Every Barbie Video Game Ranked From WORST To BEST

Since her creation in 1959, over 1 billion Barbie dolls have been sold. She’s had countless different careers in everything from politics to the arts, is friends with dozens of celebrities, including the likes of Cher, Amelia Earhart, and Queen Elizabeth II, and she’s even been to space. There’s little wonder then, with so many exploits to her name, that the blonde bombshell has dipped her polyethylene toes into the world of video games, and since the Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is about to debut, we thought it was a great time to see which ones are totally glam and which are a complete sham. Here is Every Barbie Video Game Ranked from Worst to Best.
VO: Peter Austin (@ThatPeterAustin) & Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Cat Elliott
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
Featured Barbie video games:
• Adventures with Barbie: Ocean Discovery (1997) - GBC, PC
• Barbie & Her Sisters: Puppy Rescue (2015) - PS3, 360, Wii U, Wii, 3DS, PC
• Barbie (1984) - C64
• Barbie (1991) - NES, PC
• Barbie Adventure: Riding Club (1998) - PC
• Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus (2005) - GBA, PC
• Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009) - Wii, DS, PC
• Barbie as Sleeping Beauty (1999) - PC
• Barbie as the Island Princess (2007) - PS2, Wii, GBA, DS, PC
• Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004) - GBA, PC
• Barbie Beach Vacation (2001) - PC
• Barbie Dreamhouse Party (2013) - Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS, PC
• Barbie Fashion Show (2004) - PC
• Barbie Fashion Show: An Eye for Style (2008) - DS, PC
• Barbie Generation Girl: Gotta Groove (2000) - PC
• Barbie Horse Adventures: Blue Ribbon Race (2003) - GBA
• Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride (2003) - PC
• Barbie Horse Adventures: Riding Camp (2008) - PS2, Wii, DS, PC
• Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue (2003) - PS2, Xbox
• Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006) - PS2, GBA, DS, PC
• Barbie Magic Genie Bottle (2000) - PC
• Barbie Mermaid Adventure (2004) - PC
• Barbie of Swan Lake: The Enchanted Forest (2003) - PC
• Barbie Sparkling Ice Show (2002) - PC
• Barbie Super Sports (1999) - PS, PC
• Barbie: Explorer (2001) - PS, PC
• Barbie: Fashion Pack Games (2000) - GBC
• Barbie: Game Girl (1992) - GB
• Barbie: Groom and Glam Pups (2010) - Wii, DS, 3DS
• Barbie: Groovy Games (2002) - PS, GBA
• Barbie: Jet, Set & Style! (2011) - Wii, DS
• Barbie: Magic Genie Adventure (2000) - GBC
• Barbie: Pet Rescue (2001) - GBC, PC
• Barbie: Race & Ride (1999) - PS
• Barbie: Team Gymnastics (2001) - PC
• Detective Barbie 2: The Vacation Mystery (1999) - PC
• Detective Barbie in the Mystery of the Carnival Caper (1998) - PC
• Detective Barbie: The Mystery Cruise (2000) - PS
• Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel (1997) - PC
• Secret Agent Barbie (2001) - PC
• Secret Agent Barbie: Royal Jewel Mission (2002) - GBA
• The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery (2006) - GBA, PC
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[@AnndiMcAfeevo]

I voiced Barbie in the Universal/Vivendi games in the early 2000s. One of my favorite gigs, and the nostalgia is REAL now that Barbie is coming to the big screen! *edited to early 2000s. It's been so long, and I've had a pretty long career, I couldn't remember exactly when I recorded. 🤣🤣

[@ameliajames1463]

What a cool job!

[@angelcat2865]

That's Awesome 😃

[@DeathCrustPunk]

How dare triple jump not heart this comment. Those frigid limeys!

[@RyanBrown2K5]

So, how do you feel about the criticism?

[@hollum1648]

Barbie Riding Club was my LIFE, I would play it over and over again

[@davidmatoushek9111]

I am quite surprised that Barbie Fashion Designer did not make the list. Considering that it started the girls' game revolution and also got inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame this year, you would think it would have a spot, but because of the criteria, it is a shame to not see it here.

