April 2012 - games, that were released this month

Hamlet (2012)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie

April 1, 2012 → Android; April 11, 2012 → iPad

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This puzzle adventure reimagines William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: an explorer from the future arrives amid the events of the play and sets out to rescue Ophelia from...

EvilQuest

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

April 1, 2012 → Xbox 360

Steam: 90/100

This retro action RPG follows Galvis, a dark knight seeking revenge on his captors and the power of four legendary seals. He explores dungeons and other areas...

Chicken Squeeze

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle

April 1, 2012 → Browser

Chicken Squeeze is a strategy with a hint of puzzle from the masters from the Famous nv/sa studio. The game is published by Gaia VZW. For some reason the game has...

Sentinel 3: Homeworld

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

April 2, 2012 → PC

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 87/100

This sci-fi tower defense strategy game takes the battle to the aliens’ homeworld. Across a 20-level campaign, the player deploys turrets, orbital weapons, drones...

DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder

Indie, Puzzle, Turn-based

April 2, 2012 → PC

Steam: 93/100

A turn-based dungeon-crawling puzzle game in which each room is a test of logic and tactics. The player controls a hero with a huge sword and must defeat every...

Lost Inca Prophecy

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 2, 2012 → iPad

Lost Inca Prophecy is a third-person strategy game with puzzle elements from Seppia Interactive. The main publisher of the game is...

I Am Alive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

April 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This post-apocalyptic survival action game follows a man struggling to stay alive in a ruined city and find his missing wife and daughter, one year after a...

Microsoft Flight

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

April 3, 2012 → PC

Metacritic: 64/100

Microsoft Flight - the player's task is to complete missions, as well as create their own routes. At the moment, 2 territories are available for flights, not...

Royal Quest

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Third-person view, Free game, Fantasy, Adventure

April 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 67/100

Royal Quest is a free-to-play multiplayer role-playing game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in a world called Aura, where magic, technology and...

Blacklight: Retribution

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

April 3, 2012 → PC

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...

Darwinia

Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Puzzle, God Simulator

April 3, 2012 → PC

Steam: 78/100

This real-time strategy game blends action and puzzles in a digital world inhabited by intelligent creatures called Darwinians. When a dangerous virus disrupts...

Devil May Cry HD Collection

Action, Slasher, Collection, Demons

April 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Devil May Cry HD Collection is a re-release of the first three parts of the legendary Devil May Cry series. The games are fully adapted to modern requirements, have...

Kinect Star Wars

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

April 3, 2012 → Xbox 360; April 5, 2012 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 55/100

Kinect Star Wars — includes 4 sub-games. In the main mode, known as Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, players take control of one of several Jedi Padawans...

Singularity

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

April 3, 2012 → Xbox 360

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Singularity is a sci-fi shooter with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in an alternate universe. The main character enters the abandoned...

Gunman Clive

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

April 3, 2012 → iOS, Android

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Gunman Clive is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with a beat 'em up style. The game takes place in 1800, where the player controls the main character...

Avernum: Escape from the Pit

Role-playing game, Isometric, Tactics, Indie

April 3, 2012 → iOS; April 11, 2012 → PC

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...

Canabalt

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Action, Runner

April 3, 2012 → PSP

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Canabalt is a fantasy arcade platformer. You have to escape from the destruction of your city with just one button. The game that popularized the endless runner...

Tribez

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric

April 3, 2012 → iPad

Players: 7.4/10

Tribez is an isometric strategy game with business simulator elements from developers from the Divo Games studio. The main publisher of the game is Game Insight...

8bit Ninja

Role-playing game

April 3, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 71/100

This arcade game follows 8bit, a ninja trying to survive as long as possible while dodging fruit thrown by an angry crowd. Players can slice watermelons, coconuts...

Wheels of Destruction

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

April 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Metacritic: 49/100

A futuristic arcade racing game set in a lawless post-apocalyptic world, where competitions revolve around vehicle destruction. Players take part in clashes in...

coign of vantage

Action

April 3, 2012 → iPhone, iPad

coign of vantage is an action game from the masters from the bobblebrook OG studio. The game is published by bobblebrook OG. The PC version of Coign of Vantage...

