July 2005 - games, that were released this month

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

July 1, 2005 → PC

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

An expansion for Sacred, Sacred Underworld continues the story of the kingdom of Ancaria as a threat rises from its depths. After Shaddar's demise, the hero...

Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2005 → PlayStation 2

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This third-person platformer based on the animated series Animaniacs follows its characters as they search for and collect the stolen Edgars. Players use each...

Area-51

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

July 1, 2005 → PC

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Area-51 — The player travels through several sections of the facility, including a warehouse and tunnels. The player character is tasked with fellow Special...

Hotel Giant

Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Strategy

July 1, 2005 → PC

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A hotel-management simulation in which the player builds a hospitality business in a city around the world. Starting with a small establishment for business...

Terrorist Takedown: Payback

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

July 1, 2005 → PC

Players: 1/10

Terrorist Takedown: Payback — There are 10 adrenaline-pumping missions with 5 different weapon platforms, improved replayability with a new record system and...

Tetris Worlds

Strategy, Puzzle

July 1, 2005 → Game Boy Advance

Metacritic: 52/100

This puzzle game offers six variations on Tetris, including Hot-Line Tetris, Cascade Tetris and Fusion Tetris. Play takes place across six worlds, each of which...

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Action, Stealth, Third-person view

July 1, 2005 → Nintendo DS

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...

Cricket 2005

Third-person view, Sports game

July 1, 2005 → PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox

Cricket 2005 is a third-person sports game from the masters of HB Studios Multimedia Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Electronic Arts UK...

Lafuma Unlimit

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer

July 1, 2005 → PC

Lafuma Unlimit is an arcade game with action, shooter and platform elements from the F4 studio. The main publisher of the game is...

PegIt

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game

July 1, 2005 → PC, Mac

PegIt is a top-down strategy game with puzzle...

Professor Fizzwizzle

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

July 1, 2005 → PC, Mac, Linux

Players: 10/10

Professor Fizzwizzle is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from the Grubby Games studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Psychotoxic

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

July 1, 2005 → PC

Metacritic: 40/100

Set in New York City in 2022, this first-person shooter combines futuristic action with horror. Unaware of her role, Angie Prophet must save humanity from an...

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game

July 1, 2005 → PlayStation 2

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

This turn-based role-playing game is set in post-apocalyptic Tokyo, where a young man survives the Conception, a global catastrophe that annihilates nearly the...

Top Gear RPM Tuning

Racing, Third-person view

July 1, 2005 → PC

Metacritic: 45/100

Street racing and car customization are at the center of Top Gear RPM Tuning. Players choose a vehicle, adjust its spoilers, hood, color, and decals, then take it...

TUMIKI Fighters

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

July 1, 2005 → Mac

TUMIKI Fighters is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from the masters from the ABA Games...

Bomberman Hardball

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Logic, Mini-game / browser-based

July 1, 2005 → PlayStation 2

Bomberman Hardball is an arcade game with a mixture of action, puzzle and browser-based or mini-game from the studio Hudson Entertainment, Inc.. The game is...

Littlewitch Romanesque: Editio Regia

Simulation, Adult game, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Strategy

July 1, 2005 → PC

Steam: 78/100

This fantasy visual novel combines student-training simulation and strategy as the wizard Domino is tasked with preparing two pupils to become witches within three...

Total Challenge 5: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric

July 3, 2005 → PC

Total Challenge 5: Das Add-On zu Blitzkrieg is a strategy game with an isometric view from the developers from the studio INtex Publishing GmbH & Co. KG. The...

Urban Dead

Role-playing game, Horror, Top-down view

July 3, 2005 → Browser

Urban Dead is a top-down RPG with a twist of horror. The PC version of Urban Dead, unfortunately, has not yet been released, but we hope that the release will take...

Guilty Gear Isuka

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

July 4, 2005 → PlayStation 2

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...

