Best Games for PC of 2012 / Page 9

F1 Online: The Game

Simulation, Racing

July 26, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

F1 Online: The Game is a racing simulator from Codemasters Studios. The game is published by...

Book of Unwritten Tales

Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Comedy

April 2, 2009

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Book of Unwritten Tales is a point-and-click fantasy adventure with fun humor and fun puzzles. The events of the game tell the story of the halfling Wilbur, the elf...

Primal Carnage

Action, Shooter, Online

October 29, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set on a remote island overrun by dinosaurs, this online shooter pits human mercenaries against prehistoric predators in asymmetrical team battles. The mercenaries...

Dragon Knights

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

March 23, 2012

Players: 2.1/10

Dragon Knights is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action, massively multiplayer, hack-and-slash, fantasy and shareware games from...

The Sims 3: Supernatural

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 4, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

The Sims 3: Supernatural is an addition to the real-time management simulator of life Sims 3. The addition adds werewolves, zombies and other “spawn of darkness...

BasketBelle

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sports game, Indie, Adventure

July 6, 2012

Steam: 80/100

An experimental 2D basketball platformer about a heroine who must save her sister. Set on improvised courts across Paris, the game gives the mechanics and ideas of...

Death Rally (Classic)

Action, Shooter, Racing, Top-down view

August 3, 2012

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Death Rally (Classic) is a furious racing shooter with a top-down view, where you have to survive in battle against real death...

Gemini Wars

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Grand strategy, Space

June 8, 2012

Steam: 32/100

Metacritic: 53/100

A real-time strategy game set in space, focused on large-scale fleet battles. In the campaign, players command groups of ships and take part in clashes among the...

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials

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

August 5, 2010

Steam: 75/100

Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials is a first-person, horror-puzzle adventure from the masters at MumboJumbo, LLC. The game is published by MumboJumbo...

Offspring Fling!

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

May 11, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Offspring Fling! is a puzzle-platformer about a forest creature who has lost all her children and sets out to bring them home. She makes her way through more than...

Phantasy Star 3: Generations of Doom

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

April 21, 1990

Steam: 66/100

Right at the wedding, the protagonist's bride is kidnapped by a dragon and he goes in search of her. The player will fight monsters in turn-based battles and...

Phone Story

Simulation, Educational game (Education)

September 13, 2011

Phone Story is a simulator mixed with an educational game from developers from the Molleindustria studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Pixi

Action, Third-person view, Sandbox

2011

Pixi is a third-person action game with sandbox elements. The game is published by DigiPen (Singapore...

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

June 1, 2007

Steam: 100/100

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — in the previous part, ToyJam and Earl crashed on planet Earth, after which they were forced to look for a way to get...

Tropico 4: Gold Edition

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, Tactics, City Building, Simulation

November 28, 2012

Steam: 91/100

A strategy and city-building simulation about ruling an island nation, where El Presidente develops the economy and seeks public support amid shifts in global...

Incredipede

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Construction, Action, Simulation

October 25, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Incredipede is a physics-based puzzle game about Quozzle, a creature who can grow arms and legs wherever needed. By changing her body, she takes the form of...

Dark Scavenger

Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Adventure

July 12, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Dark Scavenger is a point-and-click role-playing adventure blending science fiction and dark comedy. A powerful space traveler is stranded on a mysterious alien...

Mutant Mudds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

January 26, 2012

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A retro-styled action platformer in which the hero, Max, fights mutants with a water cannon. Armed with the cannon and a jetpack, he makes his way through levels by...

Avernum: Escape from the Pit

Role-playing game, Isometric, Tactics, Indie

December 12, 2011

Steam: 91/100

This fantasy role-playing game is set in Avernum, an underground nation where the Empire sends its outcasts. Banished to the volcanic depths by the cruel Emperor...

Kairo

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Exploration

February 6, 2012

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This first-person 3D adventure takes place in a lost world of abstract architecture and ancient monuments. The player explores unusual rooms and solves puzzles by...

Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Beat them all, Third-person view, Indie

April 25, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 79/100

An arcade beat ’em up featuring martial arts combat and drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese tales of revenge and retribution. In Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's...

Spaceforce Homeworld

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie

July 16, 2012

Steam: 25/100

An arcade shooter about humanity’s fight against invading alien forces on Earth and in space. Across more than 50 levels, the player shoots down enemies and dodges...

Sub Rosa

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

July 19, 2012

Steam: 67/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter built around tense deals, betrayal and shootouts that can spill into high-speed car chases. In World Mode, corporations compete...

Pickers

Adventure, Logic, Point & Click, Casual game, Hidden Objects

February 22, 2012

Steam: 84/100

This casual adventure combines hidden-object searches with treasure hunting and trading. The player explores farms, antique shops, and abandoned storage units to...

Deer Drive Legends

Arcade, Action, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Sports game

May 29, 2012

Steam: 20/100

This hunting action game sends players around the world to track animals, including species believed to be extinct. The quarry includes white-tailed deer, wolves...

La Mulana Ex

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

June 21, 2011

La Mulana Ex is a side view arcade game with platformer, puzzle, fantasy and indie elements from Nigoro and Pygmy Studio. The game is published by Active Gaming...

Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

Board / Group Game, Strategy, Casual game

May 24, 2012

Steam: 83/100

This railway strategy board game challenges players to connect cities with routes and reach designated destinations. Players build their networks, racing to claim...

Analogue: A Hate Story

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

April 27, 2012

Steam: 94/100

This science-fiction visual novel centers on the mystery of the Mugunghwa, a generation ship launched in the 25th century to establish the first interstellar colony...

Fowl Space

Action, Indie

March 21, 2012

Steam: 57/100

This comedic action game follows a heroic rooster on a space adventure to destroy the Sun, which has become the headquarters of lingerie-loving Vikings who are fond...

Ixion Saga

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

summer 2012

Ixion Saga is a third-person role-playing game with online, action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from developers Capcom. The game is published by...

Game of Thrones (2012)

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

May 15, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 54/100

A fantasy role-playing game set in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, it follows two former soldiers of Robert’s Rebellion who must reunite to confront a new...

Natural Selection 2

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

October 30, 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter with strategy elements, Natural Selection 2 is a revamped version of a Half-Life mod. The available information does not specify...

Elemental: Fallen Enchantress

Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Turn-based

October 23, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A turn-based strategy set in the world of Elemental, where players explore a range of locations and dangerous wild lands. Some territories cannot be settled until...

Major League Baseball 2K12

Baseball, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game

March 6, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

A baseball sports game continuing the Major League Baseball franchise in virtual form. Major League Baseball 2K12 brings the series back to the virtual...

Blacklight: Retribution

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game

April 3, 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This first-person shooter is set in a futuristic urban warzone. Building on Blacklight: Tango Down, Blacklight: Retribution features combat with a wide range of...

Hitman: Sniper Challenge

Arcade, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view

May 15, 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade action game centers on an assassination assignment in which Agent 47 watches a rooftop gathering from a balcony. The player must eliminate Richard...

Dustforce

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

January 17, 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Dustforce — the gameplay is based on acrobatic stunts. Playing as one of four cleaning heroes, the player tries to clear the dirt from the level as quickly as...

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Arcade, Logic, Indie, Casual game, Action

September 11, 2012

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action game combines twin-stick shooting with match-three puzzles. Players control the Nano Probe, a microscopic device fighting an infection by...

Slender

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view

June 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 6.7/10

Iron Sky: Invasion

Action, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Simulation

December 12, 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This sci-fi space action game centers on an invasion of Earth by the Fourth Reich, launched from a lunar base in 2018. The player takes control of a pilot and...