Best PC Games

Quake Champions

Released: Aug 18, 2022

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 89 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer

The fast, skill-based arena-style competition that turned the original Quake games into multiplayer legends is making a return with Quake Champions.

SimCity

Released: Oct 3, 1989

Critic rating: 58.8 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Strategy

Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Acorn Electron, Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Amstrad CPC

Game modes: Single player

SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, first released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer.

3D Pinball: Space Cadet

Released: Oct 31, 1995

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 51 votes

Genres: Pinball

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

A pinball game that came free on many computers pre-installed with some Windows operating systems.

The Suffering: Ties That Bind

Released: Sep 26, 2005

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter

Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2

Game modes: Single player

The Suffering: Ties That Bind follows in the footsteps of its predecessor by combining a disturbing horror atmosphere with action/shooter gameplay.

The Painscreek Killings

Released: Sep 27, 2017

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

The Painscreek Killings is a first-person, explorable mystery solving game set in a fictional town of United States in the 1990s.

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles

Released: Jul 17, 2017

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Unwind and enjoy the slow life in Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a relaxing open-world adventure game.

The Escapists 2

Released: Aug 22, 2017

Critic rating: 75.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.

The Looker

Released: Jun 17, 2022

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 45 votes

Genres: Puzzle, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

The Surge

Released: May 15, 2017

Critic rating: 72.1 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

The Surge is a sci-fi spin on Dark Souls, from the Lords of the Fallen team.

Thymesia

Released: Aug 18, 2022

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Game modes: Single player

Thymesia is a grueling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system.

Bad Piggies

Released: Sep 27, 2012

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Puzzle

Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Game modes: Single player, Battle Royale

Bad Piggies is a puzzle video game and a spin-off to Angry Birds.

Jurassic World Evolution 2

Released: Nov 9, 2021

Critic rating: 72.4 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Simulator, Strategy

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s ground-breaking 2018 management simulation, Jurassic World Evolution, offering an all new narrative campaign voiced by cast members from across the Jurassic World film franchise, exciting new features, four engaging game modes, and an expanded roster of awe-inspiring dinosaurs.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

Released: Nov 18, 2022

Critic rating: 74.4 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Adventure

Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

A group of documentary film makers receive a mysterious call inviting them to a modern-day replica of serial killer H.H.

Beyond Divinity

Released: Apr 27, 2004

Critic rating: 75.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG)

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)

Game modes: Single player

You were a disciple of the Divine, a servant of light on a never-ending crusade to fight evil.

Punch Club

Released: Jan 8, 2016

Critic rating: 68.2 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love.

Alien Shooter

Released: Sep 14, 2003

Critic rating: 71.7 / 100 • 72 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Indie, Arcade

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita

Game modes: Single player

Alien Shooter is an top-down shooter video game from Sigma Team created in 2003.

Everything

Released: Mar 21, 2017

Critic rating: 72.0 / 100

Rating: E

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player

Everything is an interactive experience where everything you see is a thing you can be, from animals to planets to galaxies and beyond.

Obduction

Released: Aug 24, 2016

Critic rating: 67.0 / 100

Rating: E10+

Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Windows Mixed Reality, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One

Game modes: Single player

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world.

Event[0]

Released: Sep 14, 2016

Critic rating: 75.1 / 100

Genres: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

"Event[0] is a game about building a personal relationship with a machine.

Test Drive Unlimited 2

Released: Feb 8, 2011

Critic rating: 73.3 / 100

Rating: T

Genres: Racing

Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Test Drive Unlimited 2 (abbreviated as TDU2) is an open world racing video game developed by Eden Games and published by Atari.

A Bird Story

Released: Nov 7, 2014

Critic rating: 68.3 / 100

Genres: Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Game modes: Single player

A Bird Story is a simple, surreal short about a boy and a bird with a broken wing.

Red Dead Online

Released: May 15, 2019

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 30 votes

Rating: M

Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Adventure

Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America.

Bloons TD 5

Released: Dec 14, 2011

Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 54 votes

Rating: E

Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical

Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability.

Divinity II: Ego Draconis

Released: Sep 24, 2009

Critic rating: 64.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player

Dragons: they have been hunted, they have been slain, but now the hour to strike back has come.

Charlie Murder

Released: Aug 14, 2013

Critic rating: 74.0 / 100

Rating: M

Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie

Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360

Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Charlie Murder is an action role-playing beat 'em up video game, featuring five playable characters - all members of the garage punk band Charlie Murder - who fight a demonic army raised by a former band member in an attempt to save the world from the apocalypse.