10 Best Dreamcast Games Of All Time

For a system that's often been painted as the console that killed Sega's hardware market, the Sega Dreamcast certainly managed to rustle up an excellent library of games. There was never really anything wrong with the experience of actually playing a Dreamcast — and there was a lot that was genuinely great about it — but decisions surrounding its price and release and the unstoppable hype for the PlayStation 2 doomed it to comparative failure. Although it wasn't a graceful way for Sega to bow out of the console wars, the Dreamcast makes for a respectable swan song.

Perhaps the best part of the Dreamcast library is its extraordinary versatility, with many of the console's best games featuring unique styles and ideas. Some of these titles would shape the futures of major franchises, while others ended up inspiring more spiritual successors than direct sequels. Regardless, all of the greatest games on the Sega Dreamcast brought something exceptional to the table, and all of them are still just as much fun to play today.

PlayStation 2 titles tend to dominate conversations about early 2000s RPGs, but the Dreamcast housed several exceptional entries in the genre. is one major standout of the catalog, with fun combat and cute designs that give the world and characters an extra dose of charm. It ended up receiving a PlayStation 2 release as well, but severe compromises in the port make the Dreamcast version the superior option to play.

It might seem unusual now to see a game from Sonic Team that doesn't star the blue hedgehog, but the studio used to be a lot more experimental. is one unmitigated success that came out of this genre diversity, featuring simple rhythm gameplay that relies on maraca peripherals to get the adrenaline pumping. It's simple, stylish, and, above all else, fun, and it's easy to paint it as the necessary forerunner to other popular games like and

might not have the honor of being a numbered game in the iconic survival horror series, but the level of