| # | Game | Release date | Price | Score rank (Userscore / Metascore) | Owners | Playtime (Median) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SPORE |
Dec 19, 2008 | $19.99 | N/A (N/A/84%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Maxis™ | Electronic Arts |
| 2 |  Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1 |
Dec 18, 2008 | N/A | N/A (N/A/82%) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Telltale | Telltale |
| 3 |  Prince of Persia |
Dec 10, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/82%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft |
| 4 |  Defense Grid: The Awakening |
Dec 8, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/81%) | 500,000 .. 1,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Hidden Path Entertainment | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| 5 |  Crazy Machines |
Dec 12, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/78%) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Fakt Software | Viva Media |
| 6 |  A Vampyre Story |
Dec 2, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/75%) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Autumn Moon Entertainment, Jordan Freeman Group | Autumn Moon Entertainment, ZOOM Platform Media |
| 7 |  Iron Grip: Warlord |
Dec 5, 2008 | N/A | N/A (N/A/59%) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | ISOTX | ISOTX |
| 8 |  Rise of the Argonauts |
Dec 16, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/59%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Liquid Entertainment | Codemasters, Electronic Arts |
| 9 |  SPORE Creepy & Cute Parts Pack |
Dec 19, 2008 | $19.99 | N/A (N/A/53%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Maxis™ | Electronic Arts |
| 10 |  Legendary |
Dec 1, 2008 | $5.99 | N/A (N/A/50%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Spark Unlimited | SouthPeak Games |
| 11 |  BRAINPIPE: A Plunge to Unhumanity |
Dec 24, 2008 | Free | N/A (N/A) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Digital Eel | Digital Eel |
| 12 |  CosmicBreak Universal |
Dec 1, 2008 | Free | N/A (N/A) | 500,000 .. 1,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | CyberStep, Inc. | CyberStep, Inc. |
| 13 |  Paws and Claws: Pampered Pets |
Dec 15, 2008 | $6.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | dtp – young entertainment Gmbh & Co. KG | Cosmi Valusoft |
| 14 |  Fitness Dash |
Dec 31, 2008 | $6.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Sarbakan | Dovetail Games |
| 15 |  Dimensity |
Dec 8, 2008 | $8.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Dagger Games | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| 16 |  Penguins Arena: Sedna's World |
Dec 18, 2008 | $5.99 | N/A (N/A) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Frogames | Frogames |
| 17 |  Disney•Pixar WALL-E |
Dec 11, 2008 | $19.99 | N/A (N/A) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Asobo Studio | THQ, Disney |
| 18 |  SpacePig |
Dec 30, 2008 | $24.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | baKno Games | baKno Games |
| 19 |  Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife |
Dec 15, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | MumboJumbo | Accelerate Games |
| 20 |  MiniOne Racing |
Dec 16, 2008 | $4.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Frogames | Frogames |
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Playtime: Average hours played in total per person that have actually launched this game since March 2009. This time is calculated for the whole lifetime, not for the particular year.
Average score: Average users and metacritic score for all games with this score assigned.
Average playtime: Average lifetime playtime for all games where this data is available.
Games this year: Self-explaining - number of games released this year. Please note that it also includes software, but doesn't include DLC. Only inculdes games with sales data available.
Total copies owned: Refers to total copies of games released this year acquired by users for the lifetime. Includes copies sold, downloaded for free and given out.
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