| # | Game | Release date | Price | Score rank (Userscore / Metascore) | Owners | Playtime (Median) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Mass Effect (2007) |
Dec 19, 2008 | $4.79 | N/A (N/A/89%) | 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 | 02:32 (01:16) | BioWare | Electronic Arts |
| 2 |  SPORE |
Dec 19, 2008 | $1.99 | N/A (N/A/84%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 03:34 (04:26) | Maxis™ | Electronic Arts |
| 3 |  Prince of Persia |
Dec 10, 2008 | $1.99 | N/A (N/A/82%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft |
| 4 |  Aquaria |
Dec 15, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/82%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Bit Blot, LLC | Bit Blot, LLC |
| 5 |  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 |
| 6 |  Defense Grid: The Awakening |
Dec 8, 2008 | $2.49 | N/A (N/A/81%) | 500,000 .. 1,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Hidden Path Entertainment | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| 7 |  Europa Universalis: Rome - Gold Edition |
Dec 18, 2008 | $2.49 | N/A (N/A/79%) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Paradox Development Studio | Paradox Interactive |
| 8 |  Crazy Machines |
Dec 12, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/78%) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Fakt Software | Viva Media |
| 9 |  Crazy Machines 1.5 |
Dec 12, 2008 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/78%) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Fakt Software | Viva Media |
| 10 |  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 |
| 11 |  Iron Grip: Warlord |
Dec 5, 2008 | N/A | N/A (N/A/59%) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | ISOTX | ISOTX |
| 12 |  SPORE Creepy & Cute Parts Pack |
Dec 19, 2008 | $1.99 | N/A (N/A/53%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Maxis™ | Electronic Arts |
| 13 |  Legendary |
Dec 1, 2008 | $0.89 | N/A (N/A/50%) | 200,000 .. 500,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Spark Unlimited | SouthPeak Games |
| 14 |  CosmicBreak Universal |
Dec 1, 2008 | Free | N/A (N/A) | 500,000 .. 1,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | CyberStep, Inc. | CyberStep, Inc. |
| 15 |  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 |
| 16 |  Disney•Pixar WALL-E |
Dec 11, 2008 | $4.99 | N/A (N/A) | 50,000 .. 100,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Asobo Studio | THQ, Disney |
| 17 |  Penguins Arena: Sedna's World |
Dec 18, 2008 | $0.89 | N/A (N/A) | 100,000 .. 200,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Frogames | Frogames |
| 18 |  Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife |
Dec 15, 2008 | $3.29 | N/A (N/A) | 20,000 .. 50,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | MumboJumbo | Accelerate Games |
| 19 |  MiniOne Racing |
Dec 16, 2008 | $0.84 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Frogames | Frogames |
| 20 |  MahJong |
Dec 20, 2008 | $24.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | baKno Games | baKno Games |
| 21 |  Fitness Dash |
Dec 31, 2008 | $6.99 | N/A (N/A) | 0 .. 20,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Sarbakan | Dovetail Games |
Owners: Estimated number of people owning this game. The number might be way too small for new releases and sometimes way too big for games that had free weekend event recently. Read more on About page.
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.
This number might be too small for recently released games or too big for games that had a free weekend in the last couple of months.