Best PC Games
4,644 PC games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Hue
Released: Aug 30, 2016
Critic rating: 77.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Hue is a stark puzzle platformer where you shift the hue of the world, creating rifts when colours collide.
Shadowrun Returns
Released: Jul 25, 2013
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The year is 2054.
Transformers: Devastation
Released: Oct 6, 2015
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Transformers are back in over-the-top brawler action with comic book inspired art to create a Transformers game like none other.
Battlefield 3: Aftermath
Released: Dec 11, 2012
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Multiplayer
Set amongst the shattered districts, streets and surrounding villages of a post-earthquake Tehran, Battlefield 3: Aftermath depicts a continuing struggle for supremacy and survival amongst the devastation.
Populous
Released: Jun 5, 1989
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations.
Axiom Verge 2
Released: Aug 11, 2021
Critic rating: 78.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
You may have played Axiom Verge, or heard it referenced as a benchmark for indie “metroidvania” adventures.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning
Released: Sep 8, 2020
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The hit RPG returns!
Freedom Fighters
Released: Sep 26, 2003
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Freedom Fighters is a third-person shooter, in which the player navigates through the streets of New York while fighting the Soviet forces.
Armored Warriors
Released: Dec 31, 1994
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
In the year 2281, the war spanning half a century over territory between the United World Forces and the Raian Kingdom had at last come to an end.
Cossacks 3
Released: Sep 20, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cossacks 3 is the third main game in the long-running historical real-time strategy series.
The Godfather
Released: Mar 21, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
The Godfather puts you into the action of the legendary films, while you relive the classic moments of the Corleone family.
Gone Home
Released: Aug 15, 2013
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A first-person exploratory game taking place in 1995 in which Katie, a university student back from Europe, arrives at her family's newly inherited mansion only to find nobody there, with a note from her younger sister Sam suggesting that she's left home.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Released: Jun 4, 2021
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
SGW Contracts 2 is a modern warfare shooter with the story set in the Middle East.
Palia
Released: Dec 14, 2023
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri.
Dungeon Defenders
Released: Dec 15, 2010
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Dungeon Defenders is a Tower Defense Action-RPG where you must save the land of Etheria from an Ancient Evil!
Please, Don't Touch Anything
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Please, Don’t Touch Anything is a cryptic, brain-racking button-pushing simulation.
Action Henk
Released: May 11, 2015
Critic rating: 69.9 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Racing, Sport, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Run, jump and butt-slide into the glorious toy-filled world of Action Henk!
The Sims 2: Seasons
Released: Mar 1, 2007
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Head outdoors for year-round fun with your Sims in The Sims 2: Seasons, the fifth expansion pack for The Sims 2!
Sonic Superstars
Released: Oct 17, 2023
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming.
Need for Speed: Rivals
Released: Nov 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Players assume the role of both cops and lawbreakers in Need for Speed: Rivals, which is the inaugural outing of Ghost Games – the rebranded EA Gothenburg studio in Sweden.
Thomas Was Alone
Released: Jul 24, 2012
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity.
Type: Rider
Released: Oct 10, 2013
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Type:Rider is an adventure puzzle game that brings gaming experience to a whole new daring level.
Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions
Released: Aug 27, 2020
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A new Captain Tsubasa game is here, 10 years after the release of the previous console game!
Far Cry: Primal
Released: Feb 23, 2016
Critic rating: 76.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Far Cry Primal is a first-person action game set in 10,000 BC during the transition from the Upper Paleolithic to the Mesolithic period.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Released: Sep 22, 2008
Critic rating: 77.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A complete reimagining of Sid Meier's 1994 classic, Colonization is a total conversion of Civilization IV that combines Civilization's addictive gameplay with all-new graphics and features that add more depth to the franchise.