Guild Wars

In a world torn by conflict, where human kingdoms are all but destroyed and guilds sacrifice all for a chance to control the Hall of Heroes, a champion must rise from the ruins of a once-proud land to lead…

90 26 April 2005

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Action Fantasy Historical

Guild Wars is an adventure developed by ArenaNet, released 26 April 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 50,059.5 hrs to finish.

Verified 27 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Guild Wars is

Guild Wars is an adventure game developed by ArenaNet and released in 2005. It was published by NCSOFT. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on ArenaNet Guild Wars.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Across Tyria, the human kingdoms are under attack by the vicious Charr. As a young hero caught between the powerful will of King Adelbern and the rebellious Prince Rurik, you are called upon to defend humanity. Will you become an instrument of the ancient prophecy or be crushed beneath it? Rally your strength and the power of your guild to establish your legend.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer for up to 8 players online, and includes co-op. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Guild Wars holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 118 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 50,059.5 hrs.

What it launched against

Guild Wars launched on 26 April 2005, within three weeks of Psychonauts, SWAT 4, Jade Empire and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Psychonauts, SWAT 4, Jade Empire, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance.

Cheats and codes

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