[@ViveLaResistance11011]

X2 that’s the game I think when I play The Sims

[@ViveLaResistance11011]

In fact, a neighbor of us gave us a PC (we didn’t have enough money to buy one, so back then and now: thank you 🙏 ) and it had installed BFD. It was my third PC game (after Hearth of the Darkness and Claw 2)

[@kourtney9246]

I was recently thinking about this game and couldn’t remember the title. Just looked it up and the artwork from the game case brought back so many memories!

[@Kawaiierest]

I was hoping Barbie Magic Hairstyler would have an honorable mention

[@brieezy.]

Well, I’d say there were plenty of them😂❤

[@ImARealWerewolf]

I'm very glad Barbie Horse Adventures: Mystery Ride is on top of the list. That game was me and my sister's jam when we were kids. I replayed it a few years back and it still has that charm but since my sister and I also used our fantasy to make up stories while playing instead of just playing the game as intented, it felt shorter when I replayed it XD

[@kelseypeterson5172]

Something yall didn't mention was that the magic of pegasus game, the 3 musketeers game, the barbie diaries game, and the swan lake game were also movie tie-in games. And there was another barbie rapunzel game called rapunzel: a creative adventure, that tied into the movie from 2002. From what I remember, the goal was fix the castle up and decorate it, (through more mini games) and find the prince near the end of the game. And there was a barbie princess bride game where you helped barbie prepare for her wedding. I'm a barbie game fanatic, so I collect and play every barbie game I can get ahold of. I absolutely love wild horse rescue, secret agent, team gymnastics, sparkling ice show and one you didn't have on here, idesign ultimate stylist. Those are probably my top favorites of the ones I own so far. I've got my eye on princess and the pauper, magic of pegasus, generation girl gotta groove, story maker, mermaid adventure, and sleeping beauty. Those look like they'll become favorites of mine as well.

[@curlybobofelia]

You missed Barbie as Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure for PC (based on the film released 2002), as it looks almost identical to Swan Lake, I'm guessing its number 2 also. Sorry that was one of my favourtie Barbie games.

[@deigning]

None of mine were 'real games' enough to make the vid, except team gymnastics. Erasure, ignorance, rudeness

[@joannaellis7890]

Bruh that game was my JAM

[@kiefcoffee]

I continue to find downloads for this game to replay 😭

[@breakthewall.mp3126]

I replayed this today and still enjoyed it. Would totally deserve a second or third place in my own ranking

[@hannkauff]

My little sister used to run from the room screaming from Barbie Detective Carnival because of the “shadowy figure” who used to appear when you were on the right path 😂😂 My brother and I tortured her with it for years. Who knew it was a actually a horror game?

[@JustAPrayer]

Hey that game used to scare me so bad when I was tiny. Especially when you were on the carousel and the shadowy figure just came out of nowhere. Good to know I wasn’t alone. 😂

[@lillylillycookiedoug]

I couldn't finish this game as a kid because of the shadowy figure!! It haunted my nightmares!!

[@beck2752]

I actually think the shadowy figure was genius for a villain avatar as it looked like the figure on those stranger danger signs around every neighborhood in the United States!

[@dearharuharu118]

Barbie fashion designer is my childhood!! I loved this game so much and to this day I still think it deserves better

[@melonmw]

As someone who was once a little girl, I have to disagree/agree with a few rankings (though poor memory and nostalgia may be clouding my views). Barbie fashion show (earlier version) had an incredible sound track and I wanted to be a designer growing up so I loved it. 12 dancing princesses on GBA was fun with a good story different from what was described if I remember correctly. It was one of the few GBA games I had that was a good amount of challenging: not frustratingly hard like the Mario game I had, not boringly easy like the gameshow/boardgame adaptations. Barbie secret agent was the first video game I ever played that felt like a proper video game rather than a mashup of minigames. Many hours spent with my friend role playing while playing the actual game. Princess and Pauper was also super fun with good music and unique minigames. Those are the only on the list that I played and I'm pretty tempted now to ask my mom if we still have the CDs so I can give them a whirl again.

