Games Released in 2002

2,259 new games released in 2002 across 10 platforms, with PC (Microsoft Windows) being the most popular seeing 814 new titles. November was the busiest month of the year, launching 351 new releases.

Top Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows)

New Releases

2,259

Busiest Month

November

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

What was the most popular game of 2002?

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is an RTS made by Blizzard Entertainment. Take control of either the Humans, the Orcs, the Night Elves or the Undead, all with different unit types and heroes with unique abilities.Play the story driven single player campaign, go online to play default- or custom maps against people around the world or create your own maps with the map creation tool.

Which days had the most releases?

March 28 was the busiest single day of 2002 with 41 releases.

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41 releases

March 28

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36 releases

October 25

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36 releases

November 29

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36 releases

December 6

Which month had the most releases?

The busiest release month of 2002 was November, totaling 351 titles.

How did each season compare?

Q4 was the busiest quarter of 2002 with 860 releases.

Q1 (Jan–Mar)

575 releases
Kingdom Hearts

Most popular release in Q1

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts is an action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft for the PlayStation 2. It is the result of a collaboration between Square and The Walt Disney Company. The game combines characters and settings from Disney's animated features with those from the Final Fantasy series, developed by Square. Kingdom Hearts was a departure from Square's standard role-playing games by introducing a substantial action-adventure element. In addition, it has an all-star voice cast which included many of the Disney characters' official voice actors. Kingdom Hearts was longtime Square character designer Tetsuya Nomura's first time in a directorial position. The game uses an experience based progression system, with experience gained by defeating foes. Experience gained rises in relation to the strength of the foe, and is consistent for each enemy over the course of the game. Levels are gained with experience, and provide increases to stat attributes in strength, defence, magic, hit points, magic points and ability points, with a new, predetermined ability unlocked approximately every four levels.

Which platforms saw the most releases?

PC (Microsoft Windows) received 814 new titles in 2002, holding the most releases. The runner up was PlayStation 2 with 645 new titles.

PC (Microsoft Windows)814 releases
PlayStation 2645 releases
Game Boy Advance541 releases
Nintendo GameCube283 releases
PlayStation280 releases
Xbox272 releases
Mac97 releases
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Game Boy Color45 releases
Dreamcast45 releases

What genres were most popular?

Adventure was the dominant genre in 2002 with 465 titles. Sport followed closely with 346.

Adventure465
Sport346
Shooter297
Simulator276
Role-playing268
Strategy247
Platform199
Racing193
Puzzle167
Arcade153
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