America, the game was the fifth best-selling Xbox 360 launch title, selling considerably more units than had been anticipated. At GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2005 awards, the game won Best Sound Effects and Best Use of Upset Disheveled Men, and was a runner up in both Best Xbox 360 Game and a readers' poll in the same category. At IGN's Best of 2005 awards, it won Best Xbox 360 Action Game, Best Use of Sound, and Best Game No One Played, and was a runner up in Best Artistic Design and Best Story. In 2006, IGN ranked it at #10 in their scariest games ever made list. In 2008, they ranked it #1 in their 13 Scariest Games of This Generation. In 2014, they ranked it at #9 in their top ten surivial horror games. In 2015, Game Informer ranked it at #10 in their "Top 25 Horror Games of All Time" list. In 2017, GamesRadar+ ranked it at #12 in their top 20 horror games list. In 2020, Slant Magazine ranked it at #13 in their "25 Best Horror Games of All Time" list. In 2022, Rock Paper Shotgun ranked it at #9 in their best horror games for PC list. Also in 2022, Den of Geek ranked it at #14 in their "30 Scariest Horror Games Ever Made" list. German ban In February 2008 all copies of Condemned were confiscated in Germany because of § 131 StGB, which outlaws the dissemination or public display of media "which describe cruel or otherwise inhuman acts of violence against human beings in a manner which expresses a glorification or rendering harmless of such acts of violence or which represents the cruel or inhuman aspects of the event in a manner which injures human dignity". Although it is not illegal to own the game, it is illegal to distribute it. Other media Prequel Debuting on the game's official website towards the end of September, and released in weekly instalments, Condemned: The Prequel Story is a six-part episodic flash game set shortly before the main game. It begins with Agent Mallory of the SCU getting called to a homicide; a young man has been found stabbed in a derelict building. As Mallory searches the building, he finds a photograph of a young woman with the caption, "share your happiness with others today". Identifying the location where the photo was taken (a self