Ranked by user rating, best first. Data from the
RAWG API, fetched 2026-09-16T22:11.
35 games
(of 1,131 in 2002)platform: playstation2genre: arcade
PlayStation 2 2002
Sony · 2000–2013 · 3,151 games all-time on RAWG
PlayStation 2 is the sixth generation video game console developed by Sony and released in 2000. There were two primary revisions — the original and "slim" one. They do not differ much except for the size. PS2 is regarded as the best-selling video game system of all times as there were sold a total of 155 million systems worldwide. There are numerous exclusive series originated in PS2 and continued their path onward to the further platforms: God of War, Killzone, Ratchet & Clank, Jak and Daxter and many more. This explains the production timeline of the console — the last one was released in 2013. So PS2 remained up-to-date even 7 years after the release of its successor. Unlike PS1 the console supported a wide variety of controllers such as fishing rods and guns as well as dance pads and guitars for rhythm-games. It is also the first known consoles to have a bundled TV with it — Sony released Bravia KDL-22PX300 with PS2 inside not to mention various enthusiasts which embed the screen right into the console's body.
RAWG publishes an average score only once a game has collected
6 or more user votes. Below that it
returns 0.0 — while still returning the full vote
breakdown. So a game nobody has ever rated and a game with five
“exceptional” votes arrive looking identical.
Those suppressed scores are recomputed from the breakdown, which
recovers 17
of the 35 games here that would
otherwise read as unrated. The rest have
no votes at all — mostly obscure, regional or
unported titles. That is a real absence, not a gap in the fetch: there
is nothing to retrieve.
Everything with a vote ranks in one table, because the order is
weighted rather than a raw mean: a score is shrunk
toward this set's mean of 3.96 in proportion to how thin its evidence is, so
a two-vote 5.0 settles near the middle instead of on top. Metacritic joins at half that weight where
it exists —
8 of these games have
one.
10
ranked (6+ votes)17
provisional (1–5 votes)8
never rated1,208 votes counted3.96 mean of ranked
Ordered by a weighted score, not the raw
mean: each game's own average is shrunk toward
this set's mean of 3.96 in proportion to how
few votes it rests on, and Metacritic is folded in at half that weight
where it exists. A 6-vote 4.67 therefore ranks below a 2,100-vote 4.45
— the raw figure is shown under each score, and
sorting
by raw score ignores the weighting entirely.
Bars show how the votes split —
Exceptional, Recommended, Meh, Skip.
A ~ on the raw figure marks a score recomputed from a
breakdown RAWG suppresses.
1Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 423 Oct 2002 · Beenox, Vicarious Visions, Neversoft · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Classic Macintosh4.20 4.25 raw149MC 91
2Burnout 2: Point of Impact30 Sep 2002 · Criterion Games · Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube4.08 4.09 raw35MC 88
3Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets5 Nov 2002 · Eurocom, KnowWonder, EA UK, Griptonite, Argonaut · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Classic Macintosh4.08 4.11 raw398MC 74
4Metal Slug 426 Mar 2002 · Code Mystics · PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Wii, Neo Geo4.01 4.05 raw55—
5Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 230 Sep 2002 · Electronic Arts Black Box, Electronic Arts Seattle, Electronic Arts Bellevue · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube4.00 4.00 raw282MC 81
6Gitaroo Man19 Feb 2002 · KOEI, iNiS · PlayStation 2, PSP4.00 ~4.20 raw5MC 80
7Pac-Man World 2 (2002)24 Feb 2002 · NAMCO, Full Fat, Namco USA, Namco Hometek · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.99 4.03 raw32—
8Island Xtreme Stunts22 Sep 2002 · Silicon Dreams Studio, Silicon Dreams Studios · PC, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance3.98 ~4.50 raw2—
10Big Mutha Truckers27 Nov 2002 · Eutechnyx, Raylight Studios · PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.96 4.00 raw8—
11Drome Racers20 Nov 2002 · small, Möbius Entertainment, Attention to Detail, LEGO Interactive · PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.96 ~4.00 raw5—
12Outlaw Golf10 Jun 2002 · Hypnotix · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.96 ~4.00 raw4—
13Frogger Beyond6 Dec 2002 · Konami Digital Entertainment, Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.96 ~4.00 raw2—
14Autobahn Raser 415 Nov 2002 · Davilex Games · PC, PlayStation 23.96 ~4.00 raw2—
15Ace Lightning25 Oct 2002 · Tiertex Design Studios, Absolute Studios, Gamezlab · PC, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance3.96 ~4.00 raw2—