August 2012 - games, that were released this month for PC

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Free game, Side view, MOBA

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Awesomenauts is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MOBA action game. The events of the game will take you to the distant year 3587, in which there is a...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

August 1, 2012 → PC

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to...

My Name is Addiction

Adventure, Casual game, Free game

August 1, 2012 → PC

Steam: 73/100

This adventure game follows a person confronting porn addiction, exploring how it began and whether it can be overcome. The story moves through...

Miner Wars 2081

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Role-playing game, Adventure

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 1/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 52/100

Set in 2081, ten years after the destruction of the Solar System’s planetary bodies, this space action shooter combines survival and role-playing...

Hitman: Sniper Challenge

Arcade, Action, DLC, In real time, Third-person view

August 1, 2012 → PC

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade action game centers on an assassination assignment in which Agent 47 watches a rooftop gathering from a balcony. The player must...

Slash Monsters

Arcade, Hack and slash, Free game, Point & Click

August 1, 2012 → PC

Slash Monsters is a Point and Click arcade game with a dash of hack-and-slash and free-to-play from the developers at White Laser Games. The main...

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim — Dawnguard

Role-playing game, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

August 2, 2012 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 70/100

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - Dawnguard is an add-on for the open world adventure RPG The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. In it you will meet the vampire...

eXceed - Gun Bullet Children

Anime / Manga, Action, Indie

August 2, 2012 → PC

Steam: 46/100

This anime-style bullet hell shooter follows humanity’s war against vampires and deviant humans. The last line of defense is a group of children...

Death Rally

Arcade, Racing, Online, Isometric, Action, Remake

August 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Arcade racing with an isometric view. The gameplay is exciting, intense, and explosively fun. You will win races, upgrade your cars and weapons to...

Death Rally (Classic)

Action, Shooter, Racing, Top-down view

August 3, 2012 → PC

Players: 3.2/10

Steam: 91/100

Death Rally (Classic) is a furious racing shooter with a top-down view, where you have to survive in battle against real death...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

August 3, 2012 → PC; August 16, 2012 → PC; August 20, 2012 → PC

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Symphony

Arcade, Music game, Indie, Action

August 6, 2012 → PC

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Symphony is an arcade music action game about a mysterious entity that absorbs and corrupts the player’s music collection. To reclaim the music, the...

Deponia

Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

August 6, 2012 → PC; August 8, 2012 → PC

Players: 9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Deponia is a fun point and click adventure with lots of puzzles. The game will allow you to plunge into a fantastic comedy adventure revolving around...

Babel Rising

Arcade, Strategy, Action

August 7, 2012 → PC

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Babel Rising is a whimsical adaptation of the biblical context. During the construction of the city of Babylon, the people build a tower designed to...

Rigonauts

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Casual game, Simulation

August 7, 2012 → PC

Steam: 52/100

A tactical game about building battle vessels and fighting unusual foes. The player assembles a ship from separate parts and sends a crew of Hobs...

Unmechanical

Arcade, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie

August 8, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This puzzle adventure follows a journey to freedom through a fantastical world of flesh, rock, and steel. The player explores the surroundings and...

Navy Field 2

Strategy, MMO, Online, In real time, Warships / Submarines, Free game

August 8, 2012 → PC

Steam: 44/100

Navy Field 2: Conqueror of the Ocean — is the sequel to the strategic multiplayer game Navy Field, where players control various ships and...

Zineth

Racing, Third-person view, Sports game

August 9, 2012 → PC

Zineth is a third-person racing game with sports game elements from the masters at Arcane Kids studio. The game is published by Arcane...

The Amazing Spider-Man

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Comics

August 10, 2012 → PC; August 13, 2012 → PC

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 64/100

The Amazing Spider-Man is a new chapter in the life of Spider-Man, based on the popular film of the same name. The plot of the game originates in the...

Legends of Pegasus

Strategy, Action, Simulation

August 10, 2012 → PC

Steam: 22/100

Metacritic: 36/100

Legends of Pegasus — The game is a space 4X strategy game with a predominance of turn-based strategy. Disasters occur on Earth and thereby make...

Darksiders 2

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

August 13, 2012 → PC; August 16, 2012 → PC; August 21, 2012 → PC

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Darksiders 2 is a continuation of the action-slasher adventure game with a third-person view. The events of the sequel are directly related to the...

Sleeping Dogs

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

August 13, 2012 → PC; August 14, 2012 → PC; August 17, 2012 → PC

VGTimes: 9.6/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in Hong Kong from the perspective of secret agent Wei Sheng, embedded in the local triads. The game pays special attention to...

Iron Brigade

Action, Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

August 13, 2012 → PC

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

An action game with strategy and tower defense elements, Iron Brigade has players pilot a combat mech and fend off robotic enemies. The game combines...

Tower Wars

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Indie

August 14, 2012 → PC

Steam: 71/100

A competitive tower defense strategy game, Tower Wars combines fortification building with real-time strategy and battles between players. Matches...

300 Heroes

Role-playing game, Action, MMO, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

August 14, 2012 → PC

300 Heroes is an isometric role-playing game with action, massively multiplayer and fantasy elements from the developers of ZQGames. The game is...

Cladun X2

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

August 14, 2012 → PC

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Cladun X2 is a top-down action RPG in which characters explore randomly generated dungeons in the world of Arcanus Cella. It combines hack-and-slash...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

August 15, 2012 → PC

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

August 15, 2012 → PC

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits...

Die Siedler 2: Die nächste Generation - Gold Edition

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, Collection, Sandbox

August 15, 2012 → PC

Die Siedler 2: Die nächste Generation — Gold Edition is a third-person simulator with strategy, business simulator and sandbox elements...

Expendables 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view

August 17, 2012 → PC

Metacritic: 33/100

This action shooter, based on The Expendables films, follows a mission to rescue a kidnapped billionaire. The operation soon turns into a series of...

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Action

August 20, 2012 → PC; August 24, 2012 → PC

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An action game about the final hours of the civil war on Cybertron, after which the Autobots and Decepticons abandon their home planet. Transformers...

Stay Out

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Open world

August 20, 2012 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Stay Out is a third-person multiplayer shooter in which you have to survive in the Exclusion Zone with your friends. You will find a large open...

Thirty Flights of Loving

Arcade, First-person view, Walking Simulator, Exploration

August 20, 2012 → PC

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

A short first-person story about a heist gone wrong, involving schemers and criminals entangled in romance. The player explores the world and...

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game

August 21, 2012 → PC

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) is a popular competitive team shooter with a first-person view. The main ideology is the confrontation...

Galaxy on Fire 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Exploration

August 21, 2012 → PC

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Galaxy on Fire 2 - The game follows the adventures of Keith T. Maxwell as he is sent forward in time after his hyperdrive malfunctions due to damage...

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

August 21, 2012 → PC; August 24, 2012 → PC

Players: 10/10

Transformer: Fall of Cyberton is a third-person action game with a touch of shooter from developers from High Moon Studios and Mercenary Technology...

Din's Curse

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Action

August 22, 2012 → PC

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This real-time fantasy RPG follows a hero cursed by the god Din to spend a second life serving others; redemption depends on helping the inhabitants...