Action 2005 for PlayStation 2 — top best games in the Action genre

Shadow of the Colossus - a game in the Action genre

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 February 2006

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Shadow of the Colossus — action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. You take on the role of a hero named Wander, who must go through...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Zombies

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 4 November 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

God of War (2005)

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Slasher, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 November 2005

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 94/100

God of War (2005) is a brutal slasher adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy universe. The game takes place in Ancient Greece and is based on Greek...

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 October 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view. The story of the game takes place several years after the...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

Game released: PlayStation 2 → март 2007

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 March 2005

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a stealth action adventure game with first and third person views. The player-controlled Snake must sneak through enemy territory...

Fahrenheit

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 January 2006

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Fahrenheit is an interactive thriller set in New York City in January 2009, where ordinary people begin killing strangers in public according to the same ritual...

ObsCure

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 6 April 2005

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

FlatOut (2004)

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game, Online

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 13 October 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 71/100

FlatOut is a dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view, the distinctive feature of which is the almost complete destructibility of objects (or interaction...

Sniper Elite

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → март 2007

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical shooter set amid the covert battles of the closing days of World War II, it follows an American OSS sniper operating undercover in war-torn Berlin. He...

Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie (2005)

Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 21 November 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 76/100

This action game based on the Universal Pictures film takes place in a world crawling with predators, where survival as Jack is interwoven with the legend of Kong...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 16 June 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow — the gameplay is not much different from the 1st part of the series. The game's graphics have been slightly...

Medal of Honor: European Assault

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 31 August 2006

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A first-person shooter about secret missions in World War II Europe. Players take the role of Lieutenant William Holt, selected by William “Wild Bill” Donovan to...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 3 February 2006

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Ultimate Spider-Man

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 24 August 2006

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Ultimate Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular comic book of the same name. In the game you will try on the role of a...

Cold Fear

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 March 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Knights of the Temple 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 February 2006

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 53/100

Knights of the Temple 2 — In the prologue, the main character Paul De Ruck is in the ancient monastery of Birke, and discusses the consequences of cruelty...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 May 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → октябрь 2008

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This sci-fi action shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the rise of Darth Vader’s 501st Legion of Stormtroopers. Its single-player campaign takes the...

True Crime: New York City

Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → январь 2007

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 58/100

True Crime: New York City is an action game with a third-person view. Marcus Reed is an ordinary gang member who inherits his imprisoned father's criminal empire in...

Flashback (1992)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 23 January 2005

Flashback is an arcade action game with platformer elements in a futuristic style. 2142 After escaping from a spaceship and suffering complete amnesia, young...

Pro Pinball: Trilogy

Action, First-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Pinball

Game released: PlayStation 2 → июль 2005

Pro Pinball: Trilogy is a first-person action game with a dash of pinball simulator from Cunning Developments. The game's primary publisher is Empire Interactive...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 November 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A stealth-action game starring Sam Fisher, an elite operative of Third Echelon, who investigates a conspiracy and tries to prevent World War III. Missions take...

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 9 September 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

This third-person action game based on the Marvel comics follows the Hulk and his destructive power. Players explore a free-roaming, interactive world, leaping...

Killer7

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 5 August 2005

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Killer7 is a dynamic first-person shooter. The game tells the story of a 60-year-old killer and schizophrenic named Harman Smith. Smith has the power of the "God...

Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Online, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 27 June 2005

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This science-fiction action shooter is set in the Star Wars universe and features battles from Episodes I through VI. Players choose from several soldier types and...

Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Online

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 July 2005

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 65/100

A first-person tactical shooter set during U.S. military operations in Mogadishu in late 1993. Delta Force operatives and Army Rangers are sent to capture Somali...

Gun

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Fighting, Third-person view, Casino, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 November 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Gun is a third-person action-adventure game set in the open world of the Wild West. Fate took away everything Colton White held dear. Since then, White has trusted...

The Bard's Tale

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 30 March 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The Bard's Tale is a fun role-playing adventure with an isometric camera view in the fantasy universe of The Bard's Tale. In the game you will try on the role of an...

The Punisher

Action, Shooter

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 17 January 2005

Players: 8.1/10

The game is replete with scenes of cruelty and obscene language. The interrogation scenes are especially brutal. Having caught a bandit, the Punisher can...

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 April 2005

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This tactical shooter about World War II follows the Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day. The player takes the role of Sergeant Matt Baker, a U.S. paratrooper...

Red Dead Revolver

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 26 May 2005

Players: 5.9/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Red Dead Revolver — the plot of the story begins in the 1870s. Nate Harlow and his partner "Griff" discover a large deposit of gold in an area called "Bear...

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 28 October 2005

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 75/100

This action-horror game unfolds in the streets and prisons of Baltimore, where Torque seeks revenge against Blackmore, a mysterious mastermind connected to the...

Haunting Ground

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 10 May 2005

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Haunting Ground — Throughout the game, Fiona will be accompanied by her dog Huey. The player controls Fiona and can give commands to Huey, who can help the...

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 29 April 2005

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a continuation of the third-person shooter in the universe of the cybernetic anime Ghost in the Shell. In the role of the...

007: From Russia with Love

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 March 2006

Players: 5.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

007: From Russia with Love is a third-person shooter in which the player takes on the role of James Bond. The game consists of 14 main levels, but includes four...

Yakuza

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 15 September 2006

Metacritic: 75/100

This crime action game with role-playing elements follows Kazuma Kiryu, a former rising star in the yakuza who is trying to rebuild his life after serving ten years...

Punisher (2005)

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 7 April 2005

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

An action game based on Marvel comics, following Frank Castle as he becomes the Punisher and wages a personal war on crime. His targets are the city’s powerful...

Project: Snowblind

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

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 11 March 2005

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Set in futuristic Hong Kong in 2065, this first-person shooter follows Nathan Frost, a second lieutenant fighting a regime that threatens the civilized world. After...

Guilty Gear Isuka

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 2 → 2 November 2004

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This futuristic fighting game in the Guilty Gear XX series follows the emergence of Leopaldon, a new Gear threatening the world. Battles can be fought alone or in...

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Best Games in the Action genre of 2005 for PlayStation 2