The best Xbox games
The top 3 according to 241 votes from people: Halo: Combat Evolved · Ninja Gaiden Black · Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. (Updated May 24, 2024.)
The 25 Xbox games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.
Top 20
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1
Halo: Combat Evolved
Released November 2001. Metascore: 97.
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Ninja Gaiden Black
Released September 2005. Metascore: 94.
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3
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Released November 2002. Metascore: 93.
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4
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Released July 2003. Metascore: 94.
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5
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Released March 2004. Metascore: 93.
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6
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Released June 2005. Metascore: 93.
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Released March 2005. Metascore: 94.
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8
Halo 2
Released November 2004. Metascore: 95.
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9
SoulCalibur II
Released August 2003. Metascore: 92.
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10
Project Gotham Racing 2
Released November 2003. Metascore: 90.
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11
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Released March 2002. Metascore: 93.
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12
Forza Motorsport (2005)
Released May 2005. Metascore: 92.
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13
SSX 3
Released October 2003. Metascore: 92.
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14
NCAA Football 2003
Released July 2002. Metascore: 90.
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15
ESPN NFL Football
Released September 2003. Metascore: 91.
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16
Madden NFL 2003
Released August 2002. Metascore: 92.
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17
Madden NFL 2004
Released August 2003. Metascore: 92.
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18
Madden NFL 2005
Released August 2004. Metascore: 91.
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19
Ninja Gaiden (2004)
Released March 2004. Metascore: 91.
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20
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Released November 2003. Metascore: 92.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 20… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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21
Half-Life 2
Released November 2005. Metascore: 90.
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22
Burnout 3: Takedown
Released September 2004. Metascore: 94.
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23
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Released October 2002. Metascore: 90.
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24
Fable
Lionhead Studios' 2004 action RPG where your choices shaped your hero's looks and reputation in Albion.
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25
ESPN NFL 2K5
Released July 2004. Metascore: 92.
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Panzer Dragoon Orta
Released January 2003. Metascore: 90.
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Comments (1)
Where's Fable? That game was all anyone talked about in 2004.