Games Released in 2003

2,353 new games released in 2003 across 10 platforms, with PC (Microsoft Windows) being the most popular seeing 969 new titles. November was the busiest month of the year, launching 328 new releases.

Top Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows)

New Releases

2,353

Busiest Month

November

What was the most popular game of 2003?

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Choose Your Path! Set 4,000 years before the Galactic Empire, you are the last hope for the Jedi Order and the Republic - can you master the ways of the Force to become their savior? Or will you fall to the dark side and achieve ultimate power? Hero, villain, peacekeeper, or chaos-bringer... you and your party will determine the fate of the galaxy! Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a role-playing video game. Players will be able to create their own characters and be able to choose what gender, appearance, class, skills, attributes, and feats they have throughout the game - no two characters will be the same!

Which days had the most releases?

December 25 was the busiest single day of 2003 with 46 releases.

46 releases

December 25

42 releases

May 12

39 releases

November 28

37 releases

December 18

Which month had the most releases?

The busiest release month of 2003 was November, totaling 328 titles.

How did each season compare?

Q4 was the busiest quarter of 2003 with 874 releases.

Q1 (Jan–Mar)

598 releases

Most popular release in Q1

SimCity 4

SimCity 4 is a city-building simultor. You are in the shoes of one or several mayors, and you are tasked with populating and managing your cities.When you have chosen a segment to place your city in, you will be able to chose between 3 game modes. God mode: This mode lets you shape the overall landscapes as you desire Mayor mode: In this mode you build and manage your own cities. My Sim mode: Here the player can choose his own Sims and have them move into the city, or import saved games from the game The Sims.

Q2 (Apr–Jun)

570 releases

Most popular release in Q2

Silent Hill 3

Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series. Like the previous entries, Silent Hill 3 is a survival horror combining action-based combat and puzzle-solving, but is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments. The main character is able to side-step and block some attacks, but in general shares with the other protagonists of the series their relative ineptitude in combat.

Q3 (Jul–Sep)

588 releases

Most popular release in Q4

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne

Max Payne 2 is a third-person shooter, in which the player assumes the role of Max Payne, but also plays as Mona Sax in a few levels. Initially, the player's weapon is a 9mm pistol. As they progress, players access other weapons including other handguns, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, and hand-thrown weapons. To move the game along, the player is told what the next objective is through Max's internal monologue, in which Max iterates what his next steps should be.

Which platforms saw the most releases?

PC (Microsoft Windows) received 969 new titles in 2003, holding the most releases. The runner up was PlayStation 2 with 756 new titles.

PC (Microsoft Windows)969 releases

PlayStation 2756 releases

Game Boy Advance418 releases

Xbox343 releases

Nintendo GameCube328 releases

PlayStation128 releases

e-Reader / Card-e Reader116 releases

Mac106 releases

Web browser77 releases

Legacy Mobile Device71 releases

What genres were most popular?

Adventure was the dominant genre in 2003 with 484 titles. Shooter followed closely with 346.

Adventure484

Shooter346

Role-playing264

Simulator263

Sport256

Strategy256

Puzzle201

Platform194

Racing194

Arcade176

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