Picked on September 1, 2026

SWAT 4 2005

Released: April 5, 2005
Genres: Shooter · Strategy · Tactical
Platform: PC
Developer: Irrational Games
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Where to buy

Digital: GOG
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Is it still worth playing?

Irrational Games' 2005 tactical first person shooter for Windows, in which you lead a SWAT team in the New York area. Each mission is a separate call, an arrest warrant, a hostage situation or a bomb, and you give orders to the red and blue elements of your team. The rules of engagement set the score: unjustified lethal force is penalized, and so is failing to handcuff a suspect or mark evidence. So the kit leans away from killing, with less lethal weapons, stun grenades, fiberscopes, door wedges and breaching devices. Characters die quickly on both sides, so a room taken with a plan still beats one taken by force, and that careful pace holds up today.