Best Games for PC of 2008 / Page 15

Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, MMO

August 2009

Steam: 58/100

La Tale is a 2D side-scrolling fantasy MMORPG about heroes battling the forces of the Demon World and searching for the renowned champion Iris Livier. Players...

Linyca

Strategy, Music game, Puzzle

August 1, 2008

Linyca is a strategy game with elements of a music game and a...

Lost in the Nightmare (Deluxe Edition)

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

January 29, 2008

Lost in the Nightmare (Deluxe Edition) is a first-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the masters at Cool Blue Game...

Mr. Robot

Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Action

January 10, 2007

Steam: 81/100

This science-fiction action-puzzle adventure with role-playing elements follows Asimov, a service robot aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. When the ship’s...

Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends

Adventure, First-person view

September 12, 2008

Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends is a first-person adventure from Lazy Turtle Games. The main publisher of the game is Big Fish Games, Inc. In some circles...

Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Point & Click

July 1, 2008

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This first-person point-and-click adventure follows detective Nancy Drew as she joins an international undercover investigation during Venice’s Carnevale. With the...

Paranormal Agency

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

December 3, 2008

Paranormal Agency is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers from the studios Positive Games and Shape Games Inc.. The game is published by G5...

Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007

Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sports game, Sandbox, Bicycles

May 23, 2008

Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2007 — As a team manager, you can influence the strategy of the team and individual players, buy equipment, train your riders and...

Realms of Arkania Trilogy

Role-playing game, Collection

December 31, 2008

Realms of Arkania Trilogy is a role-playing game from Attic Entertainment Software GmbH. The game is published by Sir-tech Software, Inc.. Realms of Arkania Trilogy...

Restricted Area

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk

October 1, 2004

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 51/100

This action role-playing game is set in 2083, after environmental pollution has turned most of Earth into mutant-filled wastelands and contaminated deserts, while a...

Sam & Max Episode 202: Moai Better Blues

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

January 10, 2008

Metacritic: 80/100

This adventure puzzle sends Sam and Max to the tropics, where a surprise trip turns into a work assignment: the pair must stop a massive volcano from erupting. To...

Sam & Max Episode 205: What's New, Beelzebub?

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

April 10, 2008

Metacritic: 85/100

This adventure episode follows Sam and Max as they face Satan in a corporate version of Hell. On Judgment Day, they must bargain with him for Bosco’s soul, while...

Scavenger

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

2007

Steam: 46/100

Scavenger is a top-down action game with a touch of shooter from the masters from the PiEyeGames studio. The game is published by...

Space Giraffe

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

August 22, 2007

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 68/100

An abstract arcade shooter set across successive levels with procedurally generated visuals. Though it presents itself as a shoot-’em-up, Space Giraffe rewards...

Stone-Jong

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

2007

Stone-Jong is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers at Playful Age. The main publishers of the game are Elephant Entertainment, LLC...

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 1 - Homestar Ruiner

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

August 11, 2008

Metacritic: 75/100

A puzzle adventure about Strong Bad’s plan to beat up Homestar going awry. An unwanted houseguest disrupts his usual routine, and Strong Bad tries to set things...

Unicorn Castle

Adventure, Puzzle

July 2, 2008

Unicorn Castle is an adventure with a dash of puzzle from the masters at Fenomen Games. The game is published by Big Fish Games, Inc. Mystery of Unicorn Castle HD...

Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

Action, Adventure, Stealth, Third-person view, Top-down view

April 25, 2008

Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is a third-person action game with adventure and stealth elements from the masters at Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited. The game...

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. Colonies Edition

Action, Adventure

December 21, 2006

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An action game with a single-player campaign and online battles, in which players fight Akrid and one another using weapons and robotic VS suits. Colonies Edition...

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland

Third-person view, Sports game

October 18, 2005

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This skateboarding and BMX sports game takes place in an open Los Angeles environment, the city where skate culture began. Players follow the Wasteland story and...

