Games worth owning in the flesh.
A collector's reference to 5,618 video games you can actually hold — the formats each one was pressed for, what a copy is selling for right now, and where to buy it. Nothing here is download-only. No launcher required.
The canon
Browse all →One or two per franchise, spread across the decades — the shelf, not the sales chart.
Pong
1972 · Arcade
Tetris
1984 · 20 platforms
eBay from $54
Half-Life
1998 · Windows
eBay from $50
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004 · PlayStation 2
eBay from $40
Minecraft
2011 · Windows
eBay from $20
Cyberpunk 2077
2020 · Windows
eBay from $60
CIB 
Space Invaders
1978 · 19 platforms
eBay from $25
Super Mario Bros.
1985 · NES
eBay from $85
StarCraft
1998 · Windows
eBay from $28
Grand Theft Auto IV
2008 · 4 platforms
eBay from $290
Fortnite
2017 · 8 platforms
eBay from $107
Elden Ring
2022 · 6 platforms
eBay from $65
Sealed on the market right now
SEALED 
Terraria
2011 · 13 platforms
eBay from $90
SEALED 
Metal Gear Solid
1998 · 3 platforms
eBay from $92
SEALED 
Angry Birds
2009 · 10 platforms
eBay from $39
SEALED 
Assassin's Creed II
2009 · PlayStation 3
eBay from $15
SEALED 
God of War
2018 · PlayStation 4
eBay from $35
SEALED 
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2002 · Windows
eBay from $29
SEALED 
Detroit: Become Human
2018 · PlayStation 4
eBay from $50
SEALED 
Civilization VI
2016 · Windows
eBay from $213
SEALED 
Life Is Strange
2015 · 7 platforms
eBay from $30
SEALED 
Assassin's Creed III
2012 · 7 platforms
eBay from $54
SEALED 
Silent Hill
1999 · 2 platforms
eBay from $50
SEALED 
Mount & Blade
2008 · 3 platforms
eBay from $31
Complete in box
CIB 
Grand Theft Auto V
2013 · PlayStation 3
eBay from $15
CIB 
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011 · 8 platforms
eBay from $6
CIB 
Portal
2007 · Windows
eBay from $48
CIB 
Assassin's Creed
2007 · PlayStation 3
eBay from $6
CIB 
The Sims
2000 · Windows
eBay from $20
CIB
Space Invaders
1978 · 19 platforms
eBay from $25
CIB 
Grand Theft Auto 2
1999 · 4 platforms
eBay from $150
CIB 
Spore
2008 · 2 platforms
eBay from $16
CIB 
Final Fantasy VII
1997 · PlayStation
eBay from $100
CIB 
Halo: Combat Evolved
2001 · 6 platforms
eBay from $27
CIB 
Call of Duty: Black Ops
2010 · Wii
eBay from $13
CIB 
Mafia II
2010 · 4 platforms
eBay from $14