December 2008 - games, that were released this month for PC

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 1, 2008 → PC; December 10, 2008 → PC

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 49/100

Legendary is a fantastic first-person shooter. The amazing creatures that are described in myths and legends actually exist. A professional thief named Descartes...

SBK: Superbike World Championship

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

December 1, 2008 → PC

Metacritic: 61/100

SBK: Superbike World Championship — Has an intuitive mode called arcade mode, which does not require the player to have the same precision and timing as in...

Grand Theft Auto 4

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Shooter, Open world, Online

December 2, 2008 → PC; December 3, 2008 → PC; December 19, 2008 → PC

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Grand Theft Auto 4 is a continuation of the cult series of games about the great car thief with a third-person view in the open world. In this part you will try on...

A Vampyre Story

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click, Comedy

December 2, 2008 → PC

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This comic adventure follows Mona, a young opera singer kidnapped by vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer and held in a castle in the gloomy land of Draxsylvania. When...

Grand Ages: Rome

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Isometric, City Building, Simulation

December 2, 2008 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A strategy and city-building game about governing a Roman province during the Roman Empire. The player leads one of five noble families, each with distinct...

Jagged Alliance 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

December 2, 2008 → PC

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Jagged Alliance 2 is a continuation of the tactical role-playing game with turn-based strategy elements. The game takes place in the third world country of Arulco...

Shaun White Snowboarding (2009)

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Skiing

December 2, 2008 → PC; December 3, 2008 → PC; December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 65/100

This snowboarding sports game lets players explore open mountain environments and choose how to ride. They can tackle demanding peaks, find their own routes through...

Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg

Simulation, Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Sandbox

December 2, 2008 → PC

Players: 8/10

Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg is an isometric simulator with strategy, historical and sandbox elements from the masters at Fury Software. The game is published by...

757 Captain

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

December 2, 2008 → PC

757 Captain is a first-person simulator with a dash of flight simulator from the masters at Captain Sim studio. The main publisher of the game is Just Flight...

STCC: The Game

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

December 3, 2008 → PC

Players: 7.3/10

STCC: The Game is an add-on for a racing simulator with first and third person views, created under license from the Swedish STCC Championship. The game features...

Farm Mania

Casual game, Farm Simulator

December 3, 2008 → PC

A farming simulator where you need to restore an old farm from scratch and turn it into a thriving estate. Gradual development opens up new opportunities, and...

Elf Bowling Holiday Pack

First-person view, Third-person view, Collection, Sports game

December 3, 2008 → PC; December 11, 2008 → PC

Players: 7.7/10

Elf Bowling Holiday Pack is a first-person sports game from the developers of Hot Lava Games, NStorm and Inc.. The main publisher of the game is MumboJumbo, LLC. In...

Paranormal Agency

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

December 3, 2008 → PC

Paranormal Agency is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from developers from the studios Positive Games and Shape Games Inc.. The game is published by G5...

Perfect World International: The Lost Empire

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

December 3, 2008 → PC

Perfect World International: The Lost Empire is a third-person role-playing game with anime/manga and fantasy game elements from the developers of Perfect World...

Gothic 3

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

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This open-world fantasy role-playing game follows the Nameless Hero as he reaches the mainland of Myrtana, where orcs have conquered much of the human kingdom and...

World in Conflict

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Sandbox

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

A real-time strategy game about the Soviet army advancing into Western Europe in 1989 and a diversionary attack on American soil. The player takes the role of a...

Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods

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

December 4, 2008 → PC; December 8, 2008 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 45/100

Metacritic: 44/100

An action role-playing expansion for Gothic 3, set in the fantasy world of Myrtana, where the Nameless Hero seeks to unite humans and orcs in a single empire. After...

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Action, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Open world

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Bully: Scholarship Edition is an improved edition of the action-adventure game with a third-person view in the open world. The game is an original simulator of a...

DEFCON

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 84/100

DEFCON is a real-time strategy game simulating global nuclear war during the Cold War. From an underground bunker, a general must destroy the enemy population while...

