
Every Legend of Zelda Game Ranked
The Legend of Zelda spans 8 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2017 and 2026. The highest-rated is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (97) and the lowest is Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (78). Across 314 critic reviews, the series averages 87, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has drawn the most reviews.
Highest ratedThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 97
Lowest ratedHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity 78
Series average87
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
9739 critic reviews·Mar 2, 2017·NintendoSwitch“The Legend of Zelda returns to the series' roots and features an open-world design.”
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
9541 critic reviews·Nov 4, 2026·NintendoSwitch 2“Ocarina of Time does a fantastic job enhancing the original adventure through more interesting combat and more fleshed out character moments. We do with you could have two weapons equipped at once though.”
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
9444 critic reviews·May 11, 2023·NintendoSwitch“The sky's the limit.Breath of the Wild is a tough act to follow. Arguably the best video game of all time, [...]”
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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
8634 critic reviews·Sep 19, 2019·NintendoSwitchSwitch 2“If you need a nostalgia trip or haven't played Link's Awakening before, then you won't be disappointed with this release. Just note that it is a bit more bite-sized when compared to more recent entries in the series.”
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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
8434 critic reviews·Jul 15, 2021·NintendoSwitch“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword introduces full motion control to synchronize player movements with Link's actions while offering the most intuitive play control of any game in The Legend of Zelda franchise to date.”
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
8341 critic reviews·Sep 25, 2024·NintendoSwitchSwitch 2“The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is a bold new take on the longstanding series in which Zelda creates echoes of monsters, boxes, beds, and much more.”
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
8041 critic reviews·Nov 5, 2025·Koei Tecmo GamesSwitch 2“Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment’s story may fail to capture the promise of a Tears of the Kingdom prequel, but the gameplay more than makes up for that by wonderfully fusing its source material’s craziest ideas…”
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
7840 critic reviews·Nov 18, 2020·NintendoSwitch“It's been over 6 years since the original Hyrule Warriors released and here's Age of Calamity which ties in with Breath of the Wild.”
Expansions & DLC
Add-ons, expansions and bundles, not included in the ranking.
Legend of Zelda games in release order
- 1986The Legend of Zelda—
- 1987Zelda II: The Adventure of Link—
- 1989Zelda—
- 1991The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past—
- 1993The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening—
- 1993Link: The Faces of Evil—
- 1993Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon—
- 1995BS Zelda no Densetsu—
- 1995BS Zelda no Densetsu Map 2—
- 1996Zelda's Adventure—
- 1997BS Zelda no Densetsu: Inishie no Sekiban—
- 1998The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time—
- 2000The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask—
- 2001The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages—
- 2001The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons—
- 2002The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Master Quest—
- 2002The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords—
- 2002The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker—
- 2004The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures—
- 2004The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap—
- 2004The Legend of Zelda: Navi Trackers—
- 2006Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland—
- 2006The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess—
- 2007Tingle's Balloon Fight DS—
- 2007The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass—
- 2007Link's Crossbow Training—
- 2009Dekisugi Tingle Pack—
- 2009Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love—
- 2009The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks—
- 2011The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D—
- 2011The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—
- 2013The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds—
- 2014Hyrule Warriors—
- 2015The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D—
- 2015The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes—
- 2017The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild97
- 2018Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition81
- 2019Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring the Legend of Zelda—
- 2019The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening86
- 2020Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity78
- 2023The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom94
- 2024The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom83
- 2025The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition—
- 2025The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition—
- 2025Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment80
- 2026The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time95
