Best Shooter Games of 2004
Half-Life 2on 3 of 12 rankings2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eateron 3 of 12 rankings3
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenalon 2 of 12 rankings4
Halo 2on 2 of 12 rankings5
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakeson 1 of 12 rankings6
Unreal Tournament 2004on 1 of 12 rankings7
Hitman: Contractson 1 of 12 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 12 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Shooter game of 2004 is Half-Life 2, followed by Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.
How this is counted
This chart counts 12 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Shooter and released in 2004, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.