Every South Park game, ranked
All 4 South Park games we hold, spanning 1998 to 2017: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 106,863 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: South Park: The Stick of Truth (GamingPickz Score 8.5), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with South Park (1998) and follow the release-order timeline below.
The South Park games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best South Park games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
8.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSouth Park: The Stick of Truth at a glance Released 2014 Studio Obsidian Entertainment Player sentiment 98% positive of 73,376 Critics No aggregate Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 6 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 98% shrinks to 97.9 on 73,376 reviews, giving 8.5. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
- Small install at 6 GB.
- 2
South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Best for: Handheld play, small install and Deck verified
7.5GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceSouth Park: The Fractured But Whole at a glance Released 2017 Studio Ubisoft San Francisco Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,487 Critics No aggregate Price $29.99 Steam Deck verified Install size 20 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 85% shrinks to 85.0 on 33,487 reviews, giving 7.5. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Only the 2 South Park games with Steam review data can be scored and ranked. The complete series, scored or not, is charted in order below.
Best and worst entry
The best-received South Park game we can score is South Park: The Stick of Truth at 8.5. The lowest is South Park: The Fractured But Whole at 7.5, a 1.0-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: South Park: The Stick of Truth at $29.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: South Park: The Stick of Truth, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the South Park entries on Steam:
- Verified: South Park: The Stick of Truth, South Park: The Fractured But Whole
Platforms across the series
Where the 4 South Park games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 4 |
The South Park series, game by game
Every South Park game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 1998
South Park
not scoredSouth Park is a first-person shooter video game based on the American animated sitcom of the same name. The game was developed by Iguana Entertainment with a modified version of the engine used in the Acclaim Entertainment-published Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. Both games shared the same publisher and were released for the… (Wikipedia)
Plot
A mysterious comet is approaching the earth, described by the opening narration as a force of concentrated evil that no bastion of decency can stand against. As it comes closer, South Park is beset by enemies, including rabid mutant turkeys, deformed clones of the townsfolk, alien visitors, berserk robots, and sentient killer toys. Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny hear about the dangers from Chef, and take up arms to investigate their sources and defend the… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception South Park s critical reception was marginally contingent on the platform upon which it was released, but it mostly saw unfavorable reviews. The PC and PlayStation versions were widely panned, while the Nintendo 64 version was received slightly more positively. For the former two versions, criticism mainly stemmed from its poor graphical audio presentation. (Wikipedia)
- 1999
South Park Rally
not scoredSouth Park Rally is a kart-style racing video game released in early 2000 based on the American animated sitcom South Park published by Acclaim Entertainment and released for the PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64, and Dreamcast. Gameplay follows the player in a competitive racing championship set in the… (Wikipedia)
Plot
The Mayor of South Park has decided to stage a rally series that will take place through the heart and outskirts of the town. Favorite characters from the popular television series are included and are able to make use of destructive automobiles, including police cars, mini Porsches, Big Gay Al buggies, wheat bags, jeeps and dozens of other vehicles. Characters who appear in power-up form include Mr. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception South Park Rally received negative reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings . Greg Orlando of NextGen s March 2000 issue said of the Nintendo 64 version, "Someone shoehorned the South Park license onto a rather (pardon the pun) middle-of-the-road cart-racing game. Rent it if you must, but buy it only if Messrs. (Wikipedia)
- 2014
From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged. (Steam)
Plot
Setting See also: List of South Park characters South Park: The Stick of Truth is set in the fictional town South Park in the Colorado Rocky Mountains . The main character, whom the player controls, is the New Kid—nicknamed "Douchebag" —a silent protagonist who has recently moved to the town. Befriending the local boys, he becomes involved in an epic fantasy live action role-playing game featuring wizards and warriors battling for control of the Stick of… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical response Reception South Park: The Stick of Truth received positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review website Metacritic provides a score of 85 out of 100 from 48 critics for the Windows version, 85 out of 100 from 31 critics for the PlayStation 3 version, and 82 out of 100 from 33 critics for the Xbox 360 version. The game was considered a successful adaptation of licensed material to a video game, with critics describing it as one of… (Wikipedia)
- 2017
From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes South Park: The Fractured But Whole, a sequel to 2014's award-winning South Park: The Stick of Truth. (Steam)
Plot
Setting See also: List of South Park characters South Park: The Fractured but Whole is set in South Park, a fictional town in the Colorado Rocky Mountains . The game's events occur one day after those of its precursor, The Stick of Truth ; the player again controls the New Kid, a silent protagonist . The children abandon their fantasy role-playing game to become superheroes and create a superhero media franchise. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical response Reception South Park: The Fractured but Whole received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Metacritic provides the consensus "generally favorable reviews" for the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One versions. Like its predecessor, the game was considered a successful adaptation, with GamesRadar+ calling it "the truest, best adaptation" of South Park ever made, with well balanced comedy and humor, and IGN saying it… (Wikipedia)
South Park, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
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How South Park stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many South Park games are there?
We hold 4 South Park games in the catalogue, released between 1998 and 2017. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which South Park game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, South Park: The Stick of Truth rates highest at 8.5. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the South Park games in?
Release order is listed below, from 1998 to 2017. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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