May 2009 - games, that were released this month

Action, Music game, Third-person view, Arkanoid, Indie

May 1, 2009 → Wii

Players: 5/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A rhythm-based arcade action game inspired by classic games, combining its gameplay, visuals, and music around the beat. The player controls a paddle to deflect...

Luxor 3

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row)

May 1, 2009 → Mac

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 95/100

This Egyptian-themed arcade puzzle follows a young Pharaoh who dies in a sandstorm and is embodied by the gods as a skilled scarab. He must face Set, the god of...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

May 1, 2009 → PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - the plot of the game follows the plot of the film of the same name, although the events are not presented in chronological order, and...

Case Closed: One Truth Prevails - The Mirapolis Investigation

Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

May 1, 2009 → Wii

Players: 7.7/10

Case Closed: One Truth Prevails — The Mirapolis Investigation is a third-person adventure with an anime/manga twist from the developers of Marvelous...

Mines of Morgoth

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 1, 2009 → PC

Mines of Morgoth is a top-down RPG with a fantasy...

Paper Moon

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 1, 2009 → Browser

Paper Moon is a third-person action game with some platforming and puzzle elements from the developers of Flashbang Studios, LLC and Infinite Ammo. The game is...

Sacred Seasons

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

May 1, 2009 → Browser

Sacred Seasons is a third-person role-playing game with a fantasy twist from Emerald City Games. The game is published by Emerald City Games. Sacred Seasons may be...

Siberian Strike

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

May 1, 2009 → iPhone

Siberian Strike is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements from the masters from the Gameloft S.A. studio. The main publisher of the game is...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition)

Action, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view

May 1, 2009 → PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360; May 2, 2009 → Xbox 360

Players: 8.5/10

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) is a first-person action game with a dash of fighting from developers Raven Software Corporation. The main publisher of...

Pocahontas: Princess of the Powhatan

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

May 2, 2009 → PC

Pocahontas: Princess of the Powhatan is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at Twintale Entertainment. The game is published by Big Fish...

Caster

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

May 3, 2009 → iPhone; May 12, 2009 → Linux

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 77/100

A third-person action shooter in which the player races through scenic locations and fights bug-like creatures called the Flanx. Combat offers six attacks...

Myst (1995)

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

May 3, 2009 → iPhone

This first-person adventure takes place on the mysterious island of Myst, where the player explores the surroundings and solves puzzles. Movement takes place...

Battlestations: Pacific

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Strategy, Simulation

May 4, 2009 → PC; May 12, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360; May 15, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360; May 29, 2009 → Xbox 360

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Battlestations: Pacific is a realistic military simulator with first and third person views. You have to go to the historical battlefields of World War II and lead...

Crush the Castle

Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Casual game, Simulation, Puzzle

May 4, 2009 → Browser

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Crush the Castle HD is an alternative name for Crush the Castle. Crush the Castle may be in development for PC, but that version has not yet been...

Puzzle Kingdoms

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

May 4, 2009 → Nintendo DS; May 19, 2009 → Wii

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...

BOH

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

May 4, 2009 → Mac

BOH is a top-down arcade game with action and shooter elements. The game is published by EDITEL...

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat

Action, Platformer, Music game, Third-person view

May 4, 2009 → Wii

Metacritic: 79/100

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat is an action platformer that follows Donkey Kong through varied stages, from lava caves and stormy seas to a fortress occupied by ninja...

Spewer

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

May 4, 2009 → Browser

Spewer is a third-person action game with platformer, puzzle and sandbox elements. The PC version of Spewer, unfortunately, has not yet been released, but we hope...

Titans of Time

Role-playing game, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

May 4, 2009 → Browser

Titans of Time is a third-person role-playing game with elements of a business simulation and fantasy game from the developers of Firehurts Interactive. The game is...

Tower Toppler

Arcade, Action, Strategy

May 4, 2009 → Wii

Tower Toppler is an arcade game with action and strategy elements from developers from Bits Studios Ltd. and Hewson Consultants Ltd.. The game is published by...

