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The best video games of 2005

The top 3 according to 15 votes from people: Resident Evil 4 · God of War · Sid Meier's Civilization IV. (Updated Feb 5, 2024.)

The 25 best-reviewed games released in 2005 according to Metacritic's critic scores (all platforms). No DLC, expansions or compilations.

takumikyoto · · 25 items · 15 votes · 7 comments

Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original

Top 20

  1. 1

    Resident Evil 4

    Released January 2005. Metascore: 96.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  2. 2

    God of War

    Released March 2005. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  3. 3

    Sid Meier's Civilization IV

    Released October 2005. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  4. 4

    Guitar Hero

    Released November 2005. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  5. 5

    Battlefield 2

    Released June 2005. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  6. 6

    Silent Hunter III

    Released March 2005. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  7. 7

    Burnout Revenge

    Released September 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Jade Empire

    Released April 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

    Released January 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Guild Wars

    Released April 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Wipeout Pure

    Released March 2005. Metascore: 88.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Ninja Gaiden Black

    Released September 2005. Metascore: 94.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  13. 13

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

    Released March 2005. Metascore: 94.

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    0
  14. 14

    Forza Motorsport

    Released May 2005. Metascore: 92.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  15. 15

    World Soccer Winning Eleven 8 International

    Released February 2005. Metascore: 91.

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    0
  16. 16

    Mario Kart DS

    Released November 2005. Metascore: 91.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  17. 17

    Falcon 4.0: Allied Force

    Released June 2005. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  18. 18

    Call of Duty 2

    Released November 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    NBA Street V3

    Released February 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    Gran Turismo 4

    Released February 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0

Candidates

They don't make it into the top 20… yet. Vote for them to move them up.

  1. 21

    Lumines

    Released March 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  2. 22

    Advance Wars: Dual Strike

    Released August 2005. Metascore: 90.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  3. 23

    Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

    Released November 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  4. 24

    Football Manager Handheld

    Released December 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  5. 25

    Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

    Released October 2005. Metascore: 89.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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Comments (7)

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Tanaka Y. · 日本語

ワンダと巨像も2005年なのに入ってない…

ai_gadget · 日本語

ゴッド・オブ・ウォーの1作目もこの年。

Naoki Ishikawa · 日本語

マリオカートDSはWi-Fi対戦で遊びまくった。

osamu_travel · 日本語

バイオハザード4が1位、名作中の名作。

Daisuke Inoue · 日本語

Guitar Heroが始まった年でもありますね🎸

Sakura Ikeda · 日本語

Ninja Gaiden Blackは難しすぎた😂

田中 葵 · 日本語

シヴィライゼーションIVは今でも遊べる。

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