[@JGrath029]

I’ll never forget, my cousin played the Barbie horse game religiously. Can’t remember the name(I’m sure it’ll pop up in this video) but that game was her “Ocarina of Time” and for that, it gets my #1 Edit: Horse Rescue for Xbox in 2003

[@graciesugarbee]

I played the hell out of it. That and the Shrek 2 game took up all of my free time. I was homeschooled till highschool so I would wake up early, get all my work done and then play Barbie for hours on hours. It will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@kenkad224735]

There is definitely a barbie wedding princess bride game y'all missed that I played religiously as a kid. Yes, you do give barbie a wedding makeover, but there is also like a minigame delivering invitations to forest animals, a wishing well minigame where you have to throw coins into a fountain, you bake a cake, and create wedding music for a band. Barbie secret agent was definitely my fave growing up, but its a shame to not see this other game on the list. Vaguely I also remember that my sister had a barbie and the dancing princesses DDR mat thing that connected to the tv which I don't think was listed here either.

[@alexaliss8233]

The whole time I was watching and remembering the games I owned I was wondering where this game was, and as the video was nearing the top I was like "surely it can't be this high??" Haha I did love it, but I would have expected it to be towards the middle of the pack, since I think I liked all the other Barbie games I owned more.

[@Mausefell]

As someone who was a kid at the time I can wholeheartedly say that both myself and my older sisters were all obsessed with the Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses game for the PC and I´m also certain we were not the only ones. If the target audience likes it, is it really a bad game? 🤔

[@ayaa6948]

Yeah same here! We all loved that game at home.

[@mustaphaal-buhilal4863]

its easily in the top 10 for me when i heard him ranking it so low i got so pissed

[@neo8392]

Me and my sister loved both games. Played them multiple times and even replayed them as teenagers. I was shocked that it was ranked so bad

[@kaw8473]

I remember Barbie Horse Adventures being a solid game and would recommend it to someone, who's kid likes horses.

[@emilyneil9347]

You missed the movie based Repunzel game. That was such a good game. Plus Barbie as Princess Bride. I played that so many times!!!

[@graciesugarbee]

Barbie Horse Adventures Wild Horse Rescue is the best game ever lmao. I just have so many good memories with it. It made me fall in love with video games and I think back on that time fondly 💜

[@BekahStogner]

so true, it should've been way higher

[@graciesugarbee]

@@BekahStogner absolutely agreed. Made me really wanna play it again honestly 😭 I miss my ps2

[@kelseypeterson5172]

That is my absolute favorite barbie ps2 game. I have played it so many times over the years, especially when I was laid up after a car wreck a few years ago. It's one of the few games I can spend hours on and not get frustrated or bored with it💜💜💜

[@ViveLaResistance11011]

When I played The Sims for the first time I though “wow! This is exactly as the Barbie games” I admire the character customization, we didn’t had something similar (with the patterns over clothes) until Sims 3 😮

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

The world may have forgotten Barbie Fashion Show but i havent forgotten the dozens of hours i spent playing the game. Good times.

[@astridmyst]

Barbie: Pet Rescue was one of my favorite games to play as a little kid! I'm surprised to see that the graphics of the animals are still as cute as I remember.

[@alexaliss8233]

Agreed! as a kid I loved how cute the animals were, and the hamster puzzles.

[@astridmyst]

@@alexaliss8233 yesss those puzzles were the best. Tho I remember them like zooming in so you could see the hamster actually talk through it? lolo

[@alexaliss8233]

@kflores4338 yeah I also remember something about the hamster being able to move through the different rooms of the pet rescue center with its tubes, I always thought that was so fun.

