List of Vista compatible games

This post has updated. Please see at the bottom to find more updates on which games are compatible on Windows Vista.

Entries are in alphabetical order.

1602 A.D. (32-Bit)

Agatha Christie : And then there were none (32 bit)

Agatha Christie : Murder on the orient express (32 bit)

Aliens versus Predator 2

Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit)

Anno 1701

Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion

Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion

Age of Empires III and The WarChiefs expansion

Alice (American McGee’s)

 

Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition

Ankh II : hearth of Osiris (32-bit)

Armies of Exigo

Atlantis II (32-bit)

Atlantis III (32-bit)

Atlantis IV Evolution (32-bit)

Aura : Fate of the ages (32-bit)

Armed and Dangerous

Arx Fatalis

Blade Runner (32-bit)

Baldur’s Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2

Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.)

Battlefield 2142(32bit)

Battlefield 2142(64bit) – Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower.

Black and White 2

Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.)

Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Call of Duty & United Offensive

Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.)

Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit)

Championship Manager 2007

Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode)

Civilization IV (Vista 32/64-bit)

Civ City Rome (32 bit)

Cobra 11 – Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Command & Conquer: Generals

Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty

Company of Heroes (32bit Home Premium) no problems generally.(NB With NVIDIA 8800GTX/GTS GPUs the game crashes when loading Cherbourg level. Needs GPU driver update. ‘Open issue’ with 20/02/07 100.65 forceware drivers)

Condemned – Criminal Origins

Continuum

Counter-Strike 1.6

Counter-Strike Condition Zero

Counter-Strike Source

Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix)

Cricket 07 (Australian version – works on both x86 & x64)

Darwinia

Day of Defeat

Deal or No Deal

Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre

Deus Ex

Diablo I

Diablo II – NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut’s properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition).

Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game’s directory for doom95 to work properly)

Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4

Dracula 2 (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)

Dreamfall : the Longest journey (32-bit) : run after installation of Starforce Drivers. Install them form here

Driver (32bit)

Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if you don’t install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.)

Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project

Dungeon Keeper

Dungeon Keeper 2 (32-Bit)

Dynasty warriors 4 hyper

EA Link for EA Games

Elder Scrolls: Oblivion: Runs great on Vista with 1.1 patch

Eve Online Fully working (32-bit)

Evany : Crystal keys II (32-bit)

Everquest

Everquest II

Far Cry (64-bit and 32-bit with v1.4 patch)

Evidence – the last ritual

F.E.A.R (32-Bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility

F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode)

FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium)

Flight Simulator 2004

Flight Simulator X

FBI: Hostage Rescue

F.E.A.R

FIFA 07

FIFA Manager 2007

Football Manager 2007

Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich

Freelancer

Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update)

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64 bit))

Grand Prix 4

Grand Theft Auto II

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (32-bit: Functions flawlessly / 64-bit: Problematic when tested on Ultimate Edition. Experiences random freezes and crashes, notably when graphics are set to “Very High” quality).

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Guild Wars: All 3 versions ( Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall )

Gun

GunBound WC

Half Life

Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One

Halo: Combat Evolved(need a patch windows tel you about it)

Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884)

Heroes 5

Hitman: Blood Money

Hitman: Contracts

Hoyle Card games 2007 works great.

Hoyle Board games 2007 works great.

Hoyle Puzzle games 2007 works great.

Hugo: The Evil Mirror

In The Groove + Impact dancepad

Jack the Reaper

Jade Empire: Special Edition (x86 & x64)

Jazz Jack Rabbit 2

Little Fighter 2 (32 bit)

KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend

Lego Star Wars II (64-bit)

Lineage II: Chronicle 5 (32-bit) works well!

LOCOMOTION by Chris Sawyer (64-bit)

Max Payne 1.01

Max Payne 2

Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate, plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet.

Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991)

Magic Ball 3

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (x86 and x64)

Myst III : Exile (32-bit)

Myst IV : Revelation (32-bit)

Myst V : End of Ages (32-bit)

Myth II Soulblighter v1.6 (32 and 64bit)

MU Online (Ultra low FPS)

Need for Speed (32-bit)

Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit

Need for Speed Most Wanted

Neverwinter Nights 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Nexuiz

NHL 06

NHL 07

Outrun 2006

Paradise (from Benoit Sokal) (32-bit)

Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode)

Pacific Warriors

Phantasy Star Universe

Prey (Requires working OpenGL support)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?)

