October 2009 - games, that were released this month

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Gothic

October 1, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360; October 2, 2009 → PC, Xbox 360

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Risen is an atmospheric action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting from the creators of the Gothic series. In the game you have to...

Allods Online

Role-playing game, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Sandbox, Free game, Open world

October 1, 2009 → PC

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Allods Online is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG by Russian studio Allods Team, released in 2009. The game is set in Sarnaut, a planet shattered by a catastrophe...

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Metacritic: 64/100

This third-person action game with puzzles follows Flint, an eccentric inventor whose machine makes food rain from the sky. When the device spirals out of control...

Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Metacritic: 63/100

An action game with strategic elements in a historical setting, focused on infiltrating enemy strongholds. In Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, the player can team up...

FIFA 10

Sports game, Simulation, Football

October 1, 2009 → iOS, PlayStation 2; October 15, 2009 → Nintendo DS; October 20, 2009 → PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Wii; October 26, 2009 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

In this part of the FIFA series, fundamental changes have been implemented in the game mechanics, making the gameplay more realistic. Now you can monitor the...

Free Running

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Runner

October 1, 2009 → PC, Wii

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 83/100

Free Running is a parkour simulator in which you have to learn how to overcome difficult obstacles using the acrobatic skills of the...

Gardenscapes

Adventure, First-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row)

October 1, 2009 → PC, Xbox One

Players: 6.7/10

Gardenscapes is a fun, top-down adventure with puzzle elements. You have to combine identical objects into one row while traveling through the garden. After each...

Gran Turismo (2009)

Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

A racing simulator built around licensed cars and tracks, with driving tests in races, time trials, and drift challenges. Gran Turismo features more than 800...

Metal Slug Anthology

Action, Shooter, Arcade

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 4

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade compilation brings together seven games in the Metal Slug series, from Metal Slug to Metal Slug 6. The collection features 2D side-scrolling action with...

Pinball Fantasies

Action, Top-down view, Pinball

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3, PSP

Metacritic: 81/100

An arcade pinball game featuring four tables from the original Pinball Fantasies. Players score points by controlling the ball with the flippers and keeping it on...

RunMan: Race Around the World

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

October 1, 2009 → PC

Steam: 100/100

RunMan: Race Around the World is a third-person action game with a dash of...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This side-scrolling arcade beat ’em up pairs updated 3D graphics with the classic gameplay formula of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In Teenage Mutant Ninja...

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Hack and slash, Third-person view

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3; October 2, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 — changes were made to Ryu's weapons. Enma's Fang, a two-handed sword, has been added as a new melee weapon. Incendiary Shurikens were...

Canabalt

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

October 1, 2009 → iOS; October 2, 2009 → iPod Touch, iPhone

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...

Fallout 3 - The Pitt

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

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Fallout 3 - The Pitt - an expansion for the role-playing post-apocalyptic first-person action game Fallout 3. You will have to explore a vast settlement...

Fallout 3 - Operation Anchorage

Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Fallout 3 — Operation Anchorage — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic first-person role-playing action game Fallout 3. In the game, you will use a military...

Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm

Football

October 1, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 74/100

This football RPG follows the Raimon school team as it tries to defend Earth from an alien attack. Players recruit footballers in the areas they explore and build a...

Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard

Football

October 1, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 74/100

This football role-playing game follows a team tasked with defending Earth from an alien attack. In Inazuma Eleven 2: Blizzard, players explore different locations...

Hero of Sparta

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Metacritic: 58/100

A 3D action game with hack-and-slash elements follows Argos, a Spartan hero who defies the gods. His journey leads from the depths of the Underworld to the summit...

Alien Havoc

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Metacritic: 53/100

An arcade game in the style of classic titles, in which an alien abducts cows from farms and carries them to his spaceship for transport to his home planet. Farmers...

Bloons

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

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3

Bloons is a third-person action game with strategy, platformer and puzzle elements from the masters from the Digital Goldfish, Ltd. studio. The game is published by...