[@astridmyst]

@@alexaliss8233 Yesss I kinda want to play it again but it might be very boring to me now XD

[@taylorbrookes3546]

The writing, and the delivery in this video were superb. Didn't honestly think I'd enjoy a one hour video about Barbie games but here we are! Loved it 🤣

[@michaelanderson6394]

Here’s hoping for a video like this on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games. Quite a variety to select from there.

[@Banquet42]

Good shout.

[@1986Martinez]

Don't worry, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will be number 1.

[@StudioInkblot]

Probably when the new movie comes out

[@michaelanderson6394]

@@StudioInkblot Makes sense, actually. Gotta take advantage of that algorithmic synergy!

[@VonDiesel3768]

Some of these titles make me think that the game developers on various occasions were just like “What are we doing here man?”

[@corey_clip]

Barbie Explorer was an amazing game back in the day

[@charlielouise2428]

It was a budget Crash Bandicoot and I loved it

[@kenpetrini1461]

Every time a ranked video from Triple Jump comes out, it gives me a whole new reasons to breathe, ranked worst to best.

[@jonnysmith5998]

Looking forward to all Oppenheimer games ranked

[@lh9591]

That’s how you know Barbie is more explosive

[@TheLemonyBard]

I’m pleasantly surprised and amused by how entertaining the GBA Secret Agent Barbie looked to me 💀

[@eternalenigma1628]

As someone who watched nearly every Barbie movie (falling smack in the middle of the Barbie lover/horse girl Venn diagram), some of these games deserve a higher spot. Even if they didn’t have the best game play, they had some serious fan service- though I love his humor, it sounds there were some of these that he didn’t realize were based on movies (like the Pegasus game, Swan Lake, and puppy rescue). I guess you can’t expect critics to always watch the movie and comment on this aspect 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@Vegetabawz]

"Blowing things to make a pearl necklace" Thanks for the giggles

[@Wolfspirat]

"The witch curses the prince to wander and never find again were hes previously been" as someone with adhd its a bit scary how much i can relate to that.

[@paigecee4085]

I owned numbers 18, 16, and 3 from this list. Apparently, I was a little girl of some taste in Barbie games. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them, especially the GBA version of 3. I think it was one of my first platformers.

[@captainj6298]

Gonna be honest, didn’t expect to learn that Barbie has a real name today. Color me officially surprised.

[@jacohenn42]

I believe she's named after the creators daughter :)

[@jennifergormley4482]

Barbie horse adventures: riding camp was everything to me when I was younger. I didn’t care that I wasn’t doing any quests, I just loved riding around in such a big open world on a horse. And then of course when I was a middle schooler I found Star Stable and I think I saw that the developers there worked on barbie horse adventures before sso.

[@backwardsface3046]

Missed opportunity at the end of the Fashion Pack section to say it could “pack up and leave”

[@LogansVHSChannel]

there were also 2 unreleased games for SNES / Mega Drive called “Barbie: Super Model” and “Barbie: Vacation Adventure”.

[@joepines3278]

I would love to see the Mary Kate and Ashley games ranked. They’re all so bizarre

[@ToriR94]

God, I loved so many of these games as a kid. I spent hours playing Generation Girls, Riding Club, Pet Rescue, & Sparkling Ice Show.

[@LunaLithium]

the pc version of barbie pet rescue was my absolute favorite and i wish i could play it again for nostalgia. but as a kid, the challenge of detective carnival game was what kept me coming back lol and the riding club was AMAZING.

[@joslynch4924]

Barbie Mystery of the Carnival Caper was criminally low. It's music alone should put it in the top ten. Played the crap out of it with my sister as a kid.

[@SuperStarzSingerz]

yeah! that and it doubles as a CD! it played on my blu ray player actually

[@ReareaGirl]

This video made me realize just how many barbie games I played as a kid. Some of these I was like, I didn't play this, and then the gameplay video I was like, wait, I definitely did. Though not barbie, barbieish "Kelly's Pet Parade" I remember playing a lot as well. My sister and I know the entire theme song by heart. "Sparkles fly, light up the sky." etc. But overall, the horse adventure games were my favorite.

