Each year we see a flurry of 'Game of the Year' awards features. We have even seen some 'Mod of the Year' awards, however, they have often been small uneventful features, judged by a few biased reporters and limited to one game. Not anymore; 2004 marks the first year when the public who make and play the mods out there get to decide which are the best going round.
The outcome will be interesting; will the next-generation mods on the next-generation engines prevail or will the old classics come through with the goods? Will the popular games with tons of mods win by masses of numbers, or will the games with a few mods fuelled by cult followings prove a force to be reckoned with? Well January 2005 has come and gone so the results are in!
The following list contains the best released mods and indie games of 2004. Every item on this list was choosen by your vote during a 1 month period when we opened a voting booth on all indie game and mod profiles. You can also read our writeup about the top few mods of the year.
+Indie Games
Remember 1996's Command & Conquer: Red Alert? Now, enter the fray as a single combatant on the battlefield, fighting alongside the Allies or the Soviets for global supremacy in this mod that adheres to the classic world created by Westwood Studios. Read on...
Another Mod DB favorite, World of Padman is a visually astounding paintball frag fest that spins the classic deathmatch formula on its ear. Forget blood and gibs! Where else can you battle it out as a 3-inch high superhero in a video game store? Read on...
+BattleField 1942
This mod is for battlefield 1942. It's parent mod for Bf2/2142 can be found here: It's Upcoming Release Battlefield 40k - Extended will be released October 13th, 2006. That's right, Friday the 13th. It'll feature the dark forces of Cha Read on...
Battlefield: Galactic Conquest will put you in the role of an every day soldier in the Star Wars universe. You will be able to choose between the Galactic Civil war and The Clone Wars and fight by either means of Land or Air in many of the Vehicles you ca Read on...
Desert Combat is an award winning FPS mod for Battlefield 1942, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka and Tim Brophy. DC is set in Iraq during the first Gulf War. It acquired popularity since the 2003 invasion of Iraq by Coalition forces. Read on...
Welcome to Forgotten Hope, a revitalized Battlefield 1942 that focuses on realism without forgetting the "fun" aspect of playing a video game. Incorporating well over 250 pieces of authentic equipment, this mod looks to reinvent the 1942 formula. Read on...
+BattleField Vietnam
Eve of Destruction is a free modification of the popular Battlefield Vietnam game by DICE/EA, based on the Vietnam war. No other military conflict is comparable to those dramatic years of the 20th century. Most rumors spread about the Indochaina and Vie Read on...
In late 2005, a Russian mineral exploration company discovered a series of large oilfields in southern Sudan. Sudan’s Military government, with its ability to hold the newly revitalised Sudanese People’s Liberation Army at bay beginning to falter, decided Read on...
+C&C: Generals
Players can take the role of the House Liao conquerors, the St. Ives Compact defenders, or the noble peacekeepers from the Star League. Battle it out for total domination with more than 65 Mechs, including some never before seen units, as well as tanks, a Read on...
Blitzkrieg II is a World War 2 total conversion for Command and Conquer: Generals. You can fight as the Allies(with America, UK and France as subsides), Axis(with Tank, Rocket and Jet research tree's) or the Soviets(with Tank and Homeland Defence sub Read on...
Energy is mod is a parcial conversion of generals it adds many features like super units and new SW and some of the coolest Fx and units in a mod. Also this mods features navy wich means that the war is not only in ground but in water aswell. See the su Read on...
+C&C: Generals Zero Hour
CnCHolland is a classic mod by Ome_Vince, which brings the often-overlooked Dutch into the C&C;Generals story-line. Read on...
After being upgraded, modded, and expanded, the games of the Command and Conquer universe have withstood many of the tests of time. For years, gamers have bickered over which game was truly the best. Now, you can have a bit of each. The CnC: All Stars Read on...
In the far future of the 41st millenium, mankind struggles to keep the enemies of the Emperor at bay, barbaric Orks are ravaging planets at the borders of the Imperium, the Tau are getting more and more confident in their pathetic little empire, Chaos and Read on...
Just because the Command & Conquer series is returning to its GDI \ NOD roots with its next title doesn't mean the fan community can't continue the story with Red Alert 3, a continuation of Yuri's Revenge for Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour. Read on...
Development is suspended. Разработка приостоновлена. English Description: StarKiller it's multi-genre game project (RTS, Arcade, RPG, Racing) with many parody elements for console and PC games (StarCraft, Mortal Kombat, Pacmen and etc.) and movi Read on...
