April 2009 - games, that were released this month

AmerZone: The Explorer's Legacy (1998)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

April 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 80/100

This first-person adventure puzzle follows a young reporter who visits elderly explorer Alexandre Valembois and learns about his expedition to the mysterious region...

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online

April 1, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, which tells the story of...

Curse: The Eye of Isis

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Survival horror

April 1, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Set in 1890, this survival horror adventure begins at a British natural history museum, where a gang of thugs has stolen the Egyptian statue known as the Eye of...

DCS: Black Shark

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Helicopters, Sandbox

April 1, 2009 → PC; April 3, 2009 → PC; April 13, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A combat helicopter simulation centered on the Russian Ka-50, and the first title in the Digital Combat Simulator series by Eagle Dynamics and The Fighter...

Puzzle Kingdoms

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

April 1, 2009 → PC; April 16, 2009 → PC

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements, set in the fantasy world of Etheria, where the player builds an army to save the realm from destruction. Troops led...

Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view

April 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 86/100

Build-a-lot 3: Passport to Europe is a top-down simulation game with strategy elements from HipSoft LLC. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Action, Fighting, Platformer, Third-person view

April 1, 2009 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 75/100

This 2D action platformer follows an undead samurai dishwasher seeking revenge against a cyborg army in a dystopian world. The hero battles hordes of zombies...

Kuru Kuru Action Kuru Pachi 6

Action, Strategy, Puzzle

April 1, 2009 → Nintendo DSi

Kuru Kuru Action Kuru Pachi 6 is an action game with a mixture of strategy and puzzles from the studio Creatures, Inc.. The game is published by Nintendo Co., Ltd...

Legends of Zork

Role-playing game, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval

April 1, 2009 → Browser

Legends of Zork is a role-playing game with elements of a business simulation and fantasy game from developers from the Jolt Online Gaming studio. The main...

Malstrum's Mansion

Adventure, Horror, First-person view

April 1, 2009 → Browser

Malstrum's Mansion is a first-person adventure with horror elements from the developers of ACE Team Software. The main publisher of the game is ACE Team Software...

Success Story

Strategy, Puzzle

April 1, 2009 → PC

Success Story is a strategy with a hint of puzzle from the masters from the Shape Games Inc. studio. The game is published by G5 Entertainment AB. Sometimes the...

And Yet It Moves

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

April 2, 2009 → PC, Mac, Linux

Players: 5/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle-platformer takes place in a world made of torn paper, where the character runs, jumps and rotates the surroundings in 90-degree increments to get past...

Far Cry

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Open world

April 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Far Cry is an exciting first-person shooter. You are Jack Carver, the owner of a small charter company that rents boats in the tropical state of Micronesia. With...

theHunter

Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, First-person view, Free game

April 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 7.5/10

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Action, Third-person view

April 2, 2009 → PC; April 8, 2009 → PC

Metacritic: 21/100

This third-person adventure is set in Hollywood, where Larry takes a summer job on his uncle’s movie lot. Alongside doing odd jobs, he tries to uncover a mole from...

Book of Unwritten Tales

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

April 2, 2009 → PC

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...

Castlevania Judgment

Action, Fighting, Platformer

April 2, 2009 → Wii

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Castlevania Judgment — Galamoth plans to send his servant, the Time Reaper, from the tenth millennium of the future into the past to destroy his rival Dracula...

Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

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

April 2, 2009 → Mac

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This point-and-click adventure with puzzles follows young Edna as she tries to escape from a psychiatric asylum. She wakes in a padded cell with no memory of her...

Summer Athletics: The Ultimate Challenge

Third-person view, Sports game

April 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 10/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 52/100

A sports game featuring 26 summer disciplines presented in a 3D cartoon style. In Career mode, players develop a professional athlete, while Arcade and Simulation...

Wheelman

Action, Third-person view

April 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Wheelman — the game takes place in Barcelona, where the only law is force. The main character is Milo Berwick, a professional driver and at the same time an...

Major Minor's Majestic March

April 2, 2009 → Wii

Metacritic: 46/100

This rhythm game follows Major Mike Minor, heir to a distinguished family of drum majors who is less than enthusiastic about marching. After receiving a magical...

