Guitar Hero | |
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Genre(s) | Music, Rhythm |
Developer(s) | Harmonix (2005–2007) Neversoft (2007–2010) Budcat Creations (2007–2009) Vicarious Visions (2007–2010) FreeStyleGames (2015–2017) |
Publisher(s) | RedOctane (2005–2009) Activision (2006–) |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, OS X, Nintendo DS, Mobile phone, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, iOS |
First release | Guitar Hero November 8, 2005 |
Latest release | Guitar Hero Live October 20, 2015 |
Game | GameRankings | Metacritic |
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Guitar Hero | (PS2) 91.96%[111] | (PS2) 91[112] |
Guitar Hero II | (X360) 92.29%[113] (PS2) 92.07%[114] | (X360) 92[115] (PS2) 92[116] |
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | (Wii) 86.26%[117] (X360) 85.75%[118] (PS2) 85.50%[119] (PS3) 83.77%[120] (PC) 78.00%[121] | (Wii) 86[122] (X360) 85[123] (PS3) 83[124] (PS2) 82[125] (PC) 79[126] |
Guitar Hero World Tour | (Wii) 86.28%[127] (X360) 84.44%[128] (PS3) 83.33%[129] (PS2) 81.20%[130] | (Wii) 86[131] (X360) 85[132] (PS3) 84[133] |
Guitar Hero 5 | (Wii) 89.58%[134] (PS3) 86.58%[135] (X360) 85.66%[136] (PS2) 45.00%[137] | (Wii) 89[138] (PS3) 86[139] (X360) 85[140] (PS2) 71[141] |
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | (Wii) 80.07%[142] (X360) 75.20%[143] (PS3) 74.35%[144] | (Wii) 77[145] (PS3) 74[146] (X360) 72[147] |
Guitar Hero Live | (WIIU) 83.75%[148] (PS4) 81.91%[149] (XONE) 80.93%[150] | (WIIU) 84/100[151] (XONE) 81/100[152] (PS4) 80/100[153] |
Year | Title | Developer(s) | Platform | ||||||||||||
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PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | X360 | XONE | Wii | Wii U | Win | Mac | DS | Phone | Other | ||||
Main games | |||||||||||||||
2005 | Guitar Hero | Harmonix | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
2006 | Guitar Hero II | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
2007 | Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock | Neversoft Budcat Creations (PS2) Vicarious Visions (Wii) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
2008 | Guitar Hero World Tour | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
2009 | Guitar Hero 5 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
2010 | Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock | Neversoft Vicarious Visions (Wii) | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
2015 | Guitar Hero Live | FreeStyleGames | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
Band-centric games | |||||||||||||||
2008 | Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | Neversoft Budcat Creations (PS2) Vicarious Visions (Wii) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
2009 | Guitar Hero: Metallica | Neversoft | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Guitar Hero: Van Halen | Neversoft Underground Development (X360) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Expansion games | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s | Harmonix | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
2009 | Guitar Hero Smash Hits | Beenox | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Band Hero | Neversoft Budcat Creations (PS2) Vicarious Visions (Wii/DS) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[Note 1] | No | No | ||
DJ Hero | |||||||||||||||
2009 | DJ Hero | FreeStyleGames | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
2010 | DJ Hero 2 | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Portable games | |||||||||||||||
2008 | Guitar Hero: On Tour | Vicarious Visions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 2] | No | No | |
Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 2] | No | No | |||
2009 | Guitar Hero on Tour: Modern Hits | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 2] | No | No | ||
Mobile series | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Guitar Hero III Mobile | Machineworks Northwest | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
2008 | Guitar Hero III Backstage Pass | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |||
2009 | Guitar Hero 5 Mobile | Glu Mobile | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
Other | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Guitar Hero Carabiner | Basic Fun, Inc. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2009 | Guitar Hero Arcade | Raw Thrills | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
2010 | Guitar Hero (iOS) | Vicarious Visions | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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