Forza Motorsport 4: April Alpinestars Car Pack

Racing, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view

April 3, 2012 → Xbox 360

Forza Motorsport 4: April Alpinestars Car Pack is a first-person racing game from Turn 10 Studios. The game is published by Microsoft Studios. It is possible that...

Price is Right: Decades

Simulation, Third-person view

April 3, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Price is Right: Decades is a third-person simulator from the masters of Ludia, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Ubisoft. The Price is Right: Decades HD is an...

Atomind

Arcade, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Logic

April 3, 2012 → Windows Phone

Atomind is an isometric arcade game with a dash of platforming and puzzle gameplay from the developers at Stryde Games. The game is published by Stryde Games. But...

Baseball Mogul 2013

Strategy, Baseball, Business / Management, Sports game, Turn-based

April 3, 2012 → PC, Mac

Baseball Mogul 2013 is a strategy game with elements of a baseball simulator, business simulator and sports game from the Sports Mogul Inc. studio. The game is...

Confrontation

Strategy, Role-playing game, Action

April 4, 2012 → PC; April 5, 2012 → PC; April 6, 2012 → PC

Steam: 36/100

Metacritic: 51/100

Set in the war-torn world of Aarklash, this action role-playing and strategy game follows a Griffin force on missions against the Scorpion, Wolfen, and Bran-Ô-Kor...

King's Bounty: Armored Princess

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

April 4, 2012 → Mac

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

King's Bounty: Armored Princess is a continuation of a role-playing adventure with turn-based strategy elements in a fantasy world. The game will tell the story of...

Confrontation (2012)

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

April 4, 2012 → PC; April 5, 2012 → PC

Metacritic: 51/100

CreaVures

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

April 4, 2012 → iPhone, iPad; April 5, 2012 → iOS

Steam: 79/100

CreaVures is a third-person action game with a mixture of platforming and puzzles from the studio Muse Games Corp.. The game is published by Muse Games Corp.. In...

Pinball Arcade

Simulation, First-person view, Top-down view, Pinball, Free game

April 4, 2012 → Xbox 360; April 10, 2012 → PlayStation 3, PS Vita

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pinball Arcade is a modern arcade pinball simulator with a top-down view. You will find many themed tables with beautiful visuals and many interactive elements on...

Sky Gnomes

Racing

April 4, 2012 → iOS

Metacritic: 71/100

An arcade racing game about gnomes who live high in the clouds and compete in high-speed free falls aboard snow engines. Racers test their machines and piloting...

Diabolical Pitch

Action, Shooter, Baseball, Third-person view

April 4, 2012 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 56/100

This third-person shooter follows a former pitcher with a bionic arm who finds himself in a dark, run-down amusement park. To survive, he uses his pitching skills...

King's Bounty: The Legend

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

April 4, 2012 → Mac

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This fantasy role-playing strategy game follows a royal treasure hunter sent across Endoria to carry out the king’s quests and seek ancient secrets. The journey...

Antique Road Trip 2: Homecoming

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

April 4, 2012 → iPad

Antique Road Trip 2: Homecoming is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Boomzap Pte. Ltd. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Clusterpuck

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle

April 4, 2012 → PlayStation 3

Clusterpuck is a strategy game with puzzle elements from the masters of Codename Games and International Hobo Ltd. The game is published by Sony Computer...

Poacher

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

April 4, 2012 → PC

Poacher is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter, hunting/fishing simulator and sports game from the Fully Ramblomatic studio. The game is published...

Ridge Racer Unbounded

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

April 5, 2012 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Ridge Racer Unbounded is a continuation of the arcade racing series Ridge Racer, which adds an unprecedented amount of destruction. In the game you have to conquer...

Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening

Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click

April 5, 2012 → iPhone, iPad

Steam: 98/100

This puzzle adventure follows Sam, the world’s youngest superhero, as he travels to a weather factory in the sky to overcome his fear of thunderstorms. He...

Cafeteria Nipponica

Arcade, Simulation, Isometric, Strategy, Casual game, Role-playing game, City Building

April 5, 2012 → Android

Steam: 86/100

A restaurant management sim in which the player finds ingredients, plans menus, and develops an establishment. Research unlocks new recipes, while the restaurant’s...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

April 5, 2012 → iOS

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...