BreakQuest

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Arkanoid, Puzzle

July 4, 2005 → Mac

Metacritic: 58/100

BreakQuest is an arcade game that builds on the BreakOut concept, adding new elements such as weapons. Players work through one hundred distinct scenes that combine...

Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack

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

July 5, 2005 → Xbox; July 7, 2005 → Xbox; July 8, 2005 → Xbox

Metacritic: 89/100

Halo 2: Multiplayer Map Pack — is a downloadable content pack for Halo 2. The downloadable content pack serves to give players access to several multiplayer...

6 Colors

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

July 5, 2005 → Windows Mobile

6 Colors is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers at Pyva.net studio. The game is published by...

ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern

Adventure, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Puzzle

July 5, 2005 → PC; July 11, 2005 → PC

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 71/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game is set in the Paleolithic era and follows Arok on a journey toward one of humanity’s forgotten wonders. As he explores...

Façade

Role-playing game, First-person view

July 5, 2005 → PC

Façade is a first-person role-playing game from Procedural Arts LLC. The game is published by Procedural Arts...

Hunchy 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval

July 5, 2005 → Atari 2600

Hunchy 2 is an arcade game with a mixture of action, platformer and fantasy game. There has still been no announcement of Hunchy 2 for...

Spellagories

Educational game (Education), First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

July 5, 2005 → PC

Spellagories is a first-person educational game with a fantasy twist from the developers of Mind Control Software, LLC, PlayFirst and Inc.. The main publisher of...

Earth 2160

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Space

July 6, 2005 → PC; July 8, 2005 → PC

Players: 7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Earth 2160 is an exciting sci-fi real-time strategy game. After the destruction of the Earth, the heads of the European dynasty were able to escape, and are now...

Coded Arms

Action, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

July 6, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 59/100

This futuristic first-person shooter takes place in an abandoned virtual reality system originally designed as a combat training simulator in case of an alien...

Bloodrayne

Action, Horror, Third-person view

July 7, 2005 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This third-person action horror game is set in the years between the World Wars. The dhampir BloodRayne serves as an agent of the Brimstone Society, a secret...

Killer7

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

July 7, 2005 → PlayStation 2, GameCube; July 12, 2005 → GameCube; July 15, 2005 → PlayStation 2, GameCube

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...

Fantastic 4

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

July 7, 2005 → PlayStation 2; July 13, 2005 → PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube; July 14, 2005 → PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube; July 15, 2005 → PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 61/100

This action game follows the story of the Fantastic Four film and extends the team’s adventures into new settings and familiar comic-book locations. Players control...

Gish

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Adventure

July 7, 2005 → PC, Mac, Linux

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure game with puzzle elements follows Gish, a ball of tar who ventures into the subterranean sewers of the forgotten city of Dross to rescue his...

Project: Snowblind

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

July 7, 2005 → PC

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...

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots

July 7, 2005 → PlayStation 2

Metacritic: 78/100

Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love — In 1928, Shinjiro Taiga travels from Tokyo to New York at the request of his uncle, Imperial Combat Revue commander Ichiro...

Glimmerati

Racing, Third-person view

July 7, 2005 → N-Gage; July 21, 2005 → N-Gage

Glimmerati is a racing game with a third-person view from the masters from the studio Bugbear Entertainment Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Nokia. But...

Tun Town 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based

July 7, 2005 → PC

Tun Town 2 is a role-playing game with a third-person view from the studio Softstar Entertainment Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Softstar Entertainment...

We Love Katamari

Action, Third-person view

July 7, 2005 → PlayStation 2

Metacritic: 86/100

This third-person action game follows the Prince and his celestial cousins as they roll katamaris across Earth to fulfil requests from the King of All Cosmos’s...

God of War (2005)

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

July 8, 2005 → PlayStation 2

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...

Imperial Glory

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Historical

July 8, 2005 → PC

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This strategy game follows the struggle between European empires during the Enlightenment, as war for dominance across the continent becomes inevitable. The player...