The Finest Hour is a World War 2 total conversion for Command and Conquer: Generals. You can fight as the Allies(with America and the UK as subsides), Axis(with Tank, Rocket and Jet research tree's) or the Soviets(with Tank and Homeland Defence subsi Read on...
The First Tiberian War (TFTW) converts C&C Generals: Zero Hour into the original C&C. We aim to make it as close TD as we can using the generals engine and subsequently recreate the passion and enthrillment of the first comand and conquer. This modifica Read on...
+Far Cry
The ultimate Jurassic Park Mod for Far Cry! We've planned the following features, but we does not know what's not realizable. - Original Story from the films - Multiplayer Maps (at Original Locations) for FFA, TDM and many new gamemodes - Over Read on...
+Half-Life
The Battle Grounds(BG) is a Half-Life Modification based on the Revolutionary War. You and your teammates will have to act together strategically to fight the enemy teams. It will be team based game play. In Bg you can play as a solider in two teams: Read on...
My name is Matt Winston. I'm a 22 years old student, making a living with working in the shopping mall of Heaven's Gate. My family moved up north, I stayed because of my studies. I live in a room in a house owned by friends of my parents. In my Read on...
Day of Defeat (a.k.a. DoD) is the latest online action experience from Valve, makers of Half-Life and Counter-Strike. Stationed in the heart of WWII's European Theater of Operations, players join the ranks of an elite military squad entrenched in bat Read on...
ESF is a fast paced, 3rd person fighter based on the hit anime, Dragonball Z. Select your favorite character and fly, power up, transform, melee, and beam your enemies into pulp. Each character is given signature moves and abilities to compliment differen Read on...
It is 2001. A small group of government scientists operating out of top-secret laboratories in the NORAD military base in Colorado discover that propulsed ions, under the right conditions, generate massive amounts of energy. However, during one of the tes Read on...
Welcome to the crazy world of Hammy-Bob Mod (Half-Life Modification). If your new to the mod of HBM then get ready for a mod that is a little different from its peers. While most of the modding community is working towards achieving realism the HBM team i Read on...
Half-Life Rally is a racing modification for the highly acclaimed and everlastingly popular game, Half-Life by Valve Software. Unlike most mods currently being made for the Half-Life Engine, the goal of HL-Rally is not to blast your enemy to smitherines w Read on...
Realism: Hostile Intent is all about realism, covering realistic weapon damage, realistic missions and mission stories. Hostile Intent gives the player the feeling he's actually there. Be it a nuclear submarine, an embassy raid or a military base in Read on...
IOS is a first and third person online multiplayer soccer game that aims to be the online equivalent of great console soccer games but with a true multiplayer teamplay experience. IOS requires Half-Life. You can join a public game of IOS at any time durin Read on...
About MechMod MechMod is a total conversion of the Half-Life 2 engine and is based on Mecha or Mechs. We have already released a primary Alpha 1.0 version of the mod, which was based on mechs taken from the Gundam and Macross/Robotech series. Alpha 1.0 wa Read on...
Natural Selection is an action-strategy game for the PC. It is a "Half-life modification", which means it is written on top of the Half-life game engine. "Mods" are a new sort of underground game development that enables small teams to create games using Read on...
Enter the dark world of Umbrella Incorporated and fight the "Mother of all Viruses" in this Resident Evil instalment Read on...
A mod that mixes the tactics of TFC with the realism from CS/DoD. Set in 2023, advanced weaponry creates the ultimate war. Well balanced classes that support each other work together to control flags around the map, no waiting for capture to keep you on y Read on...
A Coop Based team mod based around the story of Beercan the Jamaican beer can! The mod sees you completing objectives and slaughter all the monsters in sight with your team of... Red - Beercan's drug dealer who was conned by the Evil Mastermind an Read on...
Snow-War is a Half-Life mod based around snowballs fights. When you spawn to Snow-War server, you first have one snowball. To make more you just have to press "make snowball" button. You can carry maximum of 3 snowballs at time unless you find b Read on...
Sven Co-op is a modification that allows co-operative multiplayer (where players fight together against monsters/etc.) in Half-Life. It also adds some features to make co-op play more interesting. New Monsters include: Baby Gargantua, faster and smaller t Read on...
Imagine a game in which you don't know who to trust, you don't know who may be about to kill you, in fact you don't even know who is human and who is artificial. Played online, your quarry is another human player but can you find them among Read on...
