20 Best Single Player Games of 2000s (2000-2010)

Single player games on PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii and Gamecube were some of the best. Here are a few of our favorite single-player/story games from the 2000s.

[gameranxTV]

as we said in the video - there are WAY more than 20 games worth talking about, so we have a PART 2 planned. Definitely let us know what we should include in the next one!

[skifhimmelstern]

Assassin's Creed 2 which released in 2009 would definitely be on my list! The atmosphere and the story in the game is still amazing today imo

[gravel]

20. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
19. Simpsons hit and run 1:40
18. Freedom Fighters 2:34
17. Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion 3:36
16. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 4:30
15. FFX 5:22
14. Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 6:13
13. God of War 2 6:49
12. Deus Ex 7:34
11. Resident Evil 4 8:05
10. Shadow of the Collosus 8:52
9. Bioshock 9:55
8. Metroid Prime 10:46
7. The Sims 11:27
6. Silent Hill 2 12:12
5. Fallout New Vegas 12:54
4. Diablo 2 13:36
3. Halo 14:28
2. Grand Theft Auto 15:05
1. Half Life 2 16:05

[rubenfaria]

FarCry 2, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Bully, Hitman: Blood Money and Spider-Man 2 are games that absolutely defined my gaming taste in a decade that was absolutely perfect for videogames.
To this day I have more fun replaying games or playing new ones from the 2000s that I have from playing newer games.

[noy]

I wanted to add Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 to the list, it's where the franchise was at its peak. It's the game that got me really hooked on a franchise.

[JBFROSTY]

20. Prince of Persia sands of time 0:31
19. 1:42 Simpsons hit and run
18. 2:37 Freedom Fighters
17. 3:37 Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
16. 4:31 Metal Gear Solid 3 SnakeEater
15. 5:25 Final Fantasy 10
14. 6:13 Legend of Zelda: Wind waker
13. 6:50 God of War 2
12. 7:35 original Deus Ex
11. 8:07 Resident Evil 4
10. 8:56 Shadow of the Colossus
9. 9:56 BioShock
8. 10:48 Metroid Prime
7. 11:30 Sims
6. 12:12 Silent Hill 2
5. 12:56 Fallout 3
4. 13:38 Diablo 2
3. 14:29 HALO
2. 15:07 GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, IV
1. 16:05 Half-Life 2

*Bonus Mentions: 16:48- Max Payne, Kingdom of hearts 2, star wars: knights of the old republic, eternal darkness, nfs underground, Batman Arkham asylum.

[Aristowi]

Missing games to me: Ratchet and Clank, Onimusha, Devil May Cry, Gears Of War, Uncharted, Mass Effect, Batman Arkham Asylum (mentioned in bonus), Assassin's Creed 2, but overall I agree with the list, MGS, GTA, SH, RE, PoP, GoW, those are defining 2000s franchises.

[Akittensso]

Uncharted (2007) & Uncharted 2 (2009) are missing for me! ❤

I still play them, and to this day they're amazing games with amazing graphics!

[jaketerp]

Such a great decade of games. It felt companies were still discovering what they wanted to make and creativity was high.

[gustavogarcia]

Uncharted 1 and 2 we're both released prior to the 2010's and I absolutely have so many test memories from those games. Along with the original infamous. Great stories.

[TheTidobanditto]

Fable and Mass Effect would defintitely be in my top 20. It's crazy to see the huge jumps in game quality over those 10 years. albeit, that decade was sort of an overlap of two generations of consoles, so that would make sense.

[ConnorMiller]

The Batman Arkham series will forever hold a special place in my heart. I remember the very first time I ever played and it and I would always play it when I came home from school. I would play it every night to get me through the school week. Those days were a golden era and sadly we will never experience it again. 😢

[raniasalmi]

I love this kind of videos because as much as I like the new games but I really feel that our memories with the old games when we were younger are precious and irreplaceable. It's hard to narrow it to few games but there are some games that are so memorable. Resident Evil 4 was definitely among the big ones because I really felt that the game is ahead of its time in so many levels. Alan Wake is also among my top 5 of that decade and I liked its atmosphere. One of the underrated games that I enjoyed a lot and I was really excited to come back home fast from school just to play it, was 'Fable: The Lost Chapters', it's a 2005 game and I really loved it so much and still gives me nostalgia. I really hope they'll bring the Fable franchise back to life again. I think we also agree that 2008 was an awesome year and it gave us high quality games like Crisis and Dead Space.

[silentkaine]

Dragon Age: Origins, Assassins Creed 2 and Kingdom Hearts 2 would all be on the top for me. Also a shoutout to Godfather 2 and Okami those two were severely underrated.

[fozzarooo]

2000-2010 was an amazing time for gaming.

[austinturner]

Dead Space 2008. A game that terrified me as a kid, but somehow kept me playing. Can't wait to see what they do with the Dead Space Remake!

[damiloification]

Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. I loved the music, all of the missions, the vibes, mechanics and how they were animated, EVERYTHING!

[feastuponthecat]

Mass Effect 2 is probably one of if not my favorite game of all time. It did release on ps3 in 2011, but it initially released in January 2010 on windows and Xbox 360. I'm surprised it's not even mentioned

[MariNate]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s not just nostalgia to say that the early 2000s had better games than now. Xbox and PS2 era as well as early 360 and ps3 era was just peak gaming. There was so much diversity in terms of the games we had. Every week we had new games coming out, no massive delays or microtransactions. No half baked games, just legitimate peak gaming. I really miss those days.

[TheBasedBalkan]

Oblivion will always have an SPECIAL place in my heart. Will always be a top 3 of all time for me