BreakQuest

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Arkanoid, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Metacritic: 58/100

BreakQuest is an arcade game that builds on the BreakOut concept, adding new elements such as weapons. Players work through one hundred distinct scenes that combine...

City Rain

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → PC

City Rain is an isometric simulator with strategy, business simulation and puzzle elements from developers from the studios MG Desenvolvimento de Games Ltda and...

Delta Force: 10th Anniversary Collection

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Historical

October 1, 2009 → PC

Players: 10/10

Delta Force: 10th Anniversary Collection is a first-person action game with elements of a shooter and historical game. The main publisher of the game is...

Fieldrunners

Strategy, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A tower defense strategy game in which the player protects the field from waves of ground and air enemies. The defense relies on placing and upgrading towers...

Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → iPhone

Frankenstein: The Dismembered Bride is a first-person adventure with a dash of horror and puzzle from Mzone Studio and SOLILAB. The game is published by Anuman...

Incredible Machine Mega Pack

Strategy, Collection, Puzzle, Sandbox

October 1, 2009 → PC

Incredible Machine Mega Pack is a strategy game with puzzle and sandbox elements from developers from Dynamix, Inc. studios. and Jeff Tunnell Productions. The game...

Island Realms

Strategy, In real time, Isometric

October 1, 2009 → PC

Island Realms is an isometric strategy game from the studio Alawar Melesta. The game is published by Alawar Entertainment...

Metropolis Crimes

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metropolis Crimes is a first-person adventure with a dash of puzzle from the developers at Lexis Numérique SA. The game is published by Ubisoft. For some...

Nuclear Strike

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Helicopters

October 1, 2009 → PlayStation 3, PSP

This action shooter with flight-simulation elements follows a special operation in Southeast Asia to stop Colonel LeMonde from using a nuclear weapon. Nuclear...

SFI Mission 4/Pack

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox, Tanks

October 1, 2009 → PC

SFI Mission 4/Pack is a third-person simulator with elements of strategy, historical game, sandbox and tank simulator. The game is published by Strategy First...

Steve the Sheriff

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 2009 → Mac

Steve the Sheriff is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters at ERS G-Studio. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Thexder Neo

Arcade, Action, Shooter

October 1, 2009 → PSP

Thexder Neo is an arcade game with a mixture of action and shooter from developers from the studio Zereo Inc.. The game is published by Square Enix. It's possible...

Pat & Mat: The Game

Collection, Puzzle, Logic

October 1, 2009 → PC

Pat & Mat: The Game is a puzzle game from the masters from the Centauri Production s.r.o. studio. The game is published by Bohemia Interactive and IDEA...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival

October 2, 2009 → PC

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A continuation of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in which the player takes on the role of government agent Alexander Degtyarev. He infiltrates...

Manhunt

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view

October 2, 2009 → PC; October 15, 2009 → PlayStation 4

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This stealth action game with horror elements takes place in Carcer City, where James Earl Cash becomes the target of a brutal blood sport. After his life is...

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis

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

October 2, 2009 → Xbox 360

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Divinity 2: Ego Draconis is an action role-playing game with a third-person view, the events of which unfold in the Divinity gaming universe. The game is a direct...

Scribblenauts

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

October 2, 2009 → Nintendo DS

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer follows Maxwell as he tackles challenges and makes his way to the Starite. To solve each task, the player writes the name of an object, which...

Adam's Venture: Episode 1 - The Search for the Lost Garden

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

October 2, 2009 → PC

Steam: 62/100

An adventure game combining puzzles with action-oriented gameplay, set in the 1920s. Young explorer Adam Venture deciphers relics in an old Templar church and...

Astraware Solitaire

Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Card game

October 2, 2009 → Android

Astraware Solitaire is a first-person strategy game with card game elements from the masters at Astraware Limited. The main publisher of the game is Astraware...