Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,400 most recommended games across 913 critic lists from 142 publications.
Updated: March 25, 2026
Most Acclaimed Video Games of 2005
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#1 Resident Evil 4 (2005) (#7)
Capcom Production Studio 4
|
PS2
,
GC,
Wii
|
Horror /
Third-Person Shooter
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~16h
|
94 lists
#2 Shadow of the Colossus (2005) (#13)
Team Ico
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PS2
|
Action-Adventure
|
~10h
|
78 lists
#3 Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005) (#104)
Firaxis Games
|
MAC,
WIN
|
Turn-Based Strategy /
4X Strategy
|
~13h
|
32 lists
#4 God of War (2005) (#119)
SCE Santa Monica Studio
|
PS2
|
Hack and Slash /
Action-Adventure
|
~9h
|
33 lists
#5 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (2005) (#223)
Capcom Production Studio 1
|
PS2
|
Hack and Slash /
Action-Adventure
|
~12h
|
23 lists
#6 Guitar Hero (2005) (#228)
Harmonix Music Systems
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PS2
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Music
|
~5h
|
23 lists
#7 Battlefield 2 (2005) (#229)
Digital Illusions CE
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WIN
|
First-Person Shooter
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~8h
|
15 lists
#8 Psychonauts (2005) (#233)
Double Fine Productions
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WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure /
Platform
|
~12h
|
21 lists
#9 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (2005) (#239)
Ubisoft Montreal
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WIN
,
PS2
,
GC
,
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure /
Stealth
|
~13h
|
19 lists
#10 Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (#292)
Square Enix Business Division 3, Square Enix Product Development Division 1
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PS2
|
Hack and Slash /
Action RPG
|
~32h
|
17 lists
#11 Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved (2005) (#324)
Activision
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X360
|
Shooter
|
~4h
|
10 lists
#12 Call of Duty 2 (2005) (#325)
Infinity Ward
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WIN
,
X360
|
First-Person Shooter
|
~8h
|
14 lists
#13 Killer7 (2005) (#455)
Engine Software, Grasshopper Manufacture
|
PS2
,
GC
|
Action-Adventure /
First-Person Shooter
|
~14h
|
10 lists
#14 F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon (2005) (#547)
Monolith Productions
|
WIN
,
X360
,
PS3
|
Horror /
First-Person Shooter
|
~8h
|
7 lists
#15 Mario Kart DS (2005) (#581)
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.1
|
DS
|
Kart Racing
|
~5h
|
7 lists
#16 Pro Evolution Soccer 5 / World Soccer: Winning Eleven 9 (2005) (#623)
Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
|
WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Football (Association) /
Sports
|
~14h
|
6 lists
#17 Jade Empire (2005) (#662)
BioWare
|
Xbox
|
Action RPG
|
~18h
|
7 lists
#18 Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005) (#675)
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
|
DS
|
Life Simulation
|
~68h
|
8 lists
#19 Burnout Revenge (2005) (#739)
Criterion Games
|
PS2
,
Xbox,
X360
|
Racing
|
~16h
|
5 lists
#20 Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005) (#761)
Intelligent Systems
|
DS
|
Turn-Based Strategy
|
~24h
|
4 lists
#21 Meteos (2005) (#850)
Q Entertainment
|
DS
|
Puzzle
|
~5h
|
4 lists
#22 SWAT 4 (2005) (#873)
Irrational Games
|
WIN
|
Tactical Shooter
|
~9h
|
3 lists
#23 Project Gotham Racing 3 (2005) (#875)
Bizarre Creations
|
X360
|
Racing
|
~8h
|
4 lists
#24 Guild Wars / Guild Wars Prophecies (2005) (#909)
ArenaNet
|
WIN
|
Massively Multiplayer /
Action RPG
|
~75h
|
5 lists
#25 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (2005) (#944)
Oddworld Inhabitants
|
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure /
Third-Person Shooter
|
~10h
|
4 lists
#26 Dead or Alive 4 (2005) (#960)
Team NINJA
|
X360
|
Fighting
|
~4h
|
4 lists
#27 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005) (#988)
Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
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GC
|
Tactical RPG
|
~33h
|
3 lists
#28 Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) (#998)
EA Black Box, EA Redwood Shores
|
WIN
,
X360
|
Racing
|
~20h
|
4 lists
#29 We Love Katamari (2005) (#1004)
Keita Takahashi, NOW Production
|
PS2
|
Action /
Puzzle
|
~7h
|
3 lists
#30 Indigo Prophecy / Fahrenheit (2005) (#1044)
Quantic Dream
|
WIN
,
PS2
,
Xbox
|
Action-Adventure
|
~8h
|
4 lists
#31 Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan (2005) (#1049)
iNiS
|
DS
|
Music
|
~4h
|
2 lists
#32 The Movies (2005) (#1086)
Lionhead Studios
|
WIN
|
Simulation
|
~30h
|
3 lists
#33 Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (2005) (#1250)
Konami
|
DS
|
Action RPG /
Metroidvania
|
~10h
|
4 lists
#34 Darwinia (2005) (#1265)
Introversion Software
|
3
|
Real-Time Strategy /
Real-Time Tactics
|
~10h
|
2 lists
#35 X3: Reunion (2005) (#1310)
Egosoft
|
WIN
|
Space Simulation
|
~25h
|
2 lists
#36 Silent Hunter III (2005) (#1341)
Ubisoft Bucharest
|
WIN
|
Vehicle Simulation
|
~20h
|
2 lists
#37 Kirby: Canvas Curse (2005) (#1348)
HAL Laboratory
|
DS
|
Platform
|
~4h
|
2 lists
#38 Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) (#1362)
Pandemic Studios, Savage Entertainment
|
WIN
,
PS2,
PSP
,
Xbox
|
Action /
First-Person Shooter /
Third-Person Shooter
|
~8h
|
3 lists
#39 Brain Age / Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (2005) (#1366)
Nintendo SPD Production Group No. 2
|
DS
|
Educational /
Puzzle
|
~2h
|
3 lists
#40 Ys: The Oath in Felghana (2005) (#1396)
Nihon Falcom, ScriptArts
|
WIN
,
PSP
|
Action RPG
|
~11h
|
2 lists
#1
#7
Resident Evil 4
2005
#2
#13
#3
#104
#4
#119
God of War
2005
#5
#223
#6
#228
Guitar Hero
2005
#7
#229
Battlefield 2
2005
#8
#233
Psychonauts
2005
#9
#239
#10
#292
Kingdom Hearts II
2005
#11
#324
#12
#325
Call of Duty 2
2005
#13
#455
Killer7
2005
#14
#547
#15
#581
Mario Kart DS
2005
#16
#623
#17
#662
Jade Empire
2005
#18
#675
#19
#739
Burnout Revenge
2005
#20
#761
#21
#850
Meteos
2005
#22
#873
SWAT 4
2005
#23
#875
#24
#909
#25
#944
#26
#960
Dead or Alive 4
2005
#27
#988
#28
#998
#29
#1004
We Love Katamari
2005
#30
#1044
#31
#1049
#32
#1086
The Movies
2005
#33
#1250
#34
#1265
Darwinia
2005
#35
#1310
X3: Reunion
2005
#36
#1341
Silent Hunter III
2005
#37
#1348
Kirby: Canvas Curse
2005
#38
#1362
#39
#1366
#40
#1396
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