The coldest season is finally over and it's just the right time to announce Top 10 Casual PC Games of Winter 2007-2008. The best games were picked by our team based on web-site stats and writer reviews.

On Christmas holidays major game companies released many of their biggest and most expensive titles. Some of the top selling games were real gems, while others remained rather simple and elegant while still being extremely entertaining.

Hidden object games continued being the most popular genre this winter. Though most of bestselling games belonged to click management category. Sim and Strategy games were also a hot trend, especially if they were about building, gardening and furnishing. Other genres, like card and board, platformers and word games, were presented by a few games and didn't show anything special. It seems that tendencies of popular game genres are rather stable and will remain till the end of spring.

Enough twaddling as it's time to list Top 10 Casual PC Games of Winter 2007-2008:

1. And the winner is : Build-a-lot!!! - This ridiculously addictive game features superb production values. It is so easy to learn and the gameplay is so fun and balanced! In Build-a-lot you become a real estate mogul while you construct and upgrade houses, buy blue prints of new buildings and flip houses for quick cash. Build-a-lot is family-friendly fun from start to finish! No wonder why the game has been the hottest one this season.
2. The runner-up 1 is Amazing Adventures The Lost Tomb! Congratulations to the developer - SpinTop Games! Amazing Adventures game offers over 100 levels, unique locations, great mini-game puzzles and hidden scarabs. In this adventure puzzler you are sent to Egypt by the direction of the Museum. Your goal is to locate the Lost Tomb and the treasures locked within. Diverse puzzles of varying difficulty will keep your play interesting and challenging. Good luck on your journey!
3. The runner-up 2 is Diner Dash Hometown Hero! There were tons of sequels released last season but Diner Dash Hometown Hero went above and beyond expectations! If only all sequels could be this creative and fun. The game introduces not only 5 new restaurants, but also new customers like the Hungry Man and the Celebrity. Now you can make reservations and move tables together to create larger ones! Diner Dash Hometown Hero is definitely one of the most addictive and ingenious games of this winter season!
4. Paradise Pet Salon - This game is one of the most ingenious takes on click management concept. Serve hundreds of pets and people in 8 customizable pet shops, improve your spa by buying upgrades and get special treats for your special clients. Seems too simple? Rembember that you have to develop a strategy, plan ahead, work fast and hard and only then you'll be able to beat the Evil Pet Corp. Fur has never been so fun and addictive!
5. ChocolatierT 2: Secret Ingredients - This most delicious sequel of the season retains charm of original plus adds great new features. In this game it's up to you to build a new empire from the ground up and take over Baumeister Confections. On the journey you will need to rise up in this industrial age of innovation and seek out secret ingredients to create rich new recipes. The most important recipe is - beautiful production values combined with locales evolving with the times make a truly ddictive game like Chocolatier 2.
6. Farm Frenzy - Everybody knows that running a farm isn't easy, but few know HOW hard it is. Having to wake up every morning at 5am is tough. But you can try! In Farm Frenzy you feed dozens of animals, gather what they produce and raise your own crops. Unassuming-looking title proved to be one of the most addictive and ingenious simulation games of the season, featuring cute graphics and easy to learn gameplay.
7. Sally's Salon - Creative cute characters, insanely hard levels to master and production up the wazoo are only a few of numerous features of Sally's Salon. Great thanks to Games Cafe, the developer, who introduced unique customer feedback system for choosing styles and fun styling options individualized to each type of customer. These folks know how to create a truly gorgeous game that's well worth time and money.
8. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe - This new take on the ever-loved gem-swapping original features 4 ways to play, captivating gameplay and stumbling features. Have you ever wondered why this match-3 is so popular? When you try it out, you'll know the answer!
9. Agatha Christie: Peril at End House - The great adventure puzzler has it all - beautiful graphics and an ethereal soundtrack, exceptional backgrounds and lots of trickiest mini-puzzles. If the fiction story is unfamiliar to you, Nick Buckley is the last in a long line of Buckleys living at huge estate of End House. After several attempts on Nick's life, the famous detective Poirot steps in to find out who the killer is. You join him to solve the mystery before it's too late.
10. Dream Day First Home - In this nicely made third release in the Dream Day Series you find Jenny and Robert back from their honeymoon and ready to make their first house into a home. Your job will be to redecorate and shop, solve inevitable homeowner problems. The game features interesting branching story, engaging mini-games and beautiful graphics and music. A perfect recipe for season bestseller!

So winter is over and hopefully spring will bring new greater titles with even more ingenious production values, cute characters and production up the wazoo!