2025 · Action RPG · PC / Steam / Xbox App
Avowed is a competent first-person fantasy RPG with Obsidian's trademark writing quality, but it feels like a game caught between ambitions, never quite becoming the fantasy epic or the focused RPG it could have been.
2015 · Action Adventure · PC / Steam
Axiom Verge is a love letter to classic exploration-based sci-fi games that manages to carve out its own identity through inventive weapons and a glitch mechanic that turns game corruption into a tool. Built entirely by one person, it delivers a sprawling alien world packed with secrets, creative weapons, and atmospheric pixel art. Navigation can be frustrating when you lose your bearings, and some of the weapon variety is more interesting in concept than in practice, but the core exploration loop is satisfying and the Address Disruptor alone is worth the price of admission.
2021 · Action Platformer · PC / Steam
Axiom Verge 2 is a bold departure from its predecessor that replaces the original's combat-heavy formula with exploration-focused gameplay and a parallel dimension mechanic. The shift alienated some fans expecting a bigger, louder sequel, but players who connect with its quieter, more contemplative design find a densely interconnected world worth getting lost in. It's a different kind of metroidvania, and that's both its greatest strength and the reason it divides its audience.
2019 · Puzzle · PC / Steam
Baba Is You is one of the most original puzzle games ever made. The mechanic of rewriting the rules by pushing words around is so clever that it makes everything else in the genre feel static by comparison. Difficulty will wall some players out entirely, and the lack of any hint system means getting stuck is a matter of when, not if. But the moments where a solution clicks, where you suddenly see the level in a completely different way, are among the most satisfying feelings in gaming. If you love puzzles, this is essential.
2021 · Co-op Shooter · PC
Back 4 Blood carries the spiritual successor banner to Left 4 Dead but stumbles under the weight of its own ambitions, with a card system that adds depth but also complexity that clashes with the pick-up-and-play appeal of its inspiration.
2024 · Auto Battler / Inventory Management Roguelite · PC / Steam
Backpack Battles takes two things that shouldn't work together, auto battling and inventory Tetris, and turns them into something compulsive. Optimizing your bag layout is the game, and the PvP framing gives every decision stakes. Content updates have kept the meta fresh, and the community remains active. If you've ever spent too long organizing your RPG inventory and wished that was the whole game, this is exactly that.
2023 · Roguelike Deckbuilder / Inventory Management · PC / Steam
Backpack Hero takes the familiar inventory Tetris that RPG players have tolerated for decades and turns it into the entire game. The spatial puzzle of arranging gear is deeply compelling, the build variety is strong, and the moment everything clicks in your backpack is deeply satisfying. It runs a little long for a roguelike and the meta-progression can feel grindy, but the core idea is so good that it carries the experience.
2024 · Roguelike Deckbuilder · PC / Steam
Balatro takes the familiar language of poker hands and rebuilds it into one of the most compulsive roguelike experiences on PC. Its Joker synergy system creates a different puzzle every run, modding extends its life far beyond what any solo developer could provide, and a premium price means no microtransactions standing between you and the next hand. RNG will occasionally end a promising run through no fault of your own, and veteran players may find late-game strategies converging. But the highs are so high and the depth so surprising that those complaints barely register.
1998 · RPG · PC / Steam
Baldur's Gate is the game that brought CRPGs back from the dead and launched BioWare into the studio that would define Western RPGs for the next decade. The Sword Coast is a vast, open world that rewards exploration with genuine surprises, and the companion writing laid the groundwork for everything BioWare would become famous for. Combat using Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition rules is faithful to the tabletop but punishing and opaque for players unfamiliar with that system. The Enhanced Edition smooths out the roughest technical edges, but this is still a 1998 game that demands patience. What it offers in return is a sense of discovery and freedom that established the template an entire genre would follow.
2000 · RPG · PC / Steam
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn earned its reputation as one of the finest RPGs ever made, and more than two decades later, that reputation holds. The companion writing alone would carry a lesser game, but everything around it, from quest design to the magic system to Irenicus as a villain, operates at a level that most RPGs still haven't matched. Dated pathfinding and some clunky D&D 2nd Edition mechanics are real friction points for modern players, but they're the price of admission for an experience that rewards every hour you put into it. If you care about RPGs at all, this one set the standard.
2023 · RPG · PC / Steam
Baldur's Gate 3 is the kind of RPG that resets expectations for the entire genre. Larian Studios built a game where player choice actually matters in ways that ripple across dozens of hours, and they did it with a level of polish and ambition that makes most competitors look like they weren't trying. Act 3 performance issues and a few rough edges keep it from perfection, but everything else operates at a level so far above the norm that the flaws barely register. This is the new benchmark for what a story-driven RPG can be, and it's going to take something extraordinary to move the bar again.
