Best Games for PC of 2009 / Page 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical, Grand strategy

August 7, 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This grand strategy game covers World War II, allowing players to lead a country through the conflict from 1936 to 1948. Hearts of Iron III offers multiple...

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (2007)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Online

November 6, 2007

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This action-adventure platformer brings together the events of all six Star Wars films in a world built from LEGO bricks. Its campaign spans 36 story levels, from...

Overlord (2007)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Slasher, Puzzle, Role-playing game

June 26, 2007

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Overlord is a fantasy action game with a third-person view and strategy elements. You have to try on the role of an evil overlord who, with the help of an army of...

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Stealth

November 14, 2002

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera dedicated to the legendary Robin Hood. England, Anno Domini 1190...

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...

Science Girls

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

May 28, 2009

Steam: 79/100

Science Girls is a science-fiction turn-based RPG in which members of a school science club fight an alien invasion and defend their homeworld. When...

Battlestations: Pacific

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy, Simulation

May 4, 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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

November 24, 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade first-person shooter follows Sam “Serious” Stone as he battles Mental’s forces in ancient Egypt. Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is an updated...

Star Wars: Dark Forces

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

January 31, 1997

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a cult first-person shooter in the Star Wars universe. The action takes place before and after the events of the film Star Wars: Episode...

Street Fighter 4

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

February 12, 2009

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Street Fighter IV is a fighting game that returns the series to its classic two-dimensional combat, pairing familiar moves from Street Fighter II with...

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...

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

February 5, 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 83/100

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is an expanded edition of the racing arcade game with a third-person view. The game is built on three main pillars, which should...

Clutch (2009)

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies

June 2, 2009

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 62/100

This post-apocalyptic arcade racing game with action elements follows a person who survived a disaster at the Large Hadron Collider, after which the rest of the...

Return to Mysterious Island 2

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game

June 19, 2009

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Return to Mysterious Island 2 is an adventure logic puzzle game with a first-person view in the point and click genre. Mina's rescue at the end of the first game...

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

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

April 24, 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is a continuation of the stealth action game with a first-person view, based on the film “The Chronicles of Riddick...

Need for Speed: Shift

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Online

September 15, 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Need for Speed: Shift is a realistic racing simulator with first and third person views in the popular Need for Speed series. The game is a fairly serious racing...

Heroes of Might and Magic

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

June 20, 2000

Heroes of Might and Magic — turn-based role-playing game in the fantasy genre. In the Heroes of Might and Magic series, the player will have to fight with...

Ninja Blade

Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view

January 29, 2009

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Set in modern-day Tokyo, this action-adventure follows an outbreak of parasites known as alpha-worms, which spread east and threaten humanity. An elite team of...

Order of War

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view

September 22, 2009

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Order of War is a strategy game set in the Second World War. The game takes place in 1944 and offers two story campaigns: the battles of the American army and...

Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943

Simulation, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Historical, Sandbox

October 16, 2009

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 65/100

Theater of War 2: Kursk 1943 is a strategy game that takes gamers into the setting of World War II. The game is dedicated to the Battle of Kursk. Theater of War 2...

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...

Colin McRae: DiRT 2

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

September 8, 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is a continuation of the popular rally racing simulator with a third and first person view. An interesting and, at the same time, quite complex...

Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

July 15, 2009

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition — The wildly twisted plot begins with our hapless hero recklessly embarking on a search for the mythical treasures of...

Demigod

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, MOBA

April 14, 2009

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This real-time tactical strategy game with role-playing elements is set in a world where the disappearance of the All-Father has left a vacant place in the...

Faces of War

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical, Action, Simulation

September 8, 2006

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A real-time tactical strategy game set during World War II, Faces of War puts the player in command of troops on the front lines. Its 1944–1945 campaigns follow...

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...

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Online

October 21, 2005

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This sci-fi action shooter set in the Star Wars universe follows the rise of Darth Vader’s 501st Legion of Stormtroopers. Its single-player campaign takes the...

Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Dark Forces 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Star Wars, Science fiction

October 9, 1997

Players: 8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Star Wars: Jedi Knight — Dark Forces 2 is an exciting action game with a first-person view in the Star Wars universe. As Kyle Katarn, you will master the...

Virtual Families

Simulation, Top-down view, Casual game

May 6, 2009

Steam: 88/100

A life simulator focused on family development and daily concerns. It all starts with one character whose life gradually fills with events: work, daily life...

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Online

February 10, 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 78/100

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is a continuation of a dynamic first-person shooter with horror elements. The events of the game begin half an hour before the end of the...

Hospital Tycoon

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric

June 5, 2007

Players: 10/10

Steam: 39/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This hospital management sim with strategy elements focuses on running a rapidly expanding medical facility. The player oversees patient care, directs doctors and...

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Adventure, Comedy

May 21, 2008

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An episodic RPG adventure set in an alternate version of the 1920s, with a pulp horror atmosphere reminiscent of H. P. Lovecraft’s work. Gabe and Tycho of the...

Braid

Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie

August 6, 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Braid is a 2D puzzle-platformer with painterly visuals. Setting out from a house in the city, the protagonist travels through a series of worlds to rescue an...

Drawn: The Painted Tower

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

September 5, 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

This first-person fantasy adventure follows an attempt to save Iris by exploring the Painted Tower. A curse has locked each floor, and the protagonist must solve...

Europa Universalis 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy

January 23, 2007

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This global historical strategy game puts the player in control of a historical nation and lets them guide it across several centuries while expanding its influence...

IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey

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

September 4, 2009

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 81/100

IL-2 Sturmovik: Winged Predators — The gameplay is based on large-scale air battles and ground operations of World War II. The player can take part in the...

Red Faction

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

May 22, 2001

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Youda Farmer

Casual game, Farm Simulator, Business / Management

February 3, 2009

A colorful economic simulator of farm life, where you need to develop your own farm, grow vegetables and fruits, take care of the beds, and sell the harvest in the...

Cooking Dash

Simulation, Casual game

August 12, 2009

Steam: 79/100

This casual cooking simulation follows Flo and her grandmother as they help restaurants in DinerTown after chef Cookie leaves to pursue a career on a popular...

World of Goo

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

October 6, 2008

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 91/100

World of Goo is a construction puzzle game where you move living Goo balls and use them to build buildings, bridges, and airships to solve various problems as you...