Best games
Best games of 2005
The 73 best games released in 2005, ranked from 4,492 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 2005.
- 23 games are listed on this page, carrying 4,492 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Quake 4
74
/100
52
Serious Sam 2
74
/100
53
Ultimate Spider-Man
74
/100
54
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
74
/100
55
Shadowgrounds
74
/100
56
SpellForce - Platinum Edition
74
/100
57
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
74
/100
58
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
74
/100
59
Condemned: Criminal Origins
74
/100
60
Madagascar
73
/100
61
Gun
73
/100
62
Total Overdose
72
/100
63
Ultratron
70
/100
64
Destroy All Humans!
70
/100
65
FIFA Soccer 06
70
/100
66
The Punisher
68
/100
67
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
67
/100
68
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
67
/100
69
Cold Fear
66
/100
70
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
65
/100
71
The Matrix: Path of Neo
64
/100
72
True Crime: New York City
60
/100
73
Shadow the Hedgehog
48
/100
Quake 4
74
/100
52
Serious Sam 2
74
/100
53
Ultimate Spider-Man
74
/100
54
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
74
/100
55
Shadowgrounds
74
/100
56
SpellForce - Platinum Edition
74
/100
57
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks
74
/100
58
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
74
/100
59
Condemned: Criminal Origins
74
/100
60
Madagascar
73
/100
61
Gun
73
/100
62
Total Overdose
72
/100
63
Ultratron
70
/100
64
Destroy All Humans!
70
/100
65
FIFA Soccer 06
70
/100
66
The Punisher
68
/100
67
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
67
/100
68
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
67
/100
69
Cold Fear
66
/100
70
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
65
/100
71
The Matrix: Path of Neo
64
/100
72
True Crime: New York City
60
/100
73
Shadow the Hedgehog
48
/100