Area-51

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

April 25, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Area-51 — The player travels through several sections of the facility, including a warehouse and tunnels. The player character is tasked with fellow Special...

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view

October 21, 2008

Steam: 82/100

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain is a realistic flight simulator with first and third person views. The events of the game take place during the Second World War in...

Dimensity

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game

September 3, 2008

Steam: 34/100

Dimensity is an exciting real-time strategy game with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. For thirty years, the border lands of Vorbolg have been torn by...

Dragon

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

March 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 48/100

Dragon is a side-scrolling arcade action puzzle game. The goal of the game is to destroy all the colorful balls moving in a chain across the screen towards the...

Lure of the Temptress

Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 18, 2008

Lure of the Temptress is a third-person adventure with fantasy game elements from the masters at Revolution Software Ltd.. The game's primary publisher is Virgin...

MMORPG Tycoon

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view

June 2, 2008

Players: 5.5/10

MMORPG Tycoon is a top-down strategy with a touch of business simulator from developers from the VectorStorm studio. The game is published by...

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Online, Action

September 19, 2008

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest is a real-time strategy game with arcade elements, set in a digital world where tribes fight over Darwinia’s resources. Once...

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest (Limited Edition)

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

September 19, 2008

Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest (Limited Edition) is a third-person action game with strategy elements from the developers of Introversion Software Limited...

Nanny Mania

Action, Strategy, Isometric

December 3, 2009

Nanny Mania is an isometric action game with a dash of strategy from the developers at ToyboxGames Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Gogii...

Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

January 20, 2008

Players: 7/10

Natalie Brooks: Secrets of Treasure House is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the masters at Alawar Friday's Games. The game is published by...

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

October 31, 1998

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 88/100

This adventure platformer with puzzle elements follows the Mudokon Abe after he learns that the Magog Cartel is mining Necrum, a sacred city of the dead, for bones...

Penumbra Collection

Action, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Collection, Puzzle

October 10, 2008

Penumbra Collection is a first-person action game with a mixture of adventure, horror, stealth and puzzle game from Frictional Games. The game's publishers are...

Perimeter (Gold Edition)

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cyberpunk

February 22, 2008

Steam: 85/100

Set in the future, this real-time strategy game follows the Exodus civilization as it leaves a dying Earth in search of a new world. Players capture territory and...

Requiem: Memento Mori

Role-playing game, Horror, MMO, Third-person view

June 19, 2008

Players: 10/10

Requiem: Memento Mori is a third-person role-playing game with a touch of horror and massive multiplayer game from the studio Gravity Co., Ltd.. The game is...

RoboBlitz

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie

November 7, 2006

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This physics-based action game with puzzles follows Blitz, a robot tasked with activating an aging Space Cannon to protect his world from space...

Shade: Wrath of Angels

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

October 1, 2004

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 50/100

This third-person action-adventure horror game follows a search for a missing brother. After receiving an ominous letter asking him to travel to a small mountain...

Silverfall: Earth Awakening

Role-playing game, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher

February 21, 2008

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 74/100

An expansion for Silverfall (2007), this action RPG follows an exploration of new territories in Nelwë, a fantasy world where nature and technology collide. The...

The Sims 2: Apartment Life

Simulation, DLC, In real time, Third-person view

August 26, 2008

Metacritic: 75/100

This expansion for Sims 2 moves Sims from suburban homes into a busy apartment building with places such as coffee shops and a playground. Players can control...

Spaceforce: Rogue Universe

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space

July 18, 2007

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 54/100

This space action RPG and simulation game lets players explore an open universe after the pilot leaves the starting area. Players develop their spacecraft, take on...

Unreal Deal Pack

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Sandbox

March 17, 2008

Unreal Deal Pack — a collection of the legendary first-person shooter series in a sci-fi setting.The Unreal Deal Pack...