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All 23 BioWare Games, Ranked

From Shattered Steel to Mass Effect 2, we ranked all 23 BioWare games, remasters and mobile spin-offs included, as EA closes the studio.

All 23 BioWare Games, Ranked

All 23 BioWare games have been ranked from worst to best, with the studio announcing its closure on October 21. Journeys, a free Flash tactical RPG, was one of the earliest games and can still be played through the Flashpoint archive. Mass Effect Galaxy saw the protagonist, Jacob Taylor, on a cruise that turned into a batarian terrorist attack, leading him to an Alliance mission before joining Cerberus.

Dragon Age 2 featured a social network attached, allowing players to recruit avatars of their friends' characters. Mass Effect 3's launch coincided with the release of Infiltrator, an iOS game where players control a Cerberus operative uncovering horrifying experiments. Anthem, BioWare's first new IP in a decade, was set on a world left unfinished by the gods, where Freelancers piloted Javelin exosuits to prevent a shadowy faction from claiming ancient technology.

Sonic Chronicles, BioWare's first turn-based RPG, featured Sonic leading a party of ten friends against a mysterious menace in a Nintendo DS game. Andromeda, BioWare's first foray into the Andromeda galaxy, had players as Scott or Sara Ryder tasked with finding a new home for humanity in the Heleus Cluster. Dragon Age 2 focused on the city of Kirkwall and the power struggles within.

MDK2, a sequel to Shiny's cult shooter, saw alien invaders landing in Edmonton, Alberta, while jester Kurt Hectic, mad scientist Dr. Fluke Hawkins, and Max, a six-legged dog, uncovered a plot to destroy Earth.

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