2014 · Simulation / City Builder · PC / Steam
Banished is a focused, punishing city builder that succeeds because of its constraints rather than despite them. The survival pressure of keeping a small community alive through harsh winters creates tension that more complex games often lack. Resource management is tight, population growth requires careful planning, and a single bad decision can cascade into famine. It's smaller in scope than most modern city builders and the vanilla content can be exhausted, but the modding community has expanded it enormously and the core survival challenge remains compelling years after release.
2023 · Survival, Submarine Simulation · PC / Steam
Barotrauma delivers one of the most unique co-op survival experiences on PC, putting you and your crew inside a submarine on an alien ocean moon where everything from sea creatures to your own teammates can kill you. The learning curve is brutal and the interface clunky, but nothing else captures the same blend of tension, teamwork, and emergent chaos.
2011 · Action · PC / Steam
Bastion pioneered the reactive narrator and built a gorgeous, floating world around tight isometric action, establishing Supergiant Games as one of indie gaming's finest studios with a debut that remains compelling over a decade later.
2009 · Action / Adventure · PC / Steam
Batman: Arkham Asylum redefined what superhero games could be by making you actually feel like Batman, from the fluid freeflow combat to the predator stealth rooms to the detective vision that ties it all together. Rocksteady's tight, focused design confines the game to a single night on Arkham Island, and that restraint produces a pacing and atmosphere that the later open-world sequels never quite recaptured. The boss fights are the weakest element, often falling back on generic patterns that don't match the villain encounters' narrative buildup.
2011 · Action / Adventure · PC / Steam
Batman: Arkham City takes everything Arkham Asylum built and expands it into an open world that feels like Gotham's most dangerous playground. The freeflow combat is refined to perfection, the gliding traversal transforms movement into its own reward, and the rogues gallery gets expanded encounters that surpass the original's boss fights. The open world adds freedom without sacrificing the focused pacing that made Asylum special, and the narrative builds to one of gaming's most memorable endings.
2015 · Action / Adventure · PC / Steam
Batman: Arkham Knight delivers the most visually stunning Gotham City ever rendered and adds the Batmobile as a major gameplay pillar, but the vehicle's omnipresence in puzzles, combat, and boss fights transforms what should be a supplementary tool into an overused crutch. The on-foot combat and predator rooms remain excellent, the narrative tackles Batman's psychology with genuine ambition, and the Arkham Knight identity mystery provides strong dramatic fuel even if experienced players guess the reveal early.
2016 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
Battlefield 1 took the enormous gamble of setting a major multiplayer shooter in World War I and won convincingly. The atmosphere is unmatched in the genre, with sound design and environmental detail that make 64-player battles feel genuinely chaotic and terrifying. Operations mode delivers the best large-scale multiplayer experience in the franchise's history, and the campaign's anthology structure offers emotional moments that the series rarely attempted. The gunplay feels deliberately heavier than modern Battlefield entries, which divides opinion, and EA's end-of-life support leaves the community maintaining what the publisher abandoned. A bold entry that earned its risk.
2013 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
Battlefield 4 survived one of the worst launches in multiplayer shooter history to become the gold standard for large-scale vehicular combat on PC. Years of post-launch support transformed a broken release into a polished package with some of the best multiplayer map design the franchise has produced. The single-player campaign is forgettable, and the launch scars are part of the game's story, but the multiplayer that emerged from the wreckage stands as DICE's finest work. The community that stayed through the rough early months was rewarded with a shooter that still feels relevant over a decade later.
2018 · First-Person Shooter · PC
Battlefield V offers some of the franchise's best gunplay and most gorgeous maps, but a troubled live service, premature end of support, and controversial design decisions left its potential unfulfilled.
2018 · Turn-Based Strategy · PC / Steam
BattleTech delivers on the fantasy of commanding a mercenary lance of massive war machines through a galaxy in conflict. Mech customization is deep and rewarding, the tactical combat makes positioning and heat management matter, and the mercenary company metagame ties everything together with real financial stakes. Long loading times, a steep learning curve, and performance issues in the management screens drag down the experience between missions. This is a game built for players who want to study their mechs, optimize their loadouts, and accept that one bad hit can change everything. If that sounds like your kind of challenge, Harebrained Schemes built something special here.
2017 · Action · PC / Steam
Bayonetta is a character action masterpiece from PlatinumGames that brought Hideki Kamiya's vision of over-the-top, combo-driven combat to PC in a surprisingly excellent port. The Witch Time dodge mechanic is one of the genre's best defensive systems, the weapon variety is impressive, and the titular character's confidence and personality elevate every cutscene and combat encounter. The story is deliberately campy and convoluted, the camera can struggle in tight spaces, and the QTE sequences feel outdated. But the combat is so tightly designed and mechanically deep that these issues matter less than they would in a lesser action game.
