If you're looking for a cheap gift or just an inexpensive game for yourself this list of games for under $10 is a great place to start. The list of games under $10 includes some very highly rated games from years past as well as some newer video games that may have been overlooked or underrated by many critics. Prices are subject to change without notice but at $10 or less it's hard to go wrong if it's a game you've always wanted to try.
The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
Release Date: Mar 2, 2006Genre: Real Time Strategy
Theme: Fantasy
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
The Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 2 is a real time strategy game in which players can control armies of Orcs, Elves, Humans and more as they battle for control of Middle Earth.
X3 Reunion
Release Date: Oct 28, 2005Genre: Space Combat
Theme: Sci-Fi
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player
Current Price: $5.97
X3 Reunion is an open ended space combat and trading game in which players control a space craft performing tasks of their choosing. Players can control scout ships, freighters or battleships to complete the various missions and tasks. The game world presented in X3 Reunion is quite impressive with 160 sectors to explore, each containing space stations, resources and more.
XIII
Release Date: Nov 25, 2003Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: Crime
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $8.99 XIII is a first person shooter in which players take on the role of a mysterious man who wakes on the day the President has been assassinated with amnesia and a mysterious tattoo of the Roman numeral 13 on his arm. The game's graphics are done in cel-shading that gives teh game a great comic book and almost film noir feel to it.
Medal of Honor Airborne
Release Date: Sep 4, 2007Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: World War 2
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
Medal of Honor Airborne follows the 82nd and 17th Airborne Division of the US Army. In it players will parachute into missions including real life/historical operations in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Germany. The game opens with the invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Release Date: Jun 30, 2004Genre: RTS
Theme: World War 2
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $4.65 - Game Page
Take control of American, German, British or Soviet armies in this real time tactical strategy game set during World War 2. Soldiers: Heroes of World War II includes both single and multiplayer game modes and many World War 2 era vehicles and weapons.
Age of Empires Collectors Edition
Release Date: 1997 - 2000Genre: Real Time Strategy
Theme: Historical
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
The Age of Empires Collectors Edition contains two classic RTS games and their expansions. Included are Age of Empires, Rise of Rome Expansion, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. It's a great introduction if you're new to RTS games and a must if you've never experienced any of the Age of Empires games.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Release Date: Oct 29, 2002Genre: Action Third Person Shooter
Theme: Crime
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
Grand Theft Auto Vice City is third person sandbox action adventure game set in 1986 in the ficticous Vice City. Players take on the role of mobster member Tommy Vercetti, who after being released from prison, is looking to move up in the Mafia and sinks into the world of crime once again.
Codename: Panzers Commander's Edition
Release Date: Sep 30, 2004Genre: Real Time Strategy
Theme: World War 2
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
Codename Panzers Commander's Edition includes Phase One and Phase Two games from the Codename Panzer series. Phase One includes three campaigns set in Poland, France and the Soviet Union while Phase Two goes through campaigns in North Africa and Yugoslavia. Both games offer a wide variety of vehicles, troop types and weapons.
Baldur's Gate 2 - The Collection
Release Date: Sep 24, 2000Genre: Traditional RPG
Theme: Fantasy
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.997
Baldur's Gate 2 Collection contains the original Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn role playing game as well as the expansion pack titled Throne of Bhaal. Create and customize your character as you build up your party of six characters for a grand adventure in the Dungeons and Dragons world of the Forgotten Realms.
Call of Duty Game of the Year Edition
Release Date: Oct 29, 2003Genre: Action First Person Shooter
Theme: World War 2
Rating: T for Teen
Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer
Current Price: $9.99 - Game Page
Developed by some of the same people who created Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Call of Duty helped launched a new wave of World War 2 first person shooters. In it players will play through multiple campaigns that have become familar to the Call of Duty series. There is a single player American, British and Soviet campaign. Call of Duty also includes six multiplayer game modes.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell/Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow
Release Date: 2002 - 2004Genre: Action Third Person Shooter
Theme: Modern Military
Rating: M for Mature
Game Modes: Single player
Current Price: $9.69 This budget bundle pack includes two great titles from the Tom Clancy Splinter Cell series of games. In it players take on the role of Sam Fisher as he uses stealth to accomplish missions that range from hijackings, hostage situations and diffusing terrorist activities.
