January 2009 - games, that were released this month

Closure

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

January 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Enter the Story: Volume 1 - Victor Hugo's Les Misérables

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

January 1, 2009 → PC

Enter the Story: Volume 1 — Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is a third-person adventure with puzzle...

Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess

Adventure, In real time, Puzzle

January 1, 2009 → PC

Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess is an adventure with puzzle elements from the developers of Blue Lizard Games, Inc.. The game is published by Big Fish...

Moonfall: Land of Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

January 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 91/100

Moonfall: Land of Dreams is a third-person arcade game with action, platformer and fantasy elements from the masters at Delusions LLC. The main publisher of the...

Muelsfell: Rise of the Golems

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval

January 1, 2009 → Browser

Muelsfell: Rise of the Golems is a role-playing game with a mixture of strategy and fantasy games from developers from the Necrotales Games studio. The game is...

Smokin' Guns

Action, Shooter, First-person view

January 1, 2009 → PC, Linux

Players: 9/10

Smokin' Guns is a first-person action game with shooter elements from developers from the Smokin' studio. Guns Productions. The game is published by...

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

January 2, 2009 → Mac

Players: 5.6/10

Metacritic: 53/100

This first-person adventure puzzle game continues the CSI video game series, focusing on crime investigations in Las Vegas. Players join Gil Grissom, Catherine...

Nonamed: The Remake

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

January 2, 2009 → PC

Nonamed: The Remake is a third-person arcade game with action and fantasy...

Space War Commander

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

January 2, 2009 → PC

Space War Commander is a top-down strategy game from the developers at Dreamspike Studios. The main publisher of the game is Dreamspike...

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Episode 5 - 8-Bit Is Enough

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

January 2, 2009 → Wii

Metacritic: 83/100

An adventure puzzle game about Strong Bad's attempt to stop Trogdor, a dragon that has escaped from a video game into the real world. As 8-bit classics spill into...

Fun! Fun! Minigolf

Arcade, Golf, Third-person view, Sports game

January 2, 2009 → Wii

Fun! Fun! Minigolf is a third-person arcade game with elements of a golf simulator and sports game from developers from the Shin'en studio. The main publisher...

Air Legends

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view

January 3, 2009 → Xbox 360

Air Legends is a third-person action game with a dash of flight simulator. But Air Legends has not yet been released on PC. But it is likely that the game will be...

Smurf It!

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

January 3, 2009 → Commodore 64

Smurf It! is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements. The PC version of Smurf It!, unfortunately, has not yet been released, but we hope that the release will...

Edge (2010)

Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

January 4, 2009 → iPhone

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A retro-styled platformer with puzzle elements in which the player controls a cube and rolls through levels. Along the way, the cube collects prisms and searches...

Haunted Hotel 2: Believe the Lies

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

January 4, 2009 → PC

Steam: 41/100

Haunted Hotel 2: Believe the Lies is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from Specialbit. The main publisher of the game is Big Fish Games, Inc. Haunted...

Scrubbles

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

January 4, 2009 → BlackBerry; January 6, 2009 → iPhone

Scrubbles is a third-person arcade game with action, strategy and puzzle elements from the developers of Oberon Media, Inc.. The game is published by Oberon Media...

Saints Row 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Open world, Sandbox

January 5, 2009 → PC; January 7, 2009 → PC, Linux; January 23, 2009 → PC; January 28, 2009 → PC

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Saints Row 2 is a third-person gangster action game set in a large open world. The story takes place in the fictional town of Stillwater. The main character escapes...

AC-130: Operation Devastation

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view

January 5, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

AC-130: Operation Devastation is a first-person action game with shooter and flight simulator elements from Frozen Codebase, LLC. The game is published by ValuSoft...

Kirby's DreamLand 3

Action, Anime / Manga

January 5, 2009 → Wii

Kirby's DreamLand 3 is an action game with game elements in the anime or manga genre from developers from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The game is published by...

Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

January 5, 2009 → PC

Masters of Mystery: Crime of Fashion is a first-person adventure with a hint of puzzle from the developers from the studio Big Blue Bubble Inc.. The game is...

Reversi and Sexy girl

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Board / Group Game

January 5, 2009 → iPhone

Reversi and Sexy girl is a third-person strategy game with anime or manga elements from the developers of Hutech Co, Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Hutech...

Sandy Beach

Simulation, Strategy, First-person view

January 5, 2009 → Wii

Sandy Beach is a first-person simulator with strategy elements from the developers of Frozen Codebase, LLC. The game is published by Konami Digital Entertainment...

Time 4 Cat

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view

January 5, 2009 → Browser

Time 4 Cat is a top-down arcade game with a dash of action and strategy from developers from Megadev studio. The main publisher of the game is Megadev. For some...

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Platformer, Isometric

January 5, 2009 → Wii

Kirby's Dream Land 3 is an isometric platform game from the studio HAL Laboratory, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is Nintendo. Hoshi no Kirby 3 is an...

Black & White 2

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

January 6, 2009 → Mac

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Black & White 2 — as in the first game, the player is a deity summoned from heaven to help those in need. A lot has changed in Eden since the first part of...

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon

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

January 6, 2009 → PC

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon — a murder has been committed in Paris — the victim was Vernon Blier, an underground hacker. It later turns out that...

Bigfoot: Collision Course

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

January 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Bigfoot: Collision Course is a third-person arcade game with action and racing elements from the studio Destination Software, Inc.. The game is published by Zoo...

Fishing Master World Tour

Arcade, Sports game, Simulation, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view

January 6, 2009 → Wii

Fishing Master World Tour is an arcade fishing simulator with a third-person view. The game features over 200 different species of fish to catch and will allow you...

Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero

January 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 75/100

An adventure game with puzzle elements about Kai and Zero, who find themselves in a magical world and try to get back home. To do so, they search for and capture...

Burger Island

Action, Strategy, Third-person view

January 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Burger Island is a third-person action game with strategy elements from TechFront Studios, Ltd. The game is published by eGames, Inc. and Sandlot...

Liong: The Lost Amulets

Strategy, Board / Group Game

January 6, 2009 → PC

Liong: The Lost Amulets is a strategy game from the studio AlwaysNeat.com. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Little Shop: Memories

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

January 6, 2009 → PC, Mac

Players: 7.3/10

Little Shop: Memories is a first-person adventure with a bit of a puzzle twist from the developers at GameHouse, Inc.. The game's primary publisher is GameHouse...

Puzzle City

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Puzzle

January 6, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Players: 9.4/10

Puzzle City is an arcade city-planning puzzle game with elements of management strategy. You have to build various buildings in the city using colorful blocks and...

Rastan Saga 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

January 6, 2009 → Wii

Rastan Saga 2 is a third-person arcade game with action, platformer and fantasy elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is published by...

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

January 7, 2009 → PC

Players: 6/10

Steam: 89/100

This 2D physics puzzle sandbox turns drawings into real objects governed by physics. Players solve puzzles by coming up with ways to use the objects they draw to...

007: Quantum of Solace

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

January 7, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 64/100

007: Quantum of Solace — The game jumps forward to Bond's crash landing in Bolivia, where Green is trying to buy land. By this time, Bond meets Camilla...

Crayon Physics Deluxe (2011)

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox

January 7, 2009 → PC

Metacritic: 79/100

Rise of the Argonauts

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

January 7, 2009 → PC

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...

Syberia

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

January 7, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Syberia is a legendary adventure puzzle game with a third-person view. The game tells the story of Kate Walker, a lawyer from New York, who goes on a deal to sell...

A.I.R. Play

Futurism (Future), Sports game

January 7, 2009 → Xbox 360

A.I.R. Play is a sports game from developers from the TriGamma studio. The game is published by TriGamma. Announcement of A.I.R. Play for PC has not yet been...