[@sweetpepino1907]

I've been trying to find both Barbie Explorer and Carnival Caper for YEARS, thank you very much

[@CyanShaman]

*WHAT* a video to get on my day off 💗😸💗

[@greenteawhoney]

The one I remember playing all the time was the Barbie Princess Bride PC game and ESPECIALLY the cake making and sailing mini games

[@kenkad224735]

THIS WAS THE ONE I WAS WAITING FOR

[@rtrmorais]

A few sugestions for the ranked series: Final fantasy Pokemon Indiana Jones X-men or marvel Lord of the rings Fifa or other sports time franchise for april fools Pokemon Disney games

[@komemiute]

I am an old person by any gamer standards at 46 BUT I'm so glad you guys mentioned the Commodore 64 version. Also thank you for putting it first (or better last) so my soul could feel content of this and skip the rest of the video. No offense. Brilliant.

[@jerrica76]

Me to played it way to much as a kid

[@StudioInkblot]

A childhood friend had the Rapunzel one

[@JustAPrayer]

One game you forgot to mention was Talk With Me Barbie. A PC game that came with a physical doll that opened her mouth and talked to you while you played. The game itself was just mini games, but the doll was really innovatiove at the time. It connected a toy to a game way before Spyro or Disney Infinity did it. The fact that Rapunzel, Riding Club, Generation Girl, and Secret Agent were so high up made me happy, they were my absolute favorite Barbie games growing up. I really hated Barbie Sleeping Beauty, because it was actually a sequel to Barbie Rapunzel and was such a downgrade when compared to it

[@kalilak9701]

Maybe we're thinking of different Barbie as Sleeping Beauty games? Because the one I just downloaded and played still holds up fairly well as a stand-alone short and sweet kids game. Also, I assume you're talking about the 2002 Barbie as Rapunzel game and not the 1997 one, right? Because the 1997 game is definitely not as good.

[@xXCarolineFireLilyXx]

I used to play the pet rescue game on pc sooooo much! I also played Super Sports, Princess and the Pauper, and Detective Barbie: Carnival Caper. Also had Barbie Film Maker, and two different Barbie makeover games!

[@readingwithelizabeth993]

I had the 12 Dancing Princesses game on the PS2. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit as a kid, although I do agree it was difficult at times.

[@middleeasternforhire8985]

I'm 19 but I still play it in my pc sometimes 😂😂

[@kyrieshark]

barbie super model not being anywhere on this list is a crime against humanity

[@ashleyrett13]

Now you HAVE to do all the Bratz games!!

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

My younger sister had the Genie Barbie ( 23:54 ), granted i think she got it before the PC game was made in 2000, and i think there was a Little Mermaid Barbie and like 2 or 3 others that she got growing up, there was a rather Large storage tub of clothing and accessories though. 😄👍

[@juliel3460]

I remember my cousin stealing my Barbie Fashion Show game and then she lied about it being ”gone”. I never found it again and I was devastated, couldn’t find it anywhere to purchase either. It was one of my absolute favorite Barbie games along with Barbie the Princess and the Pauper, Swan Lake and Rapunzel.

[@mirella1015]

Nice video! ❤

[@ruekurei88]

There's a couple Wii Barbie games that should be in the top part of the list here. Another horse games, and a sidescroller. Most Barbie games are ignored by mainstream critics and there are a lot more than this.

[@mrxunexpected4804]

Can we please get every N64 game ranked worst to best? I’ve been waiting 2 years for it.

