diff --git a/install/games/darkmod.game b/install/games/darkmod.game
index 71bf5bc12e..e8768a641f 100644
--- a/install/games/darkmod.game
+++ b/install/games/darkmod.game
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
   type="doom3"
-  index="99"
+  index="10"
   name="The Dark Mod 2.0 (Standalone)"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/darkmod/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/darkmod/"
diff --git a/install/games/doom3-demo.game b/install/games/doom3-demo.game
index d3fb337818..a8578bdae1 100644
--- a/install/games/doom3-demo.game
+++ b/install/games/doom3-demo.game
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
-  index="99"
+  index="16"
   name="Doom 3 Demo"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/doom3/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/doom3-demo/"
diff --git a/install/games/doom3.game b/install/games/doom3.game
index 3a51e6f225..7239448551 100644
--- a/install/games/doom3.game
+++ b/install/games/doom3.game
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
   type="doom3"
-  index="99"
+  index="15"
   name="Doom 3"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/doom3/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/doom3/"
diff --git a/install/games/quake3.game b/install/games/quake3.game
index 232dc74269..65fac42248 100644
--- a/install/games/quake3.game
+++ b/install/games/quake3.game
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
   type="quake3"
-  index="99"
+  index="20"
   name="Quake 3"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/quake3/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/quake3/"
diff --git a/install/games/quake4.game b/install/games/quake4.game
index e17b2613b7..f4a4b9f04b 100644
--- a/install/games/quake4.game
+++ b/install/games/quake4.game
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
   type="quake4"
-  index="99"
+  index="25"
   name="Quake 4"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/quake4/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/quake4/"
diff --git a/install/games/xreal.game b/install/games/xreal.game
index 3086ed536e..40e95af215 100644
--- a/install/games/xreal.game
+++ b/install/games/xreal.game
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <game
   type="doom3"
-  index="99"
+  index="30"
   name="XreaL"
   enginepath_win32="C:/games/XreaL/"
   enginepath_linux="/usr/local/games/xreal/"
diff --git a/install/user.xml b/install/user.xml
index 775968fc87..2028fe66f8 100644
--- a/install/user.xml
+++ b/install/user.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<debug value="0" />
 	<game>
 		<type value="" />
-		<fs_game value="darkmod" />
+		<fs_game value="" />
 	</game>
   <ui>
     <commandsystem>
diff --git a/radiant/settings/GameManager.cpp b/radiant/settings/GameManager.cpp
index 505903243a..114a84703b 100644
--- a/radiant/settings/GameManager.cpp
+++ b/radiant/settings/GameManager.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "os/dir.h"
 #include "os/path.h"
 #include "os/fs.h"
+#include "string/convert.h"
 
 #include "GameFileLoader.h"
 #include "wxutil/dialog/MessageBox.h"
@@ -97,10 +98,12 @@ void Manager::constructPreferences()
 	IPreferencePage& page = GetPreferenceSystem().getPage(_("Game"));
 
 	ComboBoxValueList gameList;
-	for (GameMap::iterator i = _games.begin(); i != _games.end(); ++i)
+
+	for (const GamePtr& game : _sortedGames)
 	{
-		gameList.push_back(i->second->getKeyValue("name"));
+		gameList.push_back(game->getKeyValue("name"));
 	}
+
 	page.appendCombo(_("Select a Game:"), RKEY_GAME_TYPE, gameList, true);
 	page.appendPathEntry(_("Engine Path"), RKEY_ENGINE_PATH, true);
 	page.appendEntry(_("Mod (fs_game)"), RKEY_FS_GAME);
@@ -111,20 +114,21 @@ void Manager::initialise(const std::string& appPath)
 {
 	// Scan the <applicationpath>/games folder for .game files
 	loadGameFiles(appPath);
-   if (_games.empty())
-   {
-      // No game types available, bail out, the program would crash anyway on
-      // module load
-      wxutil::Messagebox::ShowFatalError(
-		  _("GameManager: No valid game files found, can't continue."), NULL
-      );
-   }
+
+	if (_games.empty())
+	{
+		// No game types available, bail out, the program would crash anyway on
+		// module load
+		wxutil::Messagebox::ShowFatalError(
+			_("GameManager: No valid game files found, can't continue."), NULL
+		);
+	}
 
 	// Add the settings widgets to the Preference Dialog, we might need it
 	constructPreferences();
 
 	// Find the user's selected game from the XML registry, and attempt to find
-   // it in the set of available games.
+	// it in the set of available games.
 	std::string gameType = GlobalRegistry().get(RKEY_GAME_TYPE);
 	GameMap::iterator i = _games.find(gameType);
 
@@ -132,7 +136,16 @@ void Manager::initialise(const std::string& appPath)
    {
 		// We have at least one game type available, select the first
 		// Store the name of the only game into the Registry
-		GlobalRegistry().set(RKEY_GAME_TYPE, _games.begin()->first);
+		rMessage() << "No game selected, will choose the highest ranked one." << std::endl;
+
+		if (_sortedGames.empty())
+		{
+			wxutil::Messagebox::ShowFatalError(
+				"GameManager: Sorted game list is empty, can't continue.", nullptr
+			);
+		}
+
+		GlobalRegistry().set(RKEY_GAME_TYPE, _sortedGames.front()->getName());
 	}
 
 	// Load the value from the registry, there should be one selected at this point
@@ -547,11 +560,29 @@ void Manager::loadGameFiles(const std::string& appPath)
         os::foreachItemInDirectory(gamePath, gameFileLoader);
 
         rMessage() << "GameManager: Found game definitions: " << std::endl;
-        for (GameMap::iterator i = _games.begin(); i != _games.end(); ++i)
+
+        for (GameMap::value_type& pair : _games)
         {
-            rMessage() << "  " << i->first << std::endl;
+            rMessage() << "  " << pair.first << std::endl;
         }
 
+		// Populate the sorted games list
+		_sortedGames.clear();
+		
+		// Sort the games by their index
+		std::multimap<int, GamePtr> sortedGameMap;
+
+		for (const GameMap::value_type& pair : _games)
+		{
+			int index = string::convert<int>(pair.second->getKeyValue("index"), 9999);
+			sortedGameMap.insert(std::make_pair(index, pair.second));
+		}
+
+		for (const auto& pair : sortedGameMap)
+		{
+			_sortedGames.push_back(pair.second);
+		}
+
         rMessage() << std::endl;
     }
     catch (os::DirectoryNotFoundException&)
diff --git a/radiant/settings/GameManager.h b/radiant/settings/GameManager.h
index cdfc83a66b..0fd12bf86f 100644
--- a/radiant/settings/GameManager.h
+++ b/radiant/settings/GameManager.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#ifndef GAMEMANAGER_H_
-#define GAMEMANAGER_H_
+#pragma once
 
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
@@ -21,10 +20,15 @@ class Manager : public IGameManager
 	// The map containing the named Game objects
 	typedef std::map<std::string, GamePtr> GameMap;
 
+	// A map sorted by game index, for display order and priority
+	typedef std::vector<GamePtr> SortedGames;
+
 private:
 
    // Map of named games
 	GameMap _games;
+	// Map of indexed games
+	SortedGames _sortedGames;
 
     // The name of the current game, e.g. "Doom 3"
 	std::string _currentGameName;
@@ -146,5 +150,3 @@ class Manager : public IGameManager
 };
 
 } // namespace game
-
-#endif /*GAMEMANAGER_H_*/