May 2006 - games, that were released this month

Half-Life Deathmatch: Source - release date

May 1, 2006 → PC, Linux

Steam: 75/100

A multiplayer shooter set in the Half-Life universe, recreating the series’ first game for online matches. Half-Life Deathmatch: Source features the original’s...

7th Swarming of the Machines

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

May 1, 2006 → PC, Linux

7th Swarming of the Machines is a third-person action game with a dash of...

Blazing Wings

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 1, 2006 → PC

Blazing Wings is a top-down action game with a mixture of shooter and fantasy...

Eco - Battle with Detritus

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education)

May 1, 2006 → PC

Eco — Battle with Detritus is a simulator with elements of a business simulator and an educational game from developers from the F4 studio. The main publisher...

Fighter Pilot Evolved

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

May 1, 2006 → ExEn

Fighter Pilot Evolved is a third-person action game with shooter elements from the masters from the In-Fusio studio. The game is published by In-Fusio. Fighter...

Vertrix2

Action, Strategy, Puzzle

May 1, 2006 → PC

Vertrix2 is an action game with strategy and puzzle elements from developers from The Clusters studio. The game is published by The...

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Tactics

May 2, 2006 → PC; May 5, 2006 → PC; May 12, 2006 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge is a unique tactical strategy with action elements and a third-person view in the Desperados series of games. Sun-drenched prairies...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 3 Dimensions of Murder

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

May 2, 2006 → PC

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This first-person adventure game with puzzles follows criminal investigations in Las Vegas. The player works alongside Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and other...

Samorost 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Casual game, Exploration

May 2, 2006 → PC, Mac

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Samorost 2 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers Samorost, Machinarium and Botanicula. A surreal story awaits you about the space...

Seed

Role-playing game, Adventure, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

May 2, 2006 → PC

Seed is a multiplayer role-playing game with a third-person perspective set in a science fiction environment. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Gallop Racer 2006

Simulation, Third-person view, Sports game

May 2, 2006 → PlayStation 2

Metacritic: 69/100

This horse-racing sports simulator is set in Gallop Racing Square, a theme park with five attractions. In Title Collection, the player chooses either a real-life...

Vivid Conceptions

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

May 2, 2006 → PC

Vivid Conceptions is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from the masters at Vertigo Games. The game is published by Vertigo...

Dr. Sudoku

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Puzzle, Sandbox

May 3, 2006 → Game Boy Advance

Metacritic: 68/100

This Sudoku puzzle game challenges players to fill a grid of nine 3×3 squares with numbers from 1 to 9, without repeating a number in any row, column, or square. It...

Paradise (2006)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 3, 2006 → PC

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Paradise (2006) - an exciting point and click adventure with lots of puzzles from the creators of the Syberia series. The events of the game will take you to the...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006)

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

May 3, 2006 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (2006) — 2013, the Ghost Squad is involved in a special operation to capture several Mexican military personnel...

Top Gun (2006)

May 3, 2006 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 48/100

Top Gun is an aviation game with simulation and arcade modes, dogfights, and attacks on ground targets. Players pilot a range of aircraft in air-to-air...

Guild Wars: Factions

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

May 3, 2006 → PC; May 18, 2006 → PC

Metacritic: 84/100

Guild Wars: Factions is a fantasy role-playing campaign for Guild Wars that can be played on its own or alongside the main game. It adds new regions across a...

Mystic Inn

Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

May 3, 2006 → PC

Mystic Inn is a third-person action game with a dash of fantasy from the developers at Big Fish Games, Inc. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Wild West Wendy

Action, Third-person view, Isometric

May 3, 2006 → Mac

Wild West Wendy is a third-person action game from Mystery Studio. The game is published by Mystery...

Jacked

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

May 4, 2006 → PC

Players: 10/10

Jacked is a third-person action game with racing, fighting and sports game elements from the developers at Sproing Interactive Media GmbH. The main publishers of...

Mirror Mixup

Strategy, Puzzle

May 4, 2006 → PC

Mirror Mixup is a strategy with puzzle elements from the masters from the PiEyeGames studio. The game is published by...

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

May 5, 2006 → PC; May 12, 2006 → PC; May 18, 2006 → PC; May 26, 2006 → PC

Players: 9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey is a continuation of the legendary adventure with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game continues the story told in...

Alida

Adventure, Music game, First-person view, Puzzle

May 5, 2006 → PC

Metacritic: 53/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game takes place on Alida, a guitar-shaped theme park built on an island by a successful young band. After the group breaks up...

Ape Escape: On the Loose

Action, Stealth, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Snowboard, Table tennis, Adventure

May 5, 2006 → PSP; May 10, 2006 → PSP; May 18, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 66/100

This adventure platformer follows a pursuit through time as escaped monkeys threaten to alter history. After the mischievous monkey Specter takes a professor’s...

Over the Hedge (2006)

Action, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 5, 2006 → Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance; May 9, 2006 → PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

An action game based on the animated film Over the Hedge, in which a housing development encroaches on woodland habitat. Three rodents and a neurotic reptile head...

Pokémon Trozei!

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 5, 2006 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 74/100

Pokémon Trozei! — This game is extremely similar in gameplay to the well-known “Tetris”. You have to move blocks in the shape of different Pokemon across the...

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

May 5, 2006 → PC; May 8, 2006 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars — The main character is from the Shaikan human race, in whose veins the blood of a dragon flows. The squad subordinate to the hero...

UberSoldier

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Historical

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Eastern Front: The Unknown War is a fast-paced first-person shooter set during World War II. In the game's universe, scientists of the Third Reich have found a way...

Wildfire (2005)

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 7.6/10

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Age of Empires 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Online, City Building

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A real-time strategy game about the colonial empires of Europe, Asia, and the Americas competing for territory and influence. Players develop a civilization, manage...

Ape Escape 3

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 5, 2006 → PlayStation 2; May 10, 2006 → PlayStation 2; May 18, 2006 → PlayStation 2

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

This action platformer with puzzle elements follows an invasion of monkeys who, under Specter’s command, take over television and broadcast shows that cloud...

Chameleon (2005)

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

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 7/10

A retro-style stealth action game set in the 1970s. The protagonist wakes up at the secret LRS facility with no memory of who they are or how they got there. With...

GTI Racing

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

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 9.2/10

GTI Racing is a first-person simulator with a dash of racing from the studios of Prominence S.C. and Techland Sp. z o.o.. The main publisher of the game is Firm...

Jack's Crazy Cong

Action, Platformer

May 5, 2006 → Mac

Jack's Crazy Cong is an action game with platform elements from the studio magnussoft Deutschland GmbH. The game is published by magnussoft Deutschland...

Metroid Prime: Hunters

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

May 5, 2006 → Nintendo DS; May 25, 2006 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 85/100

A first-person science-fiction shooter in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime: Hunters pits Samus Aran against six other bounty hunters competing for the title of the...

Semper Fidelis: Marine Corps

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

May 5, 2006 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Semper Fidelis: Marine Corps is a first-person action game with a mixture of shooter, strategy and sandbox from the studios Project-Z development and Wings...

TOJam Thing

Action, Top-down view

May 7, 2006 → PC; May 9, 2006 → Mac, Linux

TOJam Thing is a top-down action...

Uno (2006)

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Card game

May 8, 2006 → PlayStation 3; May 9, 2006 → Xbox 360

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A card game based on UNO in which players match cards by color or symbol and aim to be the first to empty their hand. Special cards, including Skip and Reverse...

Rainbow Web

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 8, 2006 → Browser

Rainbow Web is a third-person strategy game with puzzle elements from the masters at Sugar Games. The main publisher of the game is Sugar...