10 Best Video Game Minigames Ever

Sometimes with a minigame, the reason why it is so good is how seamlessly it fits into its particular title. That is most certainly the case with the poker and blackjack minigames present in Red Dead Redemption at least. Classic tabletops are totally fitting for a game set in the dry wilderness of the gun-slinging Wild West, and the likes of poker and blackjack are two of the most universally recognisable of these.

The most common way of finding these minigames in either Red Dead, Red Dead 2 or Red Dead Online is by entering saloons, though there are tables set up all around the map that players can jump on. There's just something so undeniably fitting about strutting into a tavern as John Marston with the intention of cleaning up, and not only does the game let players actually play two of the best card games ever conjured up, but there's a real opportunity for players to make some serious dough once they begin to work out some of the best strategies for either one of them.

There are ways of getting ahead of the competition too, with the Elegant suit in the original game allowing for players to cheat at poker and ensure the winnings come without the risks they would normally be riding.

And it's these reasons that are the driving force behind these particular versions of the classic tabletops making it into this list. There's no better setting than the bars and settlements of the Wild West, with the competitors and dialogue being thrown about fitting in flawlessly and the game's faithful recreation. Attention to the little details and rewards for those players who can get ahead of their competition all marry together for an experience that is well worth revisiting in any of these titles.