Ranked by user rating, best first. Data from the
RAWG API, fetched 2026-09-16T22:11.
705 games
(of 1,131 in 2002)platform: pc
PC 2002
562,545 games all-time on RAWG · 705 of the year's 1,131 releases (62%)
PC games, or personal computer games, started with the video game crash of 1983. PC games became popular after the development of the microprocessor and microcomputer. Some of the first PC games were Bertie the Brain, OXO and Spacewar!
More on PC
As the 3D graphics accelerators became faster and CPU power improved, PC games became more realistic and more accessible to produce. The PC market sales rocketed in the 80s when IBM computers and sound cards were generated. The platform involves different peripherals, gaming hardware, and software. These are mouse and keyboard; gamepads and motion controllers aren't obligatory, but still popularly accepted. Better hardware improves the game's accuracy; it usually lets the players use more NPCs than equivalents on other platforms. With the platform, the players can perform every sort of game. For example, shooters are easy to play due to the mouse controllers. However, the main reason for the PC games popularity is their lower prices and the backward compatibility with older titles, which leaves much to be desired on cosoles.
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 370
of the 705 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 3.77 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 —
72 of these games have
one.
156
ranked (6+ votes)370
provisional (1–5 votes)179
never rated19,184 votes counted3.77 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 3.77 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.
1Grand Theft Auto: Vice City27 Oct 2002 · Rockstar North · PC, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, macOS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PS Vita4.43 4.44 raw3,146MC 94
21Unreal Tournament 20034 Oct 2002 · Digital Extremes, Epic Games · PC, macOS, Linux4.10 4.23 raw107MC 86
22Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets5 Nov 2002 · Eurocom, KnowWonder, EA UK, Griptonite, Argonaut · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Classic Macintosh4.06 4.11 raw398MC 74
31Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 230 Sep 2002 · Electronic Arts Black Box, Electronic Arts Seattle, Electronic Arts Bellevue · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.97 4.00 raw282MC 81
33Hitman 2: Silent Assassin1 Oct 2002 · Square Enix, IO Interactive · PC, Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.95 3.95 raw656MC 87
34Dungeon Siege5 Apr 2002 · Gas Powered Games · PC, macOS3.94 3.95 raw223MC 86
35Syberia9 Jan 2002 · Microids, Anuman Interactive · PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo DS, macOS, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 23.93 3.94 raw811MC 82
47Pac-Man World 2 (2002)24 Feb 2002 · NAMCO, Full Fat, Namco USA, Namco Hometek · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.87 4.03 raw32—
48BloodRayne15 Oct 2002 · Sony Interactive Entertainment, Terminal Reality · PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Classic Macintosh3.87 3.92 raw265MC 65
56FIFA Football 200325 Oct 2002 · Electronic Arts Canada, Exient Entertainment · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.85 4.05 raw22—
139America's Army1 Jul 2002 · U.S. Army · PC3.79 ~1.67 raw3MC 82
140James Bond 007: NightFire19 Nov 2002 · Aspyr Media, Gearbox Software, Eurocom, JV Games · PC, macOS, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.79 3.76 raw94MC 78
141Dogz 51 Nov 2002 · Studio Mythos · PC3.79 4.00 raw6—
292Drome Racers20 Nov 2002 · small, Möbius Entertainment, Attention to Detail, LEGO Interactive · PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.79 ~4.00 raw5—
372Hugo: The Evil Mirror1 Jan 2002 · Interactive Television Entertainment, ITE Media · PC, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color3.75 3.72 raw18—
373Scrabble Junior1 Dec 2002 · RuneCraft · PC3.75 ~3.00 raw1—
475Madden NFL 200312 Aug 2002 · Electronic Arts Tiburon, Budcat Creations · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.70 ~2.00 raw2—
496Dead to Rights3 Jun 2002 · Bandai Namco Entertainment, NAMCO, Torus Games, The Bitmap Brothers, Namco USA, Namco Hometek · PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.64 3.47 raw36—
511Hot Wheels: Velocity X16 Oct 2002 · Beyond Games · PC, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.51 ~1.00 raw1MC 54
512Red Faction II14 Oct 2002 · THQ Nordic, Volition, Outrage Games, Cranky Pants Games · PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.51 3.44 raw172MC 64
513Turok: Evolution26 Aug 2002 · Acclaim Studios Austin, RFX Interactive, Super Happy Fun Fun · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.50 3.09 raw32—
514Dark Fall: The Journal18 Jun 2002 · Darkling Room, XXv Productions · PC3.49 2.73 raw22MC 68
515eXtinction (2002)1 Jan 2002 · Iron Galaxy, Modus Games, CGS Software, Royal Games Studio · PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 43.48 2.38 raw13—
516Might and Magic 927 Mar 2002 · New World Computing · PC3.48 3.24 raw25MC 55
517Salt Lake 200218 Jan 2002 · Attention to Detail, DC Studios · PC, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance3.45 ~3.00 raw1MC 46