[@spatz1258]

ive actually been searching for the secret agent barbie game for just under a decade... i remembered watching a lets play of it as a very small child and tried to find it a few years later but could not find ANYTHING... it got to the point i convinced myself it has just been a dream or i made up the game or something.. thank you SO much for making this and proving that it was actually real!! im so happy right now :D

[@yanstein8464]

this list is soo nostalgic, with so many games i've played: 15:53 - unjustifiably low, super fun creativity game, i've spent so much hours in it 27:51 - it was never my favorite one, but some parts of it are pretty entertaining, like sand castles and waterskiing 36:09 - i found it to be a bit hard as a kid, but still 40:30 - it was pretty hard for me as a kid on a hard level, as an adult tho even on a hard level it was super easy, but fun, i liked the music and the glowing ice and the pretty dresses... and barbie talks so much! 43:42 - super beautiful and fun game, i remember the seahorse parts quite well 50:20 - my friend had it, not me, so i don't remember it well, but it was partially present in my life, i remember liking it 52:55 - ooooohhhh yeeeaaaah, it was my favorite game, it's super fun i love how most games i've played are pretty up high, most likely because my dad, who downloaded them for me, tried the and picked the most fun ones i would enjoy (i know he made at least one fashion show and showed it to me to pique my interest in the game), but who knows, i doubt even he remembers, it's been almost twenty years after all i know dress up games didn't count but i really liked barbie beauty boutique, the 2003 game that had very limited clothing options and annoying controls in the nails part, but surprisingly versatile hair and makeup options also you forgot another barbie rapunzel game, the 2002 one that's pretty relaxing and creativity based also i'm surprised you didn't count in the my scene games like... they have barbie in them, why not?

[@bensonsj98]

Gaslight, gatekeep, gamegirl.

[@freddogrosso9835]

TBH, if a game doesn't have a dress-up portion these days, I see it as a miss. Fashion Souls changed my life.

[@ajc94]

I have such fond memories of my sister and me playing magic fairytales: Barbie as Rapunzel on my late grandpa's computer when I was little!

[@IsabelCarlota]

I played the PS2 version of Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses yesterday. It was as painful as it was fun, in the so awful I'm having fun because I'm a masochist way. Man, it could have been a childhood favorite of many if the gameplay was reworked into something playable (controlling Barbie/Genevieve is a mix of 3D and tank controls, and some parts of the floor don't have collision), because visually it's all that young me would have adored.

[@Fkamynk]

The way this just unlocked a forgotten core memory 😭omgg

[@teekessel]

There's also the game Barbie as Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure that I've only played once at a former friend's place, but I still remembered it many years later. Unfortunately I never got to play it again.

[@speedwaynutt]

OH YEAH, HERE WE GO, BARBIE TIME!!!

[@BekahStogner]

you're SO right for putting mystery ride at number one, but i firmly believe wild horse rescue should've been number two 😂

[@kelseypeterson5172]

I would actually place wild horse rescue above mystery ride, but yes they're both excellent barbie games🥰

[@DJCube1701]

23:22 In Barbie Groovy Games, that's a clone of a board game called Quarto, it's a brilliant and deeply tactical game - the board game made an appearance in Star Trek: Voyager. For that alone, it really should be the top of the list, but I suspect reviewers dismissed it as a throwaway game without realising how well thought out it really is (plus it really needs to be played with another player).

[@blistlelo1700]

I really love that inspirational philosophical words of wisdom at the beginning! That iconic quote is so influentially poetic and magnificently beautiful!

[@erinlewis6901]

The absolute betrayal at Princess in the Pauper's spot. I was ROOTING FOR YOU TO WIN

[@qhiggy]

Wasn't fashion and stuff on brand for Barbie? Why all the pearl clutching about that being part of some of the games?

[@I-ONLY-BUILD-MECHS-AND-DUSTERS]

Look, 99% of these guys's lives revolves around silly video game nonsense, but they're going to let you know they're still very serious and moral people who care a lot about the latest fashionable social causes they don't have to sacrifice anything to support.

[@LeChevalierPourpre]

This is exactly what I was thinking. She’s literally a fashion doll, why are they sneering that the games include fashion?