Pro Evolution Soccer 6

Psychonauts

Quake 2

Quake 3 Arena

Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64-bit and Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Race – The WTCC Game

Ragnarok Online

Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Rainbow Six: Vegas

Return to mysterous Island

Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit)

RollerCoaster Tycoon [With the Loopy Landscape Add-On] (Vista 32-bit)
- Add the “Windows 95″ compatibility mode for the file “rct.exe”
- Add the “Full control” right to “Everyone” for the folder of RCT and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)
- Add the “Full control” right to “Everyone” for the folder of RCT2 and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)

Rome: Total War

Savage (32-bit)

Schizm : mysterious journey (CD) (32-bit)

Scratches (32-bit) : Update of Starforce drivers NOT needed

Second Sight

SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit)

SimCity 4 and RushHour Expansion (Vista 64-bit)

Soul Reaver 2

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

Star Wars Galaxies

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns

Star Wars Jedi Academy (32bit)

Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32bit)

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32bit)

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility

Starcraft

Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59)

Super Collapse! Puzzle Gallery 1.0.8.0

Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista still appears on the screen. Ignore it.)

SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit)

Test Drive Unlimited (if there are problems run as administrator and/or in xp sp2 compatibility mode)

The Amerzone (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)

The Black Mirror (2nd edition, 2CD without Starforce) (32-bit)

The longest journey (32-bit). Official patch here

The Elderscrolls Oblivion (32-bit)

The Sims 2 (32-bit/64-bit)(All expansions pack works!)

The Movies (32-bit)

The Simpsons – Hit & Run (32-bit)

Titan Quest

Tomb Raider I, II; III; The Lost Artefact, Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of darkness : run with unofficials patchs. See this site.

Tomb Raider Legend (32bit)

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4

Top Spin 2 (32 bit) Slow loading but work perfect

Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit)

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Unreal Tournament 1999 Game of the Year Edition

Unreal Tournament 2004 – The text to speech engine switches from the game engine to the one supplied with Vista, if you don’t get voice taunts from other players, check your control panel text to speech voice to make sure it works.

URU : Ages beyond Myst with “The path to the Shell” extension (32-bit)

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode)

Warhammer Mark of Chaos

Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit)

World of Warcraft – May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on Hardware Installed)

Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista)

World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Worms 4: Mayhem

Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit)

Worms World Party

X3 : Reunion

X-Plane v7+ (32bit)

UPDATES

1701 A.D. (32,64-Bit)

18 Wheels of Steel: Across America (32-bit)

18 Wheels of Steel: Pedal To The Metal (Windows XP SP2 Compatibility Mode. Run as Administrator)

18 Wheels of Steel: Haulin’ (Windows XP SP2 Compatibility Mode. Run as Administrator)

Aladdin in Nasira’s Wraak (Dutch)

Aliens versus Predator 2

Age of Mythology and The Titans expansion

Age of Wonders II

Archlord (32-bit and 64-bit)

BioShock (64-bit)

Cold War

Colin McRae – DiRT (32/64-bit)

Colin McRae Rally 2 (32-bit Home Premium)

Commanche 4 (32-bit Home Premium)

Command & Conquer: The First Decade (Tiberium Sun may need to be re-installed)

Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (Run as Administrator)

Command & Conquer: Renegade

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars(32-bit)

Crysis

Darkstar One (vista ultimate 64bit)Prior to installation, install the tages 5.5signed drivers for vista 64bit: http://www.tagesprotection.com/5.5.htm .After instalation of these drivers, install the game, patch to version 1.3 and run in administrator mode and Xp SP2 compability mode.

Dawn of War: Dark Crusade v1.2 (Vista Ultimate 64-bit)

Deer Avenger 2

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (32-bit both demo and full game)

Fable: The Lost Chapters (Requires a fix obtained via Windows Update to fix compatibility issues and the latest video drivers or you’ll get black screens during gameplay and cutscene playback; this occurs primarily on nVidia chipsets, although it can be fixed by downloading the nVidia Forceware driver from the nVidia website).

Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics (32 bit Home Premium)

F.E.A.R* Extraction Point (expansion) has major problems on all platforms, including XP.

F.E.A.R Combat (Multiplayer

Final Fantasy XI (with Windows-compatible Playonline Viewer)

Garry’s Mod 10 (32/64-bit works)

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (32/64-bit)

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (64-bit) (GRAW2 works, but the Ageia PhysX engine may need to be installed with the quiet option)

Global Operations

Halo 2

Half Life 2: Lost Coast

Hitman: Blood Money (Displays errors due to the fact that it cannot locate the DirectX9 files it requires. Will not recognize DirectX10)

Hollywood Mogul 3

Homeworld (Ultimate 32-bit)

Heroes of Might and Magic II- The Succession Wars (Operates fine with no compatiblity changes on Home Premium)

HomeWorld 2 (Home Premium 32-bit)- Works just fine, version 1.0

IGI2: Covert Strike (32-bit)

Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge (Install XP patch, run in Compatibility Mode XP SP2)

Jerusalem (French) (32-bit). Patch available here

Keepsake (32-bit) (Works after updating the StarForce drivers)

Kill Switch

Kisses (32-bit Home Premium)

Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991)

Knights and Merchants (run as an administrator 32-bit Home Premium)

Mafia: City of Lost Heaven (32-bit)

Medal of Honor: Airborne (32/64-bit)

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (32-bit) Must check “Run this program as an Administrator”

Medieval 2 Total War (32-bit and 64-bit)

Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries – Must be patched to latest version and run in Windows XP Compatibility Mode as an Administrator (Home Premium 32-bit)

Microsoft Crimson skies (32-bit) Works with GeForce 8 series drivers, whereas older drivers cause a font display bug. Unplayble on hardware mode, though software mode works.

