Description
This list reports the highest ranked DS games on Metacritic. Their Metascore is in the description. Duplicates and games unavailable in HLTB were omitted.
Updated: May 2024
Updated: May 2024
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Main Story9½ HoursMain + Extra14 HoursCompletionist25 Hours- 175%3 PlatformsScore: 93
- 291%5 PlatformsScore: 92
- 380%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 91
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Main Story9½ HoursMain + Extra12½ HoursCompletionist23 Hours- 481%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 85
- 573%5 PlatformsScore: 85
- 685%3 PlatformsScore: 85
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Main Story20½ HoursMain + Extra34 HoursCompletionist67½ Hours- 779%2 PlatformsNintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSScore: 86
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Main Story15 HoursMain + Extra18 HoursCompletionist19½ Hours- 885%2 PlatformsMobile, Nintendo DSScore: 86
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Main Story68 HoursMain + Extra143 HoursCompletionist370 Hours- 978%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 86
- 1073%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 86
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Main Story18 HoursMain + Extra20 HoursCompletionist27½ Hours- 1177%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 86
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
Main Story24½ HoursMain + Extra30 HoursCompletionist35½ Hours- 1279%6 PlatformsScore: 86
- 1369%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 86
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Main Story20 HoursMain + Extra25½ HoursCompletionist32½ Hours- 1474%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 87
- 1581%3 PlatformsScore: 87
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Main Story36½ HoursMain + Extra72½ HoursCompletionist216 Hours- 1687%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 87
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Main Story48 HoursMain + Extra86½ HoursCompletionist742 Hours- 1781%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 87
- 1883%2 PlatformsNintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSScore: 87
- 1988%2 PlatformsMobile, Nintendo DSScore: 88
- 2075%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 88
- 2177%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 89
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Main Story9½ HoursMain + Extra12½ HoursCompletionist24 Hours- 2282%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 89
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Main Story24 HoursMain + Extra50 HoursCompletionist178 Hours- 2382%2 PlatformsNintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSScore: 90
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Main Story17 HoursMain + Extra21½ HoursCompletionist31½ Hours- 2474%1 PlatformsNintendo DSScore: 90
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Main Story22 HoursMain + Extra26 HoursCompletionist38½ Hours- 2584%2 PlatformsNintendo 3DS, Nintendo DSScore: 90
