Best Games for PC of 2010 / Page 8

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk, Point & Click, Science fiction

November 3, 2010

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This point-and-click sci-fi adventure is set in 2045, in a world devastated by wars and revolutions and ruled by a cruel dictatorship. Its story unfolds through...

Dark Void Zero

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure

January 18, 2010

Steam: 46/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This futuristic side-scrolling action game, styled after 8-bit classics, follows Rusty, a test pilot and trusted friend of Nikola Tesla. He must close Portal X and...

Downfall

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

January 27, 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 94/100

Downfall is a horror adventure about Joe, who takes his wife on a romantic getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. The trip descends into insanity, and the...

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...

Football Manager 2010

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Sports game, Sandbox

October 30, 2009

Metacritic: 80/100

A football management simulation and strategy game in which the player shapes a team’s tactics and follows its matches. The revised tactics module offers preset...

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

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

December 17, 1993

Steam: 90/100

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a third-person adventure with horror and puzzle elements from the developers of Sierra On-Line, Inc.. The game is published...

Global Agenda

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

February 1, 2010

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Global Agenda — the game features 4 game classes: Assault, Medic, Scout and Roboticist, each with a different playstyle and unique weapons. In the game, you can use...

King's Bounty: Crossworlds

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

September 17, 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

An expansion for King's Bounty: Armored Princess, it includes the full Armored Princess campaign and two separate mini-campaigns. Champion of the Arena centers...

Leadlight

Role-playing game, Horror

October 1, 2010

Steam: 100/100

Leadlight is a role-playing game with horror elements from the studio...

Poker Night at the Inventory

First-person view, Card game, Casino, Casual game, Comedy

November 22, 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Poker Night at the Inventory is an exciting poker game where you have to fight for supremacy with the smartest and cunning hero from Penny Arcade, Tycho - the huge...

Rocket Knight

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

May 12, 2010

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This side-scrolling platform action game follows Sparkster, an opossum hero who returns to the kingdom of Zephyrus after 15 years to find it in ruins. He must face...

Sam & Max 303: They Stole Max's Brain!

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

June 22, 2010

Metacritic: 75/100

A third-person adventure puzzle game in the Sam & Max franchise, with a film noir twist. The premise centers on the theft of Max’s...

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic (Collector's Edition)

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox

March 4, 2010

Steam: 41/100

This naval simulation follows a German submarine crew opposing Allied forces across the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The player commands the crew, issues...

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2

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

September 2, 2010

Metacritic: 63/100

This action flight simulator centers on aerial combat missions featuring elite pilots. The player controls technologically advanced aircraft and takes part in...

Zen Bound 2

Strategy, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

April 2, 2010

Steam: 90/100

A puzzle game about painting wooden sculptures by wrapping them in rope. Each level presents a spatial challenge that players solve by inspecting the object and...

Fallout 3 - Point Lookout

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, DLC

June 23, 2009

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Fallout 3 — Point Lookout is an add-on for the post-apocalyptic action role-playing game with a first-person view of Fallout 3. Buy a ticket and ride aboard...

Haunted House (2010)

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, Top-down view

September 28, 2010

Steam: 56/100

1912: Titanic Mystery

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Hidden Objects

November 2, 2009

Steam: 52/100

1912: Titanic Mystery is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers of Joindots GmbH and Ocean Media LLC. The game is published by SpinTop...

Alien Swarm

Action, Shooter, Horror, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game

July 19, 2010

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A top-down co-op shooter about a squad of Interstellar Armed Forces Marines fighting aliens in an overrun off-world colony. Players form a team of four and use...

Beat Hazard

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Music game, Space, Indie

October 28, 2009

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Beat Hazard is a musical arcade shooter with a top-down view and elements of a rhythm game. In the game, you will control a spaceship to upbeat music. Each track in...

Black Mirror 2

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

September 25, 2009

Players: 1/10

Steam: 89/100

This third-person point-and-click horror adventure follows Darren Michaels as he searches for his missing friend Angelina and struggles to keep his sanity. The...

Europa Universalis 3: Divine Wind

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

December 14, 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 71/100

An expansion for Europa Universalis 3, this historical strategy game focuses on governing states and vying for influence in the Far East. Players can take the role...

Fantasy Wars

Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

August 31, 2007

Players: 7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A turn-based strategy game with hex-grid battles, set in a fantasy world of human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarven citadels and Elven forests. The conflict begins when...

GearGrinder

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

April 10, 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

An action racing game about driving heavy trucks that can be transformed into combat vehicles. In GearGrinder, races can focus on speed or turn into battles with...

Heroes Over Europe

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

September 8, 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Heroes Over Europe — the game's plot takes place in the very center of intense air battles of the Second World War in the European theater of operations. The...

One Unit Whole Blood

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

July 15, 1998

One Unit Whole Blood — you have to rise from the grave and over the course of five episodes of 10 levels, stab undead and cultists with a pitchfork, blow up...

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction

April 1, 1994

Steam: 75/100

This top-down science-fiction shooter follows a mercenary of the future piloting the Raptor on interplanetary missions against MegaCorp’s competitors. The player...

Reign: Conflict of Nations

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 11, 2009

Steam: 49/100

Darkness Within 2: The Dark Lineage

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Horror

May 28, 2010

Steam: 69/100

This first-person adventure horror game follows detective Howard Loreid, who is tormented by paranormal events and discovers that his dark past is tied to an...

Air Forte

Action, Flight Simulator, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Top-down view, Logic, Casual game, Indie

July 16, 2010

Steam: 50/100

This casual educational game combines math, vocabulary, and geography challenges with piloting an aircraft through aerial arenas. It can be played solo or with up...

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut

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

March 19, 2009

Players: 6/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut - One of the all-time classic adventures, the multiple BAFTA nominated Broken Sword: Director's Cut takes...

Bundeskanzler 2009-2013

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

2009

Bundeskanzler 2009-2013 is a third-person simulator with a mixture of strategy and business simulator from developers from the studio Eversim S.A.. The game is...

Distant Worlds

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Space, Science fiction

March 25, 2010

Steam: 71/100

This pausable real-time 4X space strategy game follows the growth of an interstellar empire across a vast galaxy. The player explores star systems, expands their...

Front Mission Evolved

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots

September 16, 2010

Players: 7/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Front Mission Evolved is a dynamic third-person shooter in a sci-fi setting in the Front Mission universe. The events of the game take place in 2171, when the...

GET LAMP (included games)

Adventure, Collection

July 28, 2010

GET LAMP (included games) is an...

Hacker Evolution

Simulation, In real time, Puzzle, Text quest

September 14, 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 71/100

This hacking simulation and puzzle game follows a former intelligence agent who specializes in computer security. After a chain of events disables the stock market...

Majesty 2: Kingmaker

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation

March 26, 2010

Players: 7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A real-time strategy game with management elements, set in a fantasy medieval world, about ruling Ardania and creating a kingdom. The player wages war against...

Mirror Mysteries

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Point & Click

December 25, 2009

Steam: 77/100

This adventure puzzle game with hidden-object gameplay follows a mother whose children are taken into a magical world behind a mirror. To rescue them, she travels...

Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

September 6, 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison — adventure horror with a first-person view and puzzle elements. It's up to you to help Kiera Vale discover her...

PT Boats: South Gambit

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view

January 13, 2010

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 50/100

This expansion to PT Boats: Knights of the Sea adds campaigns set in the Mediterranean and Black Sea during World War II. The player commands a torpedo boat...