After a very long waiting period, the team behind the creation of the Half-Life mod “The Specialists” is nearing the completion of the latest version of their game, TS 3.0. For those unfamiliar with The Specialists, it’s an action mod created by Filippo " Read on...
Who And When "The Trenches" is a World War I mod for the Half-Life engine. Included in our first release are the British and Germans, two large players of the "Great War". Players will be able to fight for their homelands with six diff Read on...
Wizard Wars is a Half-Life mod that pits teams of spell flinging wizards head to head in a magical maelstrom! Wizard Wars lets you choose from many different mages, each with varying strengths and special abilities, to battle other mages in a variety of Read on...
Zombie Panic! is essentially a zombies vs. human survivors mod, with the zombies trying to wipe out the humans, and vice versa. The catch that makes it fun and interesting is that all players except one join the human team at the start of the round, and o Read on...
+Half-Life 2
Eternal Silence 2, a sequel to a Battlefield 1942 mod, brings deep space multiplayer combat to the Source engine. Jump into a fighter plane and dogfight amongst the asteroids or board an enemy ship and engage in ground battles in this galactic war. Read on...
Have steam on the PC and Half-Life2 and you play the newest version of HL2DM. This profile is dedicated to the mod Valve released for everyone to play! If you are a mod that will redo Half-Life2 Deathmatch please submit a mod like normal! HL2DM Mapping c Read on...
Insects Infestation concept combines combat capabilities and strategy oriented gaming. In fact, it does not only allow to shoot anybody at anytime but it emphasizes on team play tactics. Obviously based on insects point of view, II will offer its player t Read on...
Insurgency slips you into the role of a modern combatant in this multiplayer combat mod, engaging in military operations all across the world in both fictional and real-life conflicts. Players will need to utilize tactics and their squad mates to survive. Read on...
Pirates, vikings and knights, oh my! Welcome to PVK2, a remake of a popular Half-Life mod that pits three very distinct warrior classes against one another in a blistering series of conflicts. The mod boasts multiple classes and a unique combat system. Read on...
+Hexen
Korax Mod is The first playable result of our development of the Korax engine. This is a gameplay modification that allows you to play the original Hexen levels in Direct 3D / OpenGL with some new RPG features, making for a much more differentiated gamepl Read on...
+Homeworld 2
There can be no victory, only death. No honour, only despair. What once was lost, has been reawakened. The Dustwars has begun... "It has been said, that the Created cannot stand against the will of the Creator... But this belief has been shattered. W Read on...
+Quake III Arena
David Hunter is an unwitting collaboration of some of the very best 3rd party productions for Quake III Team Arena. Packaged into a single megalithic title, it is combined with the awesomely modified David Hunter game play, creating a modification for pur Read on...
+Star Wars: Jedi Academy
100 new character models. 70 new light sabers. 50 new missions. 40 new vehicles. Over 1.4 gigabytes in content. And one of the most ambitious Star Wars mods around. Knights of the Force aims to deliver more content than even a trained Jedi can handle. Read on...
+Unreal Tournament 2004
Jurassic Rage is frightening in the dark, all the dinosaurs are ruuuuuuunnnning wild! In this monthly released survivor frag fest, you and your friends must work together to combat an onslaught of the previously extinct--less you become their dinner! Read on...
Armaggedon is upon us. The dead walk and the cities burn, while blood runs through the streets. In Killing Floor, engage the forces of the damned in a relentless multiplayer battle to the death where making a stand may be the last thing you ever do. Read on...
Red Orchestra is the award winning state of the art total conversion that pits players in scale combat of the most intense and grueling warfare in history; the Eastern Front conflict of World War II. Real missions set in real scale settings -- from elite Read on...
The SoulKeeper is a 3rd/1st person melee combat action multiplayer game. Experience the heat of medieval-like combat, in gorgeous and detailed environments making use of the powerful Unreal Engine. Feel the thrill of hunting down your opponents on the ba Read on...
UnWheel is a driving modification for Unreal Tournament 2004. The idea behind UnWheel is not to create the ultimate racing game, or the 4x4 simulation with the best physics, or to specialise in any one area as other modifications and games do, but to simp Read on...
Uskaarj a RTS mod set in the bitter conflict between humans and the skaarj. Who will you choose to play, the proud humans in their struggle to repel the skaarj from space or will you choose the Skaarj in their quest to conquer all of known space that is Read on...
+Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Counter-Terrorists and Mercenaries collide in this Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory mod with a heavy focus on realism and tactics. Look down iron sights, watch your gun react realistically while firing and battle it out in a fast paced, modern day setting. Read on...
These mods and indie games have not made it to release yet, but that hasn't stopped us dreaming about them. These are the titles everyone wants to play, but cannot, so lets get behind the development teams and help them reach release in 2005. Presenting to you the best upcoming mods and indie games of 2004.
+Indie Games
Seasons Forever:Winter Wars Deathmatch style snowball fighting with added special techniques, techniques called Hype Specials' The snowball throwing will be assisted by a slight prediction aim, so if you throw the Snowball in the Read on...
This MOD will attempt the marriage of the sim-like qualities found in vehicle oriented Mecha games such as Starsiege and Mechwarrior with the fast paced action of FPS games like Tribes' The game will have air and land vehicles as well as ground based Read on...
+Battlefield 2
Battlefield: Apocalypse - A Battlefield 2 Full Conversion They say the world was green once. Trees and grass. I've seen the pictures, but it's still hard to believe. How the hell did we come to this? There are a hundred different stories, and wh Read on...
MTS - Mech Tactical Simulation is a BF2 total conversion mod, set to recreate the Battletech universe! Fight on foot, as a regular soldier or in advanced Battle Armor, and control Mechs, Tanks, Helis, Fighters, and even massive Dropships in an all-out, 31 Read on...
+C&C: Generals
Command and Conquer(CNC) Crimson Dawn is a total conversion that aims at bringing the Tiberium Twlight to reality and making the gameplay the way Westwood did before EA changed the CNC games in a negative way. We are going to implement a full story line, Read on...
+C&C: Generals Zero Hour
2006: Saudi Arabia experiences a coup and the Royal Saud family is deposed. Mounting dissent against the Royal government's cooperation with America and its allowing of foreign bases on their soil has led to a radical group taking power with overwhel Read on...
1980. The United States and Russia eye one another, preparing an all-out assault that will span continents and an entire decade. Cold War Crisis features realistic period units and equipment while keeping the game fresh, instantly playable and fun. Read on...
Relive the battles of Vietnam in this C&C Generals mod that recreates many historical conflicts, such as Operation Flaming Dart and the Tet Offensive. Custom trees, true-to-life vehicle support and new units should help capture the reality of this war. Read on...
+Doom III
Earth 2051 Militaries and industries struggle for power in a world full of pollution, in which the government tries to maintain the illusion of Democracy. Though wars and diseases have tortured the land, the world’s population is steadily rising. Most peo Read on...
Sapphire Scar's story unravels on Europa, a remarkable moon in Jupiter's orbit; a stepping stone for humanity to the rest of the solar system and beyond, providing key resources for sustaining human life in space as well as supporting planetary Read on...
In The Dark Mod, you play a master thief living in a dark, sprawling city. A blend of gothic architecture and steampunk technology, the city contains great, belching chimneys, grand cathedrals, and medieval manor-houses. As a master of the shadows, you mo Read on...
+Far Cry
In Stargate: United Front you will be part of an elite SG team made up of international representatives of the major powers of the Earth. The United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Canada are all member countries which head up Read on...
+Half-Life
Half-Life: Nightwatch is a large scale single player episode based on the events of Half-Life. As the player, you will assume the role of Sergeant William Archer, a member of Black Mesa's high-level Military Security force. With an entirely new arsen Read on...
Shores of Victory is a realism based Half-Life total conversion modification staged in the Pacific front during World War 2. Battles are staged in non-fictional environments, meaning you can actually take part in the outcome of the war! Shores of Victory Read on...
Yes Im one crazy wolf. As I was about to give up a coder out of the woods showed up and touched up the Half-Life code of Water Wars. He cant finish it and it has inspired me to try with Half-Life once more. We only need these things to make this happen! Read on...
+Half-Life 2
Black Mesa: Source is a remake of the original Half-Life for the Source engine, recreating one of the most influential PC games ever made for a whole new audience. This redone version will also feature a rebuilt multiplayer and cooperative mode. Read on...
Bloodthirst is a multiplayer First-Person modification for Half-Life 2 set in a realistic but dark near future that portrays a battle to the death between a reborn vampire clan and secretive slayer sect. Bloodthirst will make use of the latest technology Read on...
Caliber Official Public Announcement NSArmslab.com/NSAGames.com would like to announce a new Half-Life 2 modification, Caliber. Caliber is a revolutionary team-oriented mod based on Valve's much heralded Source engine technology. Caliber is a genre-t Read on...
