Game entry
Area 51
2005 · FPS, Horror, Survival · PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox · Midway
Area 51 is ranked no. 3,350 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,442 and 28% of duels won. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 106 out of 149 (2005).
World rank
no. 3,350
ELO score
1,442
Wins
28%
Duels played
92
About Area 51
Area 51 is the only action-packed 1st person shooter set in the U.S. governments most secret and secure military facility. The U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51 where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility and the automated quarantine procedures have locked all scientific and military personnel inside. A small Special Forces unit led Specialist Ethan Cole of HAZMAT (hazardous materials) Division is sent to investigate.
As Cole, players will delve into five massive levels within the confines of Area 51, discover a mutagenic side effect of the virus that controls the minds of those infected, as well as an ancient alien colony buried beneath the facility. With a multitude of human and alien weapons, players must explore chilling conspiracies such as the extraterrestrial crash at Roswell and the faked lunar landing, in order to solve the enigmas of Area 51 before the viral mutagen is released and irrevocably mutates all life on earth.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,442 ELO points over the last 215 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Half-Life: Blue Shift 50% 2 duels played · 26 points behind
- against Unturned 50% 2 duels played · 131 points behind
- against Half-Life 2 0% 2 duels played · 366 points behind
- against Fallout 3 50% 2 duels played · 437 points behind
- against Half-Life 0% 2 duels played · 417 points behind
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The games Area 51 sits between in the world ranking.
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The standing
Where Area 51 ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Area 51 stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 106 out of 149 (2005).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 3,350 | 5,110 |
| FPS | 313 | 458 |
| 2000s | 909 | 1,304 |
| 2005 | 106 | 149 |
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