Twenty years ago, ModDB was founded as a way to revolutionise access to user generated content. Year on year, ModDB has persisted, providing a platform for the most incredible work from the most talented creators. Now, in 2022, we're celebrating those twenty years with a vote on the top mods of all time onsite!
Joining together winners voted by the community over Mod of the Year from 2002 to 2021, we're giving you the opportunity to decide your favourite mods in five categories core to the site's repertoire - Best Total Conversion, Best In-Universe, Best Multiplayer, Best Modern, and Best Classic.
Show your support and start hitting those vote buttons for your favorite mods of the past!
Classy Classics
The oldies, the goodies, the nostalgia trips
All of the mods listed below have featured in at least one Mod of the Year Awards run by ModDB in the last 20 years. We've picked the top 100, and broken them up into 5 categories starting with the classics, iconic mods released between 2002 to 2011. Read on for more details about the classics.
Total Conversion Titans
Genre defining mods, the mega projects
ModDB was born in the era of total conversion mods, before indie developers had access to engines like Unity and Unreal and the only way to ship a game was to mod a titan. Read on for more details about the top total conversions.
![[ Generals Evolution ] Beta 0.3 - USA AirForce](https://media.moddb.com/images/mods/1/22/21235/us_airf.png)
In-Universe Excellence
Expanding the universe & base game vision
Adding, altering, perfecting or perhaps just recreating the game in HD or taking it back to the beta vision, modders can always be counted to reshape games in amazing ways. Read on for more details about the best universe reimaginings.
Multiplayer Mayhem
Competitive mods you cannot stop playing
The most influential multiplayer games and genres of all time spawned from the minds of modders and drew out the competitive beast in everyone. Read on for more details about the most competitive multiplayer experiences.
Modern Masterpieces
A new era of mods from the last decade
The activity and influence of the modding community continues to grow 20 years on since ModDB was founded, and gives us players so much to explore and enjoy. Read on for more details about the mods made from 2012 to 2022.
Future
Which mods will define the next 20 years?
Whilst there may only be 100 mods featured here today, over 26,000 have released on ModDB in the last 20 years that also deserve our praise. We've enjoyed many, the creativity of the community and ways modders bend games to their will is incredible - so thanks for all the laughs, experiences and making our favorite games even funner to play. Here's us tipping our hat to seeing what the next 20 years delivers.
After more history? Check out our feature piece about the mods that won the Mod of the Year from 2002 to 2021. If you are after the award logos and designs from the last 20 years, we've got that too.