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The best games of 2009 · Ludixa

The best games of 2009

Ranked on the Metacritic score where one exists, and on the number of Steam reviews where it doesn't — because a game judged by a hundred thousand players is not less known than one judged by twenty critics. Titles with neither are left out.

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) cover art

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)200994/10042,845 reviewsPUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009) cover art

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)200994/10042,843 reviewsRPGPUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.

Batman: Arkham Asylum cover art

Batman: Arkham Asylum200991/10061,630 reviewsAction · AdventureExperience what it’s like to be Batman and face off against Gotham's greatest villians. Explore every inch of Arkham Asylum and roam freely on the infamous island.

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Bayonetta200990/10027,170 reviewsAction · AdventurePlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.

Total War: Empire cover art

Total War: Empire200990/10021,217 reviewsStrategyCommand the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Braid cover art

Braid200990/1006,936 reviewsCasual · IndieThis is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.

Left 4 Dead 2 cover art

Left 4 Dead 2200989/100811,750 reviewsActionSet in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cover art

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind200989/10022,206 reviewsRole playingThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is an epic, open-ended single-player game where you create and play any kind of character you can imagine. Your actions define your character, and your gameplay changes and evolves in response to your actions.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition cover art

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition200987/100142,610 reviewsAction & adventureA mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home. Defend yourself with an arsenal of home-guardin’ plants to mulchify zombies before they reach your front door. Get twice the zombie-zapping action with 2-player Versus and Co-op modes. Upgrade and decorate your house in the interactive leaderboard, and check out your friends’ houses, too. Plants vs. Zombies is loaded with seven game modes, new rabble-rousing features, and unlimited replayable action… so the fun never dies!

Dead Space (2008) cover art

Dead Space (2008)200987/10022,799 reviewsAction · AdventureYou are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.

Assassin's Creed 2 cover art

Assassin's Creed 2200986/10057,375 reviewsAction · AdventureAn epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. New low price!

Resident Evil 5 cover art

Resident Evil 5200986/10047,966 reviewsAction · AdventureThis game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) cover art

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)200986/10035,573 reviewsActionThe most-anticipated game of the year and the sequel to the best-selling first-person action game of all time, Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.

The Sims 3 cover art

The Sims 3200986/10031,014 reviewsSimulationThe Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game cover art

Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game200986/10013,806 reviewsRPGFallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.

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Machinarium200985/10017,405 reviewsAdventure · PuzzleMachinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)200985/1008,029 reviewsStrategyAll of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II in one package. Play the award-winning real-time strategy game in all its glory, including three full campaigns, six multiplayer factions, and a full co-op Last Stand mode with eight unique heroes.

Torchlight cover art

Torchlight200983/1005,447 reviewsRPGAdventure awaits in the award-winning Action RPG debut from Runic Games! Explore the randomized depths of this boom town, collect loot, and level up to save Torchlight - and possibly the world.

Unreal Tournament 3 cover art

Unreal Tournament 3200983/1002,702 reviewsActionNow includes the free Titan Pack expansion! The Titan Pack gives players a substantial amount of enhanced features and new content, including many original environments, new gametypes, the namesake Titan mutator, powerful deployables and weapons, new characters, and the Stealthbender.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 cover art

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3200982/10014,542 reviewsAction · StrategyThe desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia.

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition cover art

Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition200982/1006,162 reviewsActionSet 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force.

Mirror's Edge cover art

Mirror's Edge200981/10031,144 reviewsAction & adventureIn a city where information is heavily monitored, where crime is just a memory, where most people have sacrificed freedom for a comfortable life, Some choose to live differently. Some. like you, are Runners, phenomenally agile messengers who deliver sensitive information for a price. You are a Runner called Faith. Murder has come to this city. And now you are being hunted.

Trine Enchanted Edition cover art

Trine Enchanted Edition200980/10012,822 reviewsAction · AdventureThree Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.

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Brutal Legend200980/10011,276 reviewsAction · AdventureBrütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.

Prototype cover art

Prototype200979/10012,413 reviewsAction · AdventureYou are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.

Overlord II cover art

Overlord II200979/1003,992 reviewsRPGOverlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...

Tropico 3 cover art

Tropico 3200979/100839 reviewsSimulation · StrategyBecome the dictator of a remote island during the Cold War. Charm, persuade, intimidate, oppress, or cheat your people to stay in power! Are you a kind and generous leader? A corrupt and ruthless tyrant ruling with an iron fist?

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) cover art

STAR WARS Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)200978/10046,350 reviewsActionJoin the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.

Arma 2 cover art

Arma 2200977/1001,813 reviewsAction · SimulationBuilding on 10 years of constant engine development, ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment in the world. It models real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects.

Killing Floor cover art

Killing Floor200972/10040,036 reviewsAction6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!

Saints Row 2 cover art

Saints Row 2200972/10012,747 reviewsActionSaints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.

America's Army 3 cover art

America's Army 3200970/100ActionDownload AA3 Today and Become a Member of the elite America's Army Team! America's Army fans and new players alike can now experience America's Army 3, the official U.S. Army game.

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter cover art

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter200968/1007,278 reviewsAction · IndieSerious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!

THE LAST REMNANT Remastered cover art

THE LAST REMNANT Remastered200966/1002,789 reviewsRPGMitra, yama, qsiti, sovani... These four races exist in one world. A world filled with Remnants — mysterious artifacts from an ancient era. Who created the Remnant? How long ago? And for what purpose? With these questions left unanswered, the Remnants became beneficial tools used for the good of civilization. The world was at peace...

STAR WARS - The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition cover art

STAR WARS - The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition200965/1008,706 reviewsActionA game that will show gamers the deepest, darkest side of the Force in a story that puts them on a collision course with Luke Skywalker himself.

Two Worlds Epic Edition cover art

Two Worlds Epic Edition200965/1002,618 reviewsRPG... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice?

Gothic 3 cover art

Gothic 3200963/1009,040 reviewsAction · RPGA nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.