[@kalilak9701]

I think I have to point out an error on your list; there's TWO Barbie Rapunzel games- Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel, and Barbie as Rapunzel: A Creative Adventure. I can't vouch for the second one (obviously people seemed to like it), but the first one definitely doesn't deserve such a high spot on the list. >.> We owned both Magic Fairy Tales: Barbie as Rapunzel and Barbie as Sleeping Beauty. Just to be sure my memories were correct, I went back and played both games. ;;>.> MFT Barbie Rapunzel may have slightly more conventionally animated characters, but the in-between animations are often kinda ugly, and the story is super short. Sure, the magic mirror does a good job being grumpy and disillusioned, but he only has a few lines so there's not really enough there to get too attached. Sure Rapunzel goes off on a journey, and does grand heroic things like... sort treasure, walk through a garden maze, decorate a cake, and color-match a few dresses. The biggest problem I have with Barbie Rapunzel is that there is absolutely no creativity to the games. Cake decorating? Basically just fill in the predetermined blanks with the predetermined decorations. Dress-up? Again, the outfits are already fully designed, just mix and match the very few options. Furthermore, each "game" is entirely self-contained; you enter a different screen to play it, then when you leave you never see it referenced again. Also, the story select screen doesn't assume the player has completed any of the story before that point, so if you want the fancy cake topper to go on the wedding cake you have to start on the far side of the river and do those mini-games first, which is annoying if you just want to decorate pre-designed cakes. In contrast, (in Barbie Sleeping Beauty) while Princess Rose's resting face is... not super attractive (in my opinion), the entire aesthetic of the game is much more cohesive and beautiful. The scene select is a cross-section of the castle, and you pick the room where that part of the story took place; a charming touch. The story is still relatively short, but the games (waking up the woodland creatures by playing Simon Says with the flute notes, decorating the crown, picking the color of the dress, finding the fairies, cutting the thorns to connect a path to the castle) are all seamlessly woven into the story and thus much more engaging. There's even a baby's-first-boss-fight against the bad fairy! And Princess Rose is the one who goes to fight her! Also, the dress and crown combo you design are featured in the ending scene of the story, which is a great touch. Overall, I think Barbie Sleeping Beauty is still a fun little game that I could still see kids enjoying even whereas Barbie Rapunzel, while passable the first time through, just barely scrapes along based on the merit of having a few vaguely amusing side-characters (including a bird named Twitter). For what it's worth, I'd give Barbie Sleeping Beauty a 7/10, and Barbie Rapunzel 3/10.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Wow, so crazy they made such a list.

[@YumeDream39]

I was not expecting Groom and Glam Pups to be the second lowest. I really loved that game! Well, I was 10 so...

[@darlenekeplinger6334]

There was another movie tie in you missed. Barbie Rapunzel a creative adventure. Also Barbie fashion show the original would be higher on that list in my nostalgic mind I spent HOURS playing that as a child the soundtrack, the themes, the hairstyles and unlockables were everything

[@Som2106]

Barbie Riding Club was my personal rabbit whole for video games. Got it for my 9th birthday and I was completely soaked in. I loved it so much and even until today it still has a special place in my heart ♥️ ( I even wrote a letter back then to Mattel about how much I wanted a sequel :D )

[@stratuvarious8547]

Now that we've had a Barbie games list, how long do I have to wait for an Oppenheimer list?! (in my head canon, Oppenheimer is Dr. Light, so maybe Megaman)

[@Nbflowers1989]

Here we go!

[@blistlelo1700]

But I want an over 2 hours long video covering every single barbie video games! They must be almost 100 of them! At least I have something I could listen to when studying and drawing the whole day of one unfortunate tortured soul describing every single Barbie video game in the existence!