ChaosOps is a first person shooter multiplayer cooperative mod for HalfLife2. Why i this mod unique from all the other realism based mods? We have pitched in lots of energy on working on a entirely new combat system, which will include moves like di Read on...
Dragonball Adventures Dragonball Adventures(DBA) is a Half-Life 2 conversion based on anime written by Akira Toriyama and corresponding movies. With selectable characters, play as heroes and villains alike. Single Player Single player gameplay follows Read on...
THEME: Finnish eastern front line trough 1939-1944. Small army of Finland stands against might of Red Army on various battlefields in both Winter War and Continuation War. Mod that shows the side of World War II which is usually forgotten. TEAMS: Two diff Read on...
In 2025 smog and combustion gas completely destroyed the atmosphere, thanks to this Greenland and Antarctica turned into water and covered most of the coastal land. Only a few rich and mediterranean countries survived, because they built powerful water sh Read on...
A government created plague has been let loose, wiping out most of humanity in just three years. Those that survived have formed three groups in this post-apocalyptic urban combat mod, where only the ruthless will know power and conflict is a way of life. Read on...
Summary: Amidst the destruction and ruin the bombs had brought, they had managed to create, something new. People were changing.Changing into horrible mutants who hunger only for the flesh of their fellow man... Small colonies of hopeful survivors unaffec Read on...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Jedi: Timeline Starting 25,000 years before “Episode 4 ‘A New Hope” The Old Republic is formed among the Core Worlds and Jedi Knights first appear. 5,000 years later a large number of Jedi Knights are expelled fr Read on...
Jungle Mist is an online first person shooter for Half-Life 2. One of our best features is that as you play you earn experience points over a period of months. These points are saved in a master server backed up by several other very secure servers in dat Read on...
The Last Great War is a realistic first person shooter which will feature the Pacific Theatre of Operations with Americans vs. Japanese soldiers. Later on the mod will feature British and Australian teams as well. Read on...
Destructible weapons, sprawling environments and armies of the undead await you in this multiplayer Half-Life 2 mod. As part of a rag-tag group of survivors, utilize the environment, work with your comrades and run for your life as the dead begin to walk. Read on...
Psycho Hill is a horror mod which will scare your socks off. Read on...
In the early hours of June 6th, the 82nd Airborne dropped into Normandy with the eventual goal of capturing the town of Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Enter their struggle in a mod that not only focuses on realism, but removes the gimmicks of most FPS games as well. Read on...
Enter a world of magic and high fantasy in Return to Mana, a Co-Op multiplayer game that harkens back to the SNES. For, as the world turns, the beast stirs, for time flows like a river, history repeats and the time of the return of mana soon approaches... Read on...
The sequel to the (still anticipated) Sex, Drugs and Beer-Can mod... SDBC2:CTA Will feature a rich and Humourous Storyline centering around MasterMinds world conquering ploy and the Resistance or freedom fighting organisation "ModDB" Disguised u Read on...
Shattered Horizons is a team-based modification for Half-Life 2, based in a fantasy medieval setting. A meteor is rocketing towards the planet's surface, and the only hope is to teleport to safety. Each of the two team starts out with four Crystal Sh Read on...
Players were given a taste of our game a couple of years ago when we released Spatial Fear: Prologue for Unreal Tournament. It was a short total conversion game showing off the universe we created and the gameplay style we were shooting for. We've no Read on...
Sven Co-op for Half-Life 2, sequel to the popular Sven Co-op mod for Half-Life, will add co-operative multiplayer (players vs. computer-controlled enemies) to Valve's "Half-Life 2" (Among other things). Sven Co-op, the original Half-Life co Read on...
+Morrowind
The goal of the Adventure Middle-Earth Team is to create a lively world, based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien. We want to give the player the possibilite to visit all the famous places he knows from the books and movies and let him live his own adventure Read on...
+Unreal Tournament 2004
Dragonball Z Heroes Of Our Destiny is a Total Conversion for Unreal Tournament 2004 the newest and improved engine based on the popular manga series Dragon Ball Z. This mod will be a multiplayer first released game and is the first dbz rpg game ever to be Read on...
+Warcraft III
Project Revolution intends to bring Starcraft: Brood War into glorious 3D, by porting it to the Warcraft 3 engine. No new races, characters or units will be added to the mix: Just a straight, fully-rendered port of a classic game. Read on...