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Every skateboarding game I've reviewed, scored

Scores are out of 10 and answer one question: is it worth playing today? Sort them, pick your system, and tap through for the full review and video.

36 reviews

  1. 10Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2PlayStation · Dreamcast · PC · XboxA masterpiece and still my favorite in the series. Solid, fun and endlessly replayable.
  2. 9.5Skate 2PS3 · Xbox 360One of the best skateboarding games ever made, with the best city in the series to skate after the story's done.
  3. 9Skate 3Xbox 360 · PS3The best career mode and controls in the series, though Skate 2's city is still the one to beat.
  4. 9Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2PS4 · Xbox One · PCA remake that's as good as the originals in almost every way. Short, but an absolute buy.
  5. 9Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3Xbox · PS2 · PlayStationA classic and a sweet spot in the series, and the PS1 version is a hidden gem.
  6. 8.5Thrasher: Skate and DestroyPlayStationThe most realistic skateboarding game of its era and excellent in almost every way, apart from brutal load times.
  7. 8.5Tony Hawk's UndergroundXbox · PS2 · GameCubeOne of the high points of the series, with the best story and progression of the bunch.
  8. 8Aggressive InlinePS2 · Xbox · GameCubeA genuinely great game that does a lot better than Tony Hawk 4. The only real downside is the inline skates.
  9. 8OlliOlli WorldXbox Series X · PS5 · Switch · PCEasier to get into than the last two, with plenty of challenge left. Some side goals never make it clear what they want.
  10. 8Skater XLPC · Xbox One · PS4Great flip physics and a lot of fun, just light on levels and things to do.
  11. 8Street Uni XPCA faithful PS1-style action sports game that's worth $20, even if the challenges get repetitive.
  12. 8Tony Hawk's Underground 2Xbox · PS2 · PCDumb, over the top and a lot more fun than I remembered. It holds up really well.
  13. 7.5SkateXbox 360 · PS3Still deeper than almost anything else out there. Play it first, before 2 and 3 spoil you.
  14. 7.5SkateXbox 360 · PS3Still good in 2021 if you play the series in order, but the travel time between challenges wears thin.
  15. 7Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum RemixPlayStationA surprisingly good BMX game with Thrasher DNA and a ton to do.
  16. 7Tony Hawk's American WastelandPS2 · Xbox · Xbox 360A good game with a cool story by Tony Hawk standards, but bloated with features.
  17. 7Tony Hawk's Pro SkaterPlayStation · N64 · DreamcastThe purest game in the series. It doesn't hold up perfectly, but it's worth playing for perspective.
  18. 6Cool Boarders 2PlayStationChunky, charming and still fun to pick up for a few runs, though everything it does has been done better since.
  19. 6MotordoomPCA fun mashup of Pro Skater and Doom, but the guns and demons get in the way of the action sports side.
  20. 6RollingPS2A decent THPS-meets-Skate inline game that's short on personality. It doesn't touch Aggressive Inline.
  21. 6Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4Xbox · PS2Nothing's broken, but its growing pains between 3 and Underground make it hold up worse than I remembered.
  22. 5Evolution SkateboardingPS2 · GameCubeNot total garbage, and more realistic than most, but lazy. It's for collectors only.
  23. 5Skate or DieNESSurprisingly deep for 1988 and a nice piece of history, but hard to learn and long since outdone.
  24. 5Street Sk8erPlayStationTiny and dated, but fun for an afternoon, and an important part of how Tony Hawk got made.
  25. 32XtremePlayStationA nostalgic first skate game for a lot of us that doesn't hold up. Put it on the shelf, but don't play it.
  26. 3Go! Go! HypergrindGameCubeMedium bad, with two unbearable, luck-based events that take up most of your play time.
  27. 3Shaun Palmer's Pro SnowboarderGame Boy ColorFrustrating, repetitive and punished by a monster password system. Nice on the shelf, though.
  28. 3Skate Attack (Skate City Heroes)PS2The skating works, but drones, lasers and timed chores bury it. Overambitious and underbaked.
  29. 3Tony Hawk's Project 8PS3 · Xbox 360 · Xbox · PS2The PS3 version made me motion sick, and the last-gen version is only for skaters who've beaten everything else.
  30. 2720°Game Boy Color1986 gameplay with one button for tricks, sold for $35 in 1999. Unforgivably bad.
  31. 2Disney's Extremely Goofy SkateboardingPCConfusing goals and almost no skateboarding. There's no reason to play it over Pro Skater.
  32. 2The Simpsons SkateboardingPS2One of the most unlikeable games I've ever played, with levels that have zero flow and nothing to enjoy.
  33. 2Tony Hawk: ShredPS3 · Xbox 360 · WiiBetter than Ride, which isn't saying much. The board controller makes every challenge a coin flip.
  34. 2Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5PS4 · Xbox OneA lifeless, depressing end to the series and the worst Tony Hawk game you can still buy.
  35. 2Yanya Caballista: City SkaterPS2A unique concept wrecked by impossible timing. I'd rather have had a cheap Tony Hawk clone.
  36. 1Skateboard Madness: Xtreme EditionPS2A cheap cash grab you can beat in minutes, and the worst game I've ever played.

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