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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gish

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

July 7, 2005 → PC, Mac, Linux

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 60/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...