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: 56/100

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

DEFCON

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Diner Dash: Hometown Hero

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

December 5, 2008 → PC

Steam: 38/100

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...