Wandering Willows

Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view

May 4, 2009 → Mac

Wandering Willows is a third-person simulator with adventure elements from the studio PlayFirst, Inc.. The main publisher of the game is PlayFirst...

Za rodinu! Sbornik igr o velikoy otechestvennoy

Collection

May 4, 2009 → PC

Za rodinu! Sbornik igr o velikoy otechestvennoy is a game. The game is published by...

Za rodinu! Vsya seriya «V tylu vraga 2»

Collection

May 4, 2009 → PC

Za rodinu! Vsya seriya «V tylu vraga 2» is a game. The main publisher of the game is the company...

Penguins and Friends: Hey! That's My Fish!

Puzzle, Logic

May 4, 2009 → Wii; May 22, 2009 → Wii

Penguins and Friends: Hey! That's My Fish! is a puzzle game from developers from the EnjoyUp Games studio. The game is published by Gammick Entertainment S.L...

Plants vs. Zombies

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

May 5, 2009 → PC, Mac

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 85/100

A colorful strategy game in the tower defense genre, where an ordinary country house is under siege by an army of funny but extremely persistent zombies. The only...

Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust

Action, Third-person view

May 5, 2009 → PlayStation 3

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...

Fallout 3 - Broken Steel

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

May 5, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Fallout 3 — Broken Steel — an expansion for the first-person post-apocalyptic role-playing action game Fallout 3. You dealt a serious blow to the Enclave by...

Chessmaster 9000

Strategy, Educational game (Education), Chess game

May 5, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

An educational chess game focused on learning strategy and tactics through lessons and tools for evaluating moves. Chessmaster 9000 includes a course on the...

Deep Voyage

Strategy, Puzzle

May 5, 2009 → PC, Mac

Deep Voyage is a strategy game with a hint of puzzle from the studio MadGears. The game is published by...

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Action, Platformer, Third-person view

May 5, 2009 → Wii

Metacritic: 77/100

This platformer follows Klonoa’s adventure in Phantomile, a world created from dreams. Alongside Hewpoe, a spirit living in a ring, Klonoa sets out to investigate a...

Patapon 2

Role-playing game, Action, In real time, Music game, Third-person view

May 5, 2009 → PSP

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This rhythm action game with role-playing elements continues the story of the Patapon tribe, shipwrecked on an unfamiliar continent. The player acts as the tribe’s...

Wallace & Gromit in The Last Resort

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 5, 2009 → PC

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person adventure puzzle follows Wallace and Gromit as they turn their basement into a beach resort after relentless rain ruins their holiday plans. When...

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Arcade, Logic, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

May 6, 2009 → Mac

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...

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason

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

May 6, 2009 → PC

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Atmospheric psychological horror from the first person, set on the abandoned Soviet atomic icebreaker "Northern Wind," stuck in the Arctic ice. The main character...

Death Track: Resurrection

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

May 6, 2009 → PC

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Death Track: Resurrection is an arcade racing action game with a third-person view in a post-apocalyptic world with a track in destroyed Moscow. In addition to...

Europa Universalis: Rome

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

May 6, 2009 → PC

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This grand strategy game covers the ancient Mediterranean from the Punic Wars to the beginning of the Roman Empire. Players choose from more than 53 factions...

Zombie Wranglers

Action, Shooter, Third-person view

May 6, 2009 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 49/100

This third-person action shooter follows a group of novice zombie hunters trying to save Potters Field from an infestation of eccentric zombies. Players choose one...

Virtual Families

Simulation, Top-down view, Casual game

May 6, 2009 → PC

Steam: 88/100

A life simulator focused on family development and daily concerns. It all starts with one character whose life gradually fills with events: work, daily life...

Space Invaders Extreme

Arcade, Action, Shooter

May 6, 2009 → Xbox 360

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 82/100

An arcade shooter that reworks the classic Space Invaders with revamped graphics and background videos. New twists on the familiar gameplay keep the pace brisk...

Arkanoid Live!

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Arkanoid

May 6, 2009 → Xbox 360

Metacritic: 58/100

An arcade block-breaker in which the player controls the Vaus paddle, bouncing an energy ball to destroy blocks on screen. Arkanoid Live! retains the classic game's...