2015 · Driving Simulation · PC / Steam
BeamNG.drive is the most realistic vehicle physics sandbox ever made, where every crash, roll, and suspension flex is simulated with a level of detail that makes other driving games feel like they're faking it.
2019 · Rhythm · PC / Steam (VR Required)
Beat Saber is the definitive VR rhythm game and one of the strongest arguments for owning a VR headset. Slashing through blocks with lightsaber-like controllers feels incredible, the difficulty progression from Easy to Expert+ provides a skill ceiling that keeps players engaged for years, and the modding community has expanded the song library far beyond the official offerings. The base game's track list draws mixed reactions, and DLC costs add up quickly, but the core experience of cutting to the beat is unmatched in any medium.
2007 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
BioShock built one of gaming's most iconic settings, wrapped it in a story that challenged what players expect from the medium, and delivered a twist that people still talk about nearly two decades later. The combat hasn't aged as well as the world around it, and the final act loses some of the momentum that made everything before it so gripping. But Rapture remains one of those places that sticks with you long after you've left, and the ideas BioShock explores about choice, control, and freedom still hit harder than most games that have tried to follow in its wake.
2010 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
BioShock 2 is the sequel that time has treated better than its launch window did. The combat is a genuine improvement over the original, with the dual-wielding of plasmids and weapons creating a fluidity that the first game never achieved. The father-daughter narrative at its center provides emotional grounding that gives your choices real weight. It doesn't match its predecessor's power of revelation, the shock of discovering Rapture for the first time can't be replicated, and the story plays it safer than fans hoped. But as a shooter set in one of gaming's most iconic locations, with combat that finally lives up to the setting's potential, it deserves the reassessment it has been receiving.
2013 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
BioShock Infinite is a game of extraordinary highs and frustrating lows. Columbia is one of the most memorable settings in gaming, Elizabeth is a companion character that others are still measured against, and the story swings for the fences in ways that few big-budget games dare to attempt. The combat underneath all of that never reaches the same level, and the narrative ambitions outpace the story's ability to hold together under scrutiny. It's a game people are still arguing about more than a decade later, which is either its greatest achievement or its most telling flaw, depending on where you land.
2016 · MMORPG · PC
Black Desert Online boasts the most impressive action combat in any MMO and a stunningly beautiful open world, but its relentless grind, opaque enhancement system, and aggressive monetization create a love-hate relationship that defines the experience.
2020 · FPS · PC / Steam
Black Mesa is the rare fan project that reached professional quality and then kept pushing beyond it. Crowbar Collective took the foundation of a legendary game, rebuilt it with modern tools, and had the ambition to completely reimagine its weakest section into something memorable. The early and middle chapters are a faithful, gorgeous update of a classic. Xen is a bold creative swing that mostly connects. Some sections drag, and the game's Source engine roots show their age in spots, but the overall package stands as one of the best remakes in gaming, fan-made or otherwise.
2024 · Action RPG · PC / Steam
Black Myth: Wukong delivers some of the most visually spectacular boss fights in the action RPG genre, backed by a combat system that rewards patience and precision. Its adaptation of Journey to the West brings a mythological setting that feels refreshingly distinct in a space crowded with European dark fantasy. Camera struggles during large-scale encounters and inconsistent PC optimization hold it back from true greatness, but the highs are high enough to make it one of 2024's most memorable releases. Game Science's debut is a statement of intent that lands more often than it misses.
2019 · Action Platformer · PC / Steam
Blasphemous is a striking metroidvania built on a foundation of religious horror, gorgeous pixel art, and punishing combat. The atmosphere and visual design are extraordinary, creating a world unlike anything else in the genre. Backtracking without enough fast travel points and some cryptic quest logic hold it back from greatness, but the sheer artistry on display carries it through those frustrations. Anyone drawn to dark, challenging platformers with a strong sense of identity should put this near the top of their list.
2023 · Action Platformer · PC / Steam
Blasphemous 2 builds on its predecessor with tighter combat, smarter level design, and a weapon system that gives every run meaningful variety. The pixel art remains stunning and the religious horror aesthetic is as striking as ever, making this one of the strongest metroidvanias on PC for players who don't mind earning their progress the hard way.
2019 · Action RPG · PC / Steam
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night delivers on its promise as a spiritual successor to the Castlevania games that inspired it, with Koji Igarashi crafting a metroidvania that hits many of the same notes that made those classics memorable. The shard system adds real depth to combat, and the castle is packed with secrets worth finding. Controls that lack precision, some generic level design, and a crafting system that overcomplicates things keep it from reaching the heights of its inspiration. It's a solid metroidvania that will satisfy fans of the style, even if it never quite steps out from under the shadow of what came before.
