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 120
of the 291 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 3.76 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 —
95 of these games have
one.
103
ranked (6+ votes)120
provisional (1–5 votes)68
never rated15,350 votes counted3.76 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 3.76 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
2Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance5 Nov 2002 · Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Success · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 24.37 4.48 raw353MC 82
19Unreal Tournament 20034 Oct 2002 · Digital Extremes, Epic Games · PC, macOS, Linux4.10 4.23 raw107MC 86
20Harry 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
37Gitaroo Man19 Feb 2002 · KOEI, iNiS · PlayStation 2, PSP3.87 ~4.20 raw5MC 80
38BloodRayne15 Oct 2002 · Sony Interactive Entertainment, Terminal Reality · PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Classic Macintosh3.86 3.92 raw265MC 65
66James 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
67America's Army1 Jul 2002 · U.S. Army · PC3.79 ~1.67 raw3MC 82
189Dead 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—
207Red 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
208Ice Age19 Apr 2002 · Behaviour Interactive, Artificial Mind and Movement · Game Boy Advance3.50 ~4.67 raw3MC 47
209Turok: Evolution26 Aug 2002 · Acclaim Studios Austin, RFX Interactive, Super Happy Fun Fun · PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.50 3.09 raw32—
210Castleween29 Nov 2002 · Magic Pockets, DreamCatcher Interactive, Kalisto Entertainment · PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance3.49 ~3.50 raw2MC 50
211Die Hard: Vendetta15 Nov 2002 · Bits Studios · Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube3.49 ~2.50 raw4MC 54
212eXtinction (2002)1 Jan 2002 · Iron Galaxy, Modus Games, CGS Software, Royal Games Studio · PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 43.47 2.38 raw13—