[@kelseypeterson5172]

I actually made a list some time ago of every barbie game ever made, (excluding mobile games) and there are 76 different titles, but since gameplay varies some depending on which version of the game you get, like how the ps2 version of 12 dancing princesses is slightly different from the ds version, I would say that it's probably a safe bet that there is over 100 different barbie games. I don't own them all or every version of each of them either, so I can't say for sure how many of them are different. I would love to be able to own and play them all one day, but some of them are quite expensive 😂😭🥴 Edit: I just came across another video where someone DID compile EVERY SINGLE barbie game EVER into one list, and they included the mobile games, flash games, and the specialized handheld games that were usually in cute shapes, like a compact or a heart, and only could play the game that was pre programmed to it. And they included the my scene games too. So their video is an hour and 13 minutes long and has 117 games on it. The channel is called Teal's tales if you want to find it. 😊

[@maddiewashburn915]

barbie mermaid adventure was my JAM

[@nizidafabie]

I used to have the barbie groovy games game for my gameboy as a kid and I can almost hear the soundtrack while watching your video

[@posinega]

I WAS GONNA BE SO MAD IF PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER WAS RANKED LOW LETS GOOO

[@L-kun]

"Fancy lighthouse" Sure, let's go with that.

[@lifeispuzzling]

Please do an 'every Indiana Jones video game ranked' soon.

[@Highretrogamelord]

Maybe next Friday we will see such a video. If not, I hope they will make one. (The Last Crusade, Fate of Atlantis and LEGO Indiana Jones need to be among the best ones and any of those for the best).

[@racheljackson4428]

@@Highretrogamelord how they include the criminally underrated game, The Emperor's Tomb.

[@TheTrekkie42]

God yes please

[@karolgakson7309]

WE NEEDED this

[@bwines16]

I do remember enjoying Vacation 2 and having to help my sisters with it.

[@mops515]

Just love how Ben has to remind the viewer that he's being sarcastic with his generalizations of girls - because there are insane @ssholes that will take his jokes seriously

[@LakinMae5]

Or don’t understand British sarcastic humor.

[@ThatAlienGamer936]

Gotta get my daughter one of those Barbo dolls.

[@orinanime]

43:48 - I really thought you were going to say "from secret agent to sea crustacean"

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

Something is seriously wrong with my life when I clicked on this video to find out if there were any Barbie games worth playing.

[@lionatheart42]

Horse adventure mystery ride is absolutely the best, I agree! My bestie and I played it in high school for a laugh and even tho we were older than the target audience, we had a blast! Definitely goofy and fun to make fun of, but a good time!

[@hannahlamagna]

So happy they put the 2013 barbie life in the dream house game it's my childhood show 25:20 so to me this game is 10/10 for my childhood and that still Raquelle of one of my favorites and lokey me and my friends should play this with the Wii we have

[@Funtasters]

Even though I'm a boy, at least when I was a kid I played 2 Barbie games on PS2, lol. 😂 What I play is Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses and Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue.

[@claireronan7404]

I remember LOVING Barbie groovy games !

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

LOL when I was a kid my older sister has gotten a few Barbie games (Detective Barbie was one I strongly remember) and not surprise as a kid that didn't get much games at the time, I pretty much was stuck playing the Barbie games on bored days.

[@KevinRegalado1117]

fascinating. also i love how the game listed for this vid is the Sims.

[@Corgipon]

I happen to have a DS copy of Groom and Glam Pups that I’ve had since I was about six. Despite all the grinding in the training section I actually enjoyed dressing up the dogs and showing them off. Ngl it kinda hurt to see it so low on the list lol

[@ChillyCherryx]

Don't you dare disrespect the princess and the pauper and the magic of the pegasus games ever again, those were the absolute top tier games I've spent countless hours of my childhood with

[@shinypinkachu]

Every Pokémon game would be amazing but a huge undertaking!

[@sorenstarlander]

Pumped at how many movie tie-in games were featured. I remember playing the Island Princess game on my friend's wii to death

[@fndlymr]

finally 🙏 here we go dolls time 👊 genuinely hype for the film

[@perfectfantasies]

Wild Horse Rescue only 20th ruined me.

[@SingKahKah]

Blue Ribbon Race has one of my fav OSTs ever, probably goated tbh. It's like ambient aphex twin

[@UndeadPanda]

Detective barbie carnival scared me as a kid I played over and over but man was I scared