2025 · Puzzle Adventure · PC / Steam
Blue Prince is a clever, one-of-a-kind puzzle game that combines room-based exploration with roguelike structure in an elegant mansion of mysteries, though its repetitive loop may exhaust some players before its secrets fully unfold.
2024 · Metroidvania / Platformer · PC / Steam
Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus is a visually gorgeous metroidvania steeped in Japanese folklore that nails its platforming and art direction while falling short on combat depth and map design compared to genre heavyweights.
2023 · Action-Adventure / Platformer · PC / Steam
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is the spiritual successor to Jet Set Radio that fans waited two decades for, delivering an intoxicating blend of skating, graffiti, and style that captures the original's spirit while carving out its own identity.
2022 · Roguelite / Survivor-like · PC / Steam
Boneraiser Minions flips the survivor-like formula on its head by making you a necromancer who summons armies instead of fighting directly. The minion management adds genuine strategy to a genre often criticized for being passive, and the sheer amount of content and unlockables is absurd for a solo-developed game. The hands-off combat won't appeal to everyone, but for players who want something truly different in the genre, it delivers.
2012 · Looter Shooter · PC
Borderlands 2 is the gold standard for looter shooters, combining an absurd sense of humor, a truly great villain in Handsome Jack, and millions of procedurally generated guns into one of the most replayable co-op experiences ever made.
2019 · Looter Shooter · PC
Borderlands 3 has the best gunplay the series has ever seen but stumbles with a weak story and annoying villains that can't fill the void Handsome Jack left behind.
2024 · Puzzle · PC / Steam
Botany Manor is a gentle puzzle game about growing rare plants inside a grand English estate, and it does everything it sets out to do with quiet confidence. The puzzles reward careful reading and environmental observation rather than trial and error, the manor itself is a joy to explore, and the story of its protagonist unfolds through letters and documents scattered throughout. Its three-to-four-hour runtime and forgiving difficulty mean it won't challenge puzzle veterans, and there's little reason to return after the credits. But as a peaceful afternoon spent among flowers and secrets, it's a lovely thing.
2022 · Roguelite / Survivor-like · PC / Steam
Bounty of One brings a western theme and pixel art charm to the survivor-like formula, with satisfying build variety and a unique bounty system that keeps runs interesting. It lacks the depth of the genre's best entries and runs can start to feel samey, but for the price, it delivers solid hours of power-fantasy fun.
2009 · Puzzle Platformer · PC / Steam
Braid is a landmark puzzle platformer that weaves time manipulation mechanics and emotional storytelling into an experience that changed expectations for what independent games could achieve.
2023 · Arena Roguelite / Top-Down Shooter · PC / Steam
Brotato is one of the best values in the roguelite space. Quick runs, huge character variety, satisfying progression, and a difficulty curve that scales from relaxing to punishing. It does one thing and does it extraordinarily well. The potato with six guns isn't a joke. It's a pitch-perfect arena roguelite that earns every bit of its reputation.
2013 · Adventure · PC / Steam
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is a short, emotionally powerful adventure that uses its dual-character control scheme to tell a story that could only work in a video game, delivering one of the medium's most celebrated narrative moments.
2024 · Horror · PC / Steam
Buckshot Roulette distills tension into its purest form, turning a simple game of chance into a gripping strategic horror experience that punches far above its tiny scope.
2007 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the game that changed multiplayer shooters forever. The campaign remains one of the finest in the FPS genre, with moments that became industry touchstones, and the multiplayer introduced the progression systems that every shooter since has built upon. Nearly two decades later, the campaign holds up completely, the multiplayer still has an active community, and mod support keeps the game alive in ways official updates never could. This is the moment Call of Duty became a cultural force, and the game itself is still worth playing on its own terms.
2010 · First-Person Shooter · PC / Steam
Call of Duty: Black Ops delivered a campaign with genuine narrative ambition, a multiplayer suite that refined the franchise's best ideas, and the Zombies mode that would become a pillar of the series. Treyarch's Cold War setting gave the game a distinct identity within the franchise, and the story's psychological elements pushed the campaign beyond standard military shooter territory. The PC port has aging technical issues and the price remains stubbornly high for a fifteen-year-old game, but the overall package represents one of the strongest entries in Call of Duty's history.
2019 · First-Person Shooter · PC
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) revitalized the franchise by grounding it in a darker, more realistic direction while delivering the best gunplay the series has ever produced. The campaign takes genuine risks with its subject matter, the weapon customization is absurdly deep, and the introduction of cross-play connected platform communities for the first time. Multiplayer map design and balance drew criticism that persisted throughout the game's lifecycle, and the massive install size became a running joke. The shooting, though, is genuinely best-in-class for the military FPS genre.