Monkey island III: the curse of Monkey island (32-bit) (Windows 95/98 compatibility mode)

Monkey island IV: Escape from Monkey Island (32-bit)

Nancy Drew: Mystery of the Old Clock (32-bit) – European versions must be run with updated StarForce drivers

Natural Selection 3.2 – Type “gammaramp 0″ in console to remedy color anomalies, though brightness problems still may occur (32-bit)

NBA Live 2003 (32-bit)

Need for Speed:Road Challenge – Works in software mode on GeForce 8 series and other none glide cards. Hardware mode crashes, though it may be circumvented with a Glide fix such as GlidewrapperdgVoodoo.

Need for Speed Underground

Need for Speed Underground II

Neverwinter Nights (Must update to v1.68)(32-bit)

No One Lives Forever 2 (Ultimate 64-bit)

Oolite 1.68 Test (32-bit)

Overlord

Playboy: The Mansion

Planescape: Torment

Pompei (French) Patch available here (32-bit)

Powerslide

Prey (Requires working OpenGL support)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Manually run the installer PrinceOfPersiaSetup.exe as an Administrator)

Priston Tale (32-bit)

Rallisport Challenge (32-bit)

Rayman 3:Hoodlum Havoc

Resident Evil 4 – Requires d3dx9_30.dll to be placed in the install folder, the default of which is Capcom/Resident Evil 4 (32-bit)

Runaway I (32-bit)

Runaway II (32-bit) – v1.3 – you must install the patch available here : english version or french version

SafeCracker (32-bit)

Secret Files: Tunguska (32-bit)

Serious Sam 2 – Requires patch 2.068 (64-bit)

Settlers 10th Anniversary (Run in XP Compatibility Mode)

Silverfall

SimCity Societies (32-bit)

Sold Out Baldies

Soldiers – Heroes of World War II (32-bit) Must run in Windows 98/Me Compatibility Mode, even with the official Vista patch

Sonic & Knuckles Collection

Spider-Man (CD-ROM with PC game Kelloggs/Got Milk? version)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

Starcraft: Brood War

Starsiege Tribes – Requires patch by NoFIX (Ultimate 32-bit)

Star Trek: Legacy (Ultimate 32-bit)

Starsky and Hutch

Star Wars – Empire at War (32-bit/64-bit)

Star Wars Republic Commando (32-bit) GeForce 8 owners must update to the latest drivers

Star Wolves 2

Stubbs the Zombie (Demo) (32-bit)

Syberia I, Syberia II – CD or DVD version (32-bit)

The Moment of Silence (French). This game uses an old version of StarForce protection, currently incompatible with Windows Vista. House of Tales has released an update here

The Movies – Stunts and Special effects Expansion (64 bit)

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (32-bit) Tribunal expansion works. For Bloodmoon expansion see Minor Problem section.

The Sims Vista Home Pre. 32 bit Works fine must check(Run as Administrator)

Titan Quest & Immortal Throne expansion (32-bit/64-bit)

The Typing of the Dead – Run in Win98/ME Compatibility Mode (32-bit)

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, PGA Tour 08 (32-bit/64-bit)TimeShift (64-bit)

Tony Tough (32-bit)

Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland (64-bit)

TrackMania United – Works perfect and does not require the steps for running TrackMania Nations. Very little lag when run with a GeForce 8800GTS (640MB) and 2GB of RAM.

Track Mania Sunrise

TS online (32-bit)

Two Worlds (32-bit, 64-bit)

Tycoon City: New York

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (32-bit)

Vietcong (32-bit)

Virtua Tennis 3 (32-bit/64-bit)

WarRock – You will need to edit PunkBuster’s default files to prevent any and all problems using PunkBuster on Vista. (32-bit / Does NOT run on 64-bit)

Wheel of Fortune – First Edition (32-bit)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Sports Editon

Wizardry Gold

World in Conflict (32-bit/64-bit)

World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

Worms 2 (Do not run on full screen)

XIII 13 (32-bit Home Premium)

Zdoom

Zoo Tycoon with Dinosaur Digs and Marine Mania expansion packs (32-bit)

Zoo Tycoon 2, Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species

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