is not even released in PC yet and u put it in "the best games to play" list which u cannot even play now……. come on IGN u r giving wrong info…….



  6. Akshat Dubey on January 16, 2021 at 1:06 am

    Man why don’t you include any assassin creed titles



  7. Kingsheepgamer on January 16, 2021 at 1:06 am

    Where is spiderman?????!!!?!!!?!??!!??



  8. S.M Rakibul Hasan on January 16, 2021 at 1:07 am

    Sekiro



  9. Hazwibd Djinz on January 16, 2021 at 1:10 am

    Don’t play Death Stranding…



  10. Bocky679 on January 16, 2021 at 1:10 am

    I’ve literally played them all



  11. Sam Eltringham on January 16, 2021 at 1:11 am

    Where the f*** is Skyrim?



  12. Madkid Sid on January 16, 2021 at 1:11 am

    Bro windwaker is not on switch



  13. The Imposter on January 16, 2021 at 1:11 am

    I don’t know who needs to hear this but. Go re play the last of us



  14. Ray23 Dixon on January 16, 2021 at 1:14 am

    I have a better game to play:broke life



  15. GamerRag on January 16, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Still playing San Andreas



  16. Mathew P on January 16, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Uncharted? Either 4 or the collection or both?



  17. GuyCyber on January 16, 2021 at 1:15 am

    Where tf is Borderlands?



  18. Craig Struthers on January 16, 2021 at 1:18 am

    Metal Gear 5? Metal gear in general?



  19. Conor Waters on January 16, 2021 at 1:19 am

    Cough Skyrim cough



  20. Yasir Khan on January 16, 2021 at 1:20 am

    Can I play witcher 3 if I haven’t played the previous titles?



  21. Uyghurman Anzar on January 16, 2021 at 1:21 am

    Yakuza 0 is the best



  22. Haytham Kenway on January 16, 2021 at 1:22 am

    LIGHTER FARE:
    – Untitled Goose Game
    – Animal Crossing: New Horizons
    – Stardew Valley
    – Journey
    – Dreams
    – Outer Wilds
    – Slay the Spire
    – GRIS
    – LEGO Star Wars/Harry Potter
    – Into the Breach
    – Lone Echo
    – Sayonara Wild Hearts
    – Portal 1 & 2
    – What the Golf
    – Moss
    – Inside
    – Ape Out



  23. Nakul Bamaniya on January 16, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Half life series!!



  24. Squienigma on January 16, 2021 at 1:25 am

    The excitement that I felt as I grabbed my Switch at 1:16…and Dreams on PS3?! C’mon, IGN!!



  25. Jay Solanki on January 16, 2021 at 1:25 am

    How did the call of duty multiplayer not make this list?



  26. Mvrht100 on January 16, 2021 at 1:26 am

    Try yakuza!!



  27. Great Moments on January 16, 2021 at 1:28 am

    Minecraft, siege, CSGO, and animal crossing



  28. Jack Campbell on January 16, 2021 at 1:30 am

    I’ve been having a lot of fun with The Long Dark in iso



  29. K8nk on January 16, 2021 at 1:31 am

    Currently playing through the uncharted series for the first time, just started 2 and I’m excited to see the rest of the series



  30. Khurram Masud on January 16, 2021 at 1:34 am

    That looks like a list of 1000 best games every released



  31. Sougata Roy on January 16, 2021 at 1:36 am

    Where is COD MW???



  32. Max and Joel Gaming! on January 16, 2021 at 1:38 am

    Funny, dead cells being on an ign list…



  33. IGN on January 16, 2021 at 1:39 am

    Update: The Wind Waker is not on Switch but we wish it was…. 🙁



  34. tayyøb on January 16, 2021 at 1:40 am

    Bioshock is a GREAT GAMEEEE must play!!



  35. Lord of Lightning on January 16, 2021 at 1:43 am

    Wrong Caption IGN … the title should have been "every game we can think of"



  36. Sander on January 16, 2021 at 1:43 am

    Play minecraft, never gets boring



  37. MKB 144p on January 16, 2021 at 1:44 am

    the channel to avoid when stuck at home-IGN



  38. R R on January 16, 2021 at 1:45 am

    music?



  39. Ethan Budway on January 16, 2021 at 1:46 am

    I’ve been using this time to play more retro games.



  40. ipank #H4 on January 16, 2021 at 1:47 am

    Yakuza series, super robot wars



  41. Harsha Vardhan Reddy Muttumula on January 16, 2021 at 1:48 am

    I’m surprised the list doesn’t have Celeste. It’s a great game to play alone. Way better than spelunkey if you ask me.



  42. F C on January 16, 2021 at 1:49 am

    Hey, What is the name of the game at 0:01 the one with the lion ?



  43. BLOOD BAG on January 16, 2021 at 1:49 am

    SKYRIM



  44. Louis Baxendale on January 16, 2021 at 1:51 am

    Sekiro!?



  45. sea viper on January 16, 2021 at 1:52 am

    I completed bloodborne



  46. Hardcore Ironman on January 16, 2021 at 1:52 am

    Put old school runescape there



  47. MR. PRO-GAMER 69 on January 16, 2021 at 1:53 am

    IGN: Best games to play when stuck at home

    Also IGN: Doesn’t include the Uncharted series and The Last Of Us



  48. Dimmer Eye on January 16, 2021 at 1:55 am

    There are also all the wolfenstein games and all the crysis games



  49. Johan Issa on January 16, 2021 at 1:55 am

    "Social distancing means being stuck at home" *adds in d&d* **platforms:IRL**



  50. Mathias on January 16, 2021 at 1:56 am

    Also, minecraft