| # | Game | Release date | Price | Score rank (Userscore / Metascore) | Owners | Playtime (Median) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sid Meier's Civilization IV |
Oct 25, 2005 | $3.99 | N/A (N/A/94%) | 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Firaxis Games | 2K |
| 2 |  F.E.A.R. |
Oct 17, 2005 | $1.99 | N/A (N/A/88%) | 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Monolith Productions, Inc., Timegate | Warner Bros. Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| 3 |  Call of Duty 2 |
Oct 25, 2005 | $14.99 | N/A (N/A/86%) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Infinity Ward | Activision |
| 4 |  Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood |
Oct 4, 2005 | $3.99 | N/A (N/A/84%) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Gearbox Software | Ubisoft |
| 5 |  Quake 4 |
Oct 18, 2005 | $4.94 | N/A (N/A/81%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | RavenSoft, id Software | Bethesda Softworks |
| 6 |  Sniper Elite |
Oct 18, 2005 | $0.95 | N/A (N/A/76%) | 500,000 .. 1,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Rebellion | Rebellion |
| 7 |  Serious Sam 2 |
Oct 11, 2005 | $0.99 | N/A (N/A/74%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 00:30 (00:15) | Croteam | Devolver Digital |
| 8 |  Rag Doll Kung Fu |
Oct 12, 2005 | $0.99 | N/A (N/A/69%) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Mark Healey | Mark Healey |
| 9 |  Shattered Union |
Oct 17, 2005 | $1.24 | N/A (N/A/67%) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | PopTop | 2K |
| 10 |  Half-Life 2: Lost Coast |
Oct 27, 2005 | $1.99 | N/A (N/A) | 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Valve | Valve |
| 11 |  Lauras Tierklinik |
Oct 1, 2005 | $2.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Caipirinha Games GmbH | Pocketwatch Games |
| 12 |  UFO: Aftershock |
Oct 21, 2005 | $0.79 | N/A (N/A) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | ALTAR Interactive | Fulqrum Publishing |
| 13 |  Disney's Chicken Little |
Oct 20, 2005 | $2.49 | N/A (N/A) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Avalanche Software | Disney |
Owners: Estimated number of people owning this game. The number might be way too small for new releases and sometimes way too big for games that had free weekend event recently. Read more on About page.
Playtime: Average hours played in total per person that have actually launched this game since March 2009. This time is calculated for the whole lifetime, not for the particular year.
Average score: Average users and metacritic score for all games with this score assigned.
Average playtime: Average lifetime playtime for all games where this data is available.
Games this year: Self-explaining - number of games released this year. Please note that it also includes software, but doesn't include DLC. Only inculdes games with sales data available.
Total copies owned: Refers to total copies of games released this year acquired by users for the lifetime. Includes copies sold, downloaded for free and given out.
This number might be too small for recently released games or too big for games that had a free weekend in the last couple of months.