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Best PC Games 2025

77 Mighty-tier games on PC for 2025.

These were the standout PC releases of 2025, ranked by OpenCritic Top Critics score. Notable entries include Doom: The Dark Ages (211 reviews) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (203 reviews).

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Hades II cover

1. Hades II

OpenCritic: 94/100 (134 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cover

2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

OpenCritic: 92/100 (203 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
The Séance of Blake Manor cover

3. The Séance of Blake Manor

OpenCritic: 91/100 (19 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Hollow Knight: Silksong cover

4. Hollow Knight: Silksong

OpenCritic: 91/100 (118 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Split Fiction cover

5. Split Fiction

OpenCritic: 91/100 (183 reviews)

Adventure Platform Puzzle Multiplayer Co-operative
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter cover

6. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

OpenCritic: 90/100 (84 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Single player
Öoo cover

7. Öoo

OpenCritic: 90/100 (7 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach cover

8. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

OpenCritic: 90/100 (185 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Blue Prince cover

9. Blue Prince

OpenCritic: 89/100 (116 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Monster Hunter Wilds cover

10. Monster Hunter Wilds

OpenCritic: 89/100 (203 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II cover

11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

OpenCritic: 89/100 (170 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Keep Driving cover

12. Keep Driving

OpenCritic: 89/100 (22 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Sektori cover

13. Sektori

OpenCritic: 89/100 (16 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Rhythm Doctor cover

14. Rhythm Doctor

OpenCritic: 89/100 (5 reviews)

Adventure Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
Shujinkou cover

15. Shujinkou

OpenCritic: 89/100 (16 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo cover

16. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

OpenCritic: 88/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Train 2 cover

17. Monster Train 2

OpenCritic: 88/100 (52 reviews)

Card & Board Game Indie Strategy Single player
The Talos Principle: Reawakened cover

18. The Talos Principle: Reawakened

OpenCritic: 88/100 (29 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Battle Suit Aces cover

19. Battle Suit Aces

OpenCritic: 88/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Card & Board Game Indie Single player
StarVaders cover

20. StarVaders

OpenCritic: 88/100 (24 reviews)

Indie Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Single player
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles cover

21. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

OpenCritic: 88/100 (117 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Single player
Dawnfolk cover

22. Dawnfolk

OpenCritic: 88/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance cover

23. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

OpenCritic: 87/100 (141 reviews)

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Single player
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker cover

24. Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

OpenCritic: 87/100 (26 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
ARC Raiders cover

25. ARC Raiders

OpenCritic: 87/100 (95 