Games Compilations The best games of 2015

The best games of 2015

A lot of famous games were released in 2015: among them are Mortal Kombat X, Pillars of Eternity, The Witcher 3, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and Life is Strange. However, these are not all the games that received high marks from gamers and publishers that year.

This list contains the best games, according to the majority of fans and game publishers, that were released in 2015, without reference to the genre, developer company or exact release date.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 18, 2015

VGTimes: 9.5/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — the final part of the trilogy of adventures of Geralt of Rivia. In 2022, all its owners received a free next-gen update to The Witcher...

Fallout 4

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

November 9, 2015

VGTimes: 7.5/10

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Continuation of the iconic series of role-playing games in a post-apocalyptic world. The game has completely revamped the leveling system, gameplay, changed the RPG...

Batman: Arkham Knight

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Comics

June 23, 2015

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Batman: Arkham Knight is a stealth action adventure game with a third-person view. Nine months have passed since the events in Arkham City. The Joker is dead and...

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain

Action, Shooter, Stealth, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 1, 2015

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain is a continuation of the third-person stealth action adventure in the Metal Gear Solid series. Nine years have passed since the...

Mad Max

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

March 3, 2015

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Mad Max is a dynamic action game with a third-person view and battles in post-apocalyptic cars. The game takes place in the Mad Max universe, where chaos and the...

Undertale

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Indie

September 15, 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Undertale is a role-playing game where you control a man who falls underground into a scary world of monsters. Some of the main features of the game are: the...

Rise of the Tomb Raider

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

November 10, 2015

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an action-adventure game with a third-person view that follows the new adventures of Lara Croft. The game takes place in Russia, in a...

StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void

Strategy, DLC, In real time

November 10, 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void is an addition to the real-time strategy StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty from the developers of Blizzard Entertainment. The addon...

Mortal Kombat X

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future)

April 13, 2015

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Mortal Kombat X is a popular side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the Mortal Kombat universe. The game takes place 25 years after 2011's Mortal Kombat. The...

Until Dawn 2015

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Interactive movie

August 25, 2015

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 78/100

Pillars of Eternity

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

March 26, 2015

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Pillars of Eternity is an isometric role-playing game with fantasy elements from developers Obsidian Entertainment. The main publisher of the game is Obsidian...

Bloodborne

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view

March 24, 2015

VGTimes: 9.1/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Bloodborne is a dark adventure role-playing action game with a third-person view from the creators of the Dark Souls series. The action takes place in a...

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Historical

October 23, 2015

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game takes place in 19th century London...

Need for Speed (2015)

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view

November 3, 2015

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Need for Speed (2015) is a reboot of the popular arcade racing series with a third-person view. The new part is built on five principles: speed (classic racing...

Life is Strange

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Game-season

January 30, 2015

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Life is Strange is an episodic adventure from developers Dontnod Entertainment. The game takes place in the fictional city of Arcadia Bay, Oregon, USA. The heroine...

Rocket League

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

July 7, 2015

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Rocket League is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action, racing and sports from the developers at Psyonix Games. The game is published by Psyonix Games...

SOMA

Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 21, 2015

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

Ori and the Blind Forest

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Logic, Indie

March 11, 2015

VGTimes: 8.8/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ori and the Blind Forest is an arcade game with adventure, platformer and indie elements from the masters of Moon Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Indie

March 10, 2015

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...

Helldivers

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

March 3, 2015

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Helldivers is a top-down arcade game with a dash of action and beat 'em up from the masters at Arrowhead Game Studios AB. The game is published by Sony Computer...

Party Hard

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Tactics

August 25, 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Magic: The Gathering Arena

Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game

September 26, 2019

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 66/100

Magic: The Gathering Arena is a fantasy collectible card multiplayer game with strategy elements and an isometric view, based on the popular CCG Magic: The...

Halo 5: Guardians

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

October 27, 2015

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Halo 5: Guardians is a sci-fi first-person shooter set in the Halo universe. The plot tells about the confrontation between two teams of Spartans — the Blue...

CRSED: F.O.A.D.

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Free game

December 3, 2019

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 6.4/10

CRSED: F.O.A.D. — a free-to-play first and third-person shooter in the "battle royale" genre. It was released in early access on Steam in 2018 as a standalone...

The Order: 1886

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Steampunk

February 20, 2015

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

The Order: 1886 — action game with a third person view. The game's plot is an "unusual mixture of history, fantasy, mythology and science fiction." According...

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

First-person view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Logic, Indie, Roguelike

October 8, 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes is a co-op VR puzzle game about defusing a bomb. One of the participants has an explosive device with a timer on the screen, but...

Her Story

Adventure, Indie, Mysticism / Supernatural, First-person view

June 23, 2015

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Her Story is a mystical indie adventure with a first-person view. In this game, you sit in front of a mothballed desktop computer that is registered in a police...

Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Game-season

December 2, 2014

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8/10

Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series is an episodic adventure from the developers at Telltale Games in the Game of Thrones universe. The game's action develops...

Forza Motorsport 6

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

September 15, 2015

VGTimes: 8.1/10

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Continuation of the racing series from Turn 10 Studios, which was released exclusively for XBox One. The game will offer you to try out more than 450 car models...

Destiny: The Taken King

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 15, 2015

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Destiny: The Taken King is a first-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action and shooter from developers from Bungie. The main publisher of the...

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