Kingpin: Life of Crime

Action, Shooter, First-person view

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Set in a decaying urban world where street gangs defend their turf, this first-person shooter follows a tale of revenge. The protagonist forms a gang and rises...

Wildlife Park 2

Simulation, Business / Management, Strategy, Casual game

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 71/100

This zoo-management simulator focuses on building a park and caring for its animals. The player can feed and treat animals, move them between enclosures, and...

Metathrone

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

December 4, 2008 → PC

Players: 6/10

Steam: 52/100

Adventure cyberpunk shooter inspired by Deus Ex. The main character is a young hacker, Ethen Langley, with superhuman abilities, who is being hunted after an...

American McGee's Grimm: Iron John

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 4, 2008 → PC

American McGee's Grimm: Iron John is a third-person action game with fantasy elements from the developers at Spicy Horse. The game is published by GameTap LLC. In...

Sims Stories Collection

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view

December 4, 2008 → PC

Sims Stories Collection is a third-person simulation game with a dash of strategy from Aspyr Media, Inc. and Maxis Software Inc.. The game is published by...

Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

December 5, 2008 → PC

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

This third-person adventure puzzle follows an investigation into the murder of a famous actress on a tropical island. Hercule Poirot arrives just as a holiday that...

Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy

Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Third-person view, Strategy

December 5, 2008 → PC

Metacritic: 68/100

Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy — the player takes on the role of the captain of one of the pirate ships. The single player mode consists of 50 missions in...

Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason

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

December 5, 2008 → 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...

NARC (2005)

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

December 5, 2008 → PC; December 25, 2008 → PC

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 51/100

A third-person shooter about the war on drugs in a stylized modern-day setting. Players control two officers from the elite NARC squad, Jack Forzenski and Marcus...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Colonization

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based

December 5, 2008 → PC

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Colonization is an add-on for the turn-based isometric strategy with turn-based battles Sid Meier's Civilization 4. The add-on is a...

1701 A.D. (Gold Edition)

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

December 5, 2008 → PC

1701 A.D. (Gold Edition) is a third-person strategy game with business simulator elements from the masters at Related Designs Software GmbH. The game is published...

Diner Dash: Hometown Hero

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Simulation, Casual game

December 5, 2008 → PC

Steam: 39/100

Diner Dash: Hometown Hero is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action from PlayFirst, Inc.. The game is published by PlayFirst...

Freak Out: Extreme Freeride

Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts

December 5, 2008 → PC

Freak Out: Extreme Freeride is a third-person action game with sports and stunt elements from Coldwood Interactive AB. The game is published by JoWooD Productions...

Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle

December 5, 2008 → PC

Nocturnal: Boston Nightfall is a first-person adventure with puzzle elements from GameShastra Solutions Pvt Ltd. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942

Simulation, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Historical, Tanks, Survival

December 5, 2008 → PC

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942 is a tank simulator set during the May 1942 fighting around Kharkov, when a German counterattack encircled three Soviet armies. Its...

Luka und der verborgene Schatz

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

December 6, 2008 → PC

Luka und der verborgene Schatz is a third-person adventure with educational game and puzzle elements from the masters at DECK13 Interactive GmbH. The publisher of...

Scrap Collector

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view

December 6, 2008 → PC

Steam: 53/100

Scrap Collector is a third-person action game with shooter and platformer elements from the developers of the Messhof Games studio. The game is published by Messhof...

Mandragora (2008)

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Puzzle

December 7, 2008 → PC

Mandragora (2008) is a simulator with a mixture of strategy, business simulator and puzzle from the studio Relish Games. The main publisher of the game is IT...

Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express

Adventure, Third-person view, Detective, Exploration, Hidden Objects

December 8, 2008 → PC

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This third-person detective adventure reimagines Agatha Christie’s classic Murder on the Orient Express in 2023. After a murder takes place aboard the train...

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction

December 8, 2008 → PC

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a fun tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you have to organize an...

Dimensity

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

December 8, 2008 → PC

Steam: 34/100

Dimensity is an exciting real-time strategy game with role-playing elements in a fantasy setting. For thirty years, the border lands of Vorbolg have been torn by...