# The best Xbox games

The 25 Xbox games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.

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## Top 20

1. **Halo: Combat Evolved** (23 · ▲25 ▼2) — Released November 2001. Metascore: 97.
2. **Ninja Gaiden Black** (18 · ▲18 ▼0) — Released September 2005. Metascore: 94.
3. **Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Released November 2002. Metascore: 93.
4. **Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Released July 2003. Metascore: 94.
5. **Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Released March 2004. Metascore: 93.
6. **Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Released June 2005. Metascore: 93.
7. **Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Released March 2005. Metascore: 94.
8. **Halo 2** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Released November 2004. Metascore: 95.
9. **SoulCalibur II** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Released August 2003. Metascore: 92.
10. **Project Gotham Racing 2** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Released November 2003. Metascore: 90.
11. **Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Released March 2002. Metascore: 93.
12. **Forza Motorsport (2005)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Released May 2005. Metascore: 92.
13. **SSX 3** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — Released October 2003. Metascore: 92.
14. **NCAA Football 2003** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Released July 2002. Metascore: 90.
15. **ESPN NFL Football** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Released September 2003. Metascore: 91.
16. **Madden NFL 2003** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Released August 2002. Metascore: 92.
17. **Madden NFL 2004** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Released August 2003. Metascore: 92.
18. **Madden NFL 2005** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Released August 2004. Metascore: 91.
19. **Ninja Gaiden (2004)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Released March 2004. Metascore: 91.
20. **Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Released November 2003. Metascore: 92.
21. **Half-Life 2** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Released November 2005. Metascore: 90.
22. **Burnout 3: Takedown** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Released September 2004. Metascore: 94.
23. **Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Released October 2002. Metascore: 90.
24. **Fable** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Lionhead Studios' 2004 action RPG where your choices shaped your hero's looks and reputation in Albion.
25. **ESPN NFL 2K5** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Released July 2004. Metascore: 92.
26. **Panzer Dragoon Orta** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — Released January 2003. Metascore: 90.

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