Best Games for PC of 2008 / Page 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view

October 16, 2008

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 36/100

Sniper: Art of Victory is a dynamic shooter with a first-person view and stealth elements. World War II was a war theater for many specialized combat units working...

Turok

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

February 5, 2008

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Turok is a futuristic first-person shooter with stealth elements. You have to try on the role of a courageous mercenary named Turk, who, together with the Whiskey...

Crysis: Warhead

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

September 16, 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Crysis: Warhead is a continuation of the adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. This time you will watch the story of the original Crysis...

Caesar 4

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, City Building

September 26, 2006

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 74/100

A city-building strategy game about a Roman governor who manages a newly established province and seeks to climb the empire’s political ladder to become Caesar...

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction

December 8, 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a fun tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you have to organize an...

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm

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

March 23, 2007

SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm — all elements are based on SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars, the gameplay remains the same: The main character, a former rune warrior...

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

September 16, 2005

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Total Overdose: A Gunslinger's Tale in Mexico is an action game with a third-person view. 1989 Ruins of an Inca temple deep in the jungle. Ernesto Cruz has just...

Age of Conan: Unchained

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game

May 20, 2008

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Age of Conan is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the harsh world of Conan...

Sins of a Solar Empire

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

February 4, 2008

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Sins of a Solar Empire — There is no plot as such. There is only a premise presented in the initial video. It's different in every expansion. The player's...

Battlefield Vietnam

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Historical, Tanks

March 14, 2004

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Battlefield Vietnam is a first-person shooter. The game takes place during the Vietnam War. There are two warring parties in the game: the US/South Vietnamese army...

Zombie Shooter

Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Zombies

December 29, 2007

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 82/100

This isometric action shooter follows a zombie outbreak at a secret research base, where scientists have turned into monsters and the infection threatens to spread...

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident

Simulation, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Space, Science fiction

November 3, 2004

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This real-time tactical space simulator follows a conflict between megacorporations at the dawn of the 22nd century. A discovery on the edge of the Solar System...

NHL 09

Hockey, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

September 9, 2008

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

NHL 09 is a popular sports simulator dedicated to...

Rise of the Argonauts

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Role-playing game, Adventure

December 12, 2008

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Set in the mythological world of Ancient Greece, this action RPG follows Jason, king of Iolcus, who seeks the Golden Fleece after his fiancée is killed on their...

X-COM: Apocalypse

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

July 15, 1997

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

A tactical strategy game about combating an alien invasion in Mega Primus in 2084, where social order is collapsing and extraterrestrials terrorize the population...

Strike Fighters 2

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

December 21, 2008

A realistic flight simulator focusing on air combat and military operations during the Cold War period. The game offers a wide selection of historical combat...

Brigade E5: New Jagged Union

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Simulation, Tactics

July 29, 2005

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Brigade E5: New Alliance is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. The game includes three storylines and...

Serious Sam 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

October 11, 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Serious Sam 2 is a continuation of the legendary third-person shooter starring the legendary serious Sam. As before, you will find yourself in an endless fight...

Sniper Elite

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical

September 29, 2005

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A tactical shooter set amid the covert battles of the closing days of World War II, it follows an American OSS sniper operating undercover in war-torn Berlin. He...

Midnight Club 2

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world

April 9, 2003

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Midnight Club 2 is an arcade street-racing game set in the open cities of Los Angeles, Paris, and Tokyo. Players race against other drivers in cars and on...

4 Elements

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

August 25, 2008

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 42/100

This fantasy match-3 puzzle follows an ancient kingdom whose four-element magic has been corrupted by evil forces. The player must restore the altars and return...

Dynasty Warriors 6

Action, Strategy, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

February 19, 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Dynasty Warriors 6 is a tactical action game set in third-century China, where battles unfold across fields crowded with thousands of soldiers. Its characters have...

ObsCure

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op)

June 17, 2004

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 65/100

After a friend disappears, five students are trapped inside Leafmore High School and set out to uncover the cause of the mysterious events there. ObsCure is a...

Ancient Wars: Sparta

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Role-playing game, City Building

December 8, 2006

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A real-time strategy game about the struggle for influence in the ancient world, where Sparta, Persia and Egypt vie for power between 700 and 300 BC. The campaigns...

Cold Fear

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

March 3, 2005

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This action-horror game with survival elements follows Tom Hansen, a U.S. Coast Guard officer sent to board a drifting Russian whaling ship during a storm in the...

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Third-person view

October 1, 2002

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A stealth action game about a retired contract killer forced back into service by treachery. The protagonist takes on assignments around the world, including in...

Space Siege

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

August 12, 2008

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 60/100

An isometric action role-playing game set aboard the Armstrong, one of the few remaining ships carrying humanity’s survivors after an attack on Earth by an unknown...

Supreme Commander

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

February 16, 2007

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This science-fiction real-time strategy game follows a thousand-year war between three opposing forces, a conflict that has engulfed a once-peaceful galaxy. The...

TechnoMagic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Dungeons, Puzzle, Turn-based

December 31, 2008

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 54/100

TechnoMagic is an adventure browser-based role-playing MMO game in the fantasy genre with match-3 elements. This is a game where you fight by moving stones on the...

TOCA Race Driver 3

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Sports game

February 22, 2006

Players: 8.1/10

TOCA Race Driver 3 — Single-player games are divided into two parts: World Tour and Professional Career. In the World Tour, the player progresses through 32...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Simulation, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Action

November 13, 2001

Players: 4.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon is a hardcore tactical shooter with a first-person view. The events of the game will take you to Eastern Europe in 2008, where massive...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

March 18, 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This first- and third-person tactical shooter follows Rainbow's fight against a terrorist threat in Las Vegas. The story unfolds in parallel with the events of the...

Chicago 1930

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

November 17, 2003

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

A real-time tactical game about a war between the Mafia and the police in 1930s Chicago. Don Falcone seeks control of the city’s districts, while a special task...

Crime Patrol

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Interactive movie

February 29, 2008

This first-person arcade shooter with live-action video follows a police officer rising from rookie to Delta Force operative. Each stage pits the officer against...

Pyroblazer

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

November 13, 2008

Steam: 57/100

Pyroblazer - the plot is connected to the story of a young pilot who intends to participate in his first racing tournament. As he progresses through the...

Rayman Raving Rabbids

Arcade, First-person view, Third-person view, Board / Group Game, Action, Comedy, Adventure

November 14, 2006

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade adventure follows Rayman as a wild rabbit invasion threatens his world. He must fight the intruders and foil their plans, relying on his combat...

Disney Bolt

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Stealth

October 21, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Disney Bolt is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view. Players take control of the heroic characters Bolt and his owner Penny from the TV series...

Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

Role-playing game, Online, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, Open world

April 24, 2007

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is a multiplayer action role-playing game with a third-person view in the fantasy universe of The Lord of the Rings. The...

Hinterland

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

September 30, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Hinterland is a fantasy role-playing strategy game that combines real-time combat with settlement building. The hero leads a party and helps its inhabitants...

Iron Man

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Comics

May 2, 2008

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 44/100

This third-person action shooter follows Iron Man in a story based on the film and incorporating elements from the original comics. The hero faces enemy forces...