Chronostorm: Siberian Border

Strategy

April 2, 2009 → PC

Steam: 59/100

This real-time strategy is set in the near future on Russia’s eastern borders, where the Chinese army invades Transbaikalia under the influence of the corporation...

Book of Unwritten Tales (2009)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

April 2, 2009 → PC

Steam: 72/100

Book of Unwritten Tales (2009) is a third-person adventure with a mixture of puzzle and fantasy game from the developers of KING Art GmbH. The main publisher of the...

Chronostorm: Conflict of Time

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view

April 2, 2009 → PC

Chronostorm: Conflict of Time is a third-person strategy game from Ulysses Games LLC. The game is published by...

Comet Crash

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

April 2, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 83/100

A real-time strategy game blending tower defense with a futuristic setting, in which players defend their territory and launch counterattacks. Different weapons and...

County Fair

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

April 2, 2009 → Mac

County Fair is an isometric simulation game with strategy and business simulation elements from the developers of TikGames, LLC. The game is published by Big Fish...

Crazy Daisy

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 2, 2009 → iPhone

Crazy Daisy is a third-person strategy game with puzzle elements from the masters at Astraware Limited. The game is published by Astraware Limited. The PC version...

Disgaea DS

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

April 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Makai Senki Disgaea: Makai no Ouji to Akai Tsuki is an alternate title for Disgaea DS. Perhaps Disgaea DS is also being developed for PC, but this version has not...

Little Bears

Simulation, In real time, Third-person view

April 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Little Bears is a third-person simulator from the studio B-Alive GmbH. The main publisher of the game is RTL Playtainment. Little Bears are also known as...

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops + Coded Arms (Double Pack)

Collection

April 2, 2009 → PSP

Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops + Coded Arms (Double Pack) is a game from the masters of Kojima Productions, Konami Computer Entertainment Studios and Inc.. The game...

Twice!

Strategy, Top-down view, Card game

April 2, 2009 → iPhone; April 8, 2009 → BlackBerry

Twice! is a top-down strategy game with card game elements from the masters at V&V Studio. The game is published by HeroCraft. Perhaps Twice! is also being...

Flock!

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Casual game, Puzzle

April 3, 2009 → PC; April 7, 2009 → PC; April 8, 2009 → Xbox 360; April 9, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Flock! is a sandbox puzzle game in which players pilot a UFO across colorful pastoral landscapes, herding animals toward a collection ship. The herd must reach its...

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

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Combat robots

April 3, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. — a dynamic flight simulator with first and third person views. The game takes place in the Middle East, Russia and Norway. In the...

Bird & Beans

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

April 3, 2009 → Nintendo DSi; April 5, 2009 → Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi

Metacritic: 71/100

An arcade game, also known as Pyoro, in which players use an elastic tongue to collect falling beans. The harder a bean is to catch, the more points it is...

Paper Airplane Chase

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

April 3, 2009 → Nintendo DSi; April 27, 2009 → Nintendo DSi

Steam: 100/100

This arcade shoot ’em up features a hand-drawn aesthetic and pits the player against endless waves of alien enemies in a fight for survival. Combat combines a...

Velvet Assassin

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

April 3, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360; April 28, 2009 → PC; April 30, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Velvet Assassin is a stealth action adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the game will take you back to the Second World War, where you will try...

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

April 3, 2009 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This third-person shooter based on the action film Wanted continues Wesley Gibson’s story after the events of the movie. The plot follows his path to becoming a...

Тарас Бульба: Запорожская сечь

Action, Slasher, Third-person view

April 3, 2009 → PC

Players: 3.2/10

Taras Bulba: Zaporozhye Sich is an action game with a third-person view with a touch of slasher from the masters from the IceHill Entertainment studio. The game is...

Bomb's Way

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

April 3, 2009 → Xbox 360

Bomb's Way is a third-person action game with platforming elements from the Smudged Cat Games studio. The game is published by Smudged Cat Games. Perhaps Bomb's Way...

Apache Overkill

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Helicopters

April 3, 2009 → Browser

Apache Overkill is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter and helicopter simulator from the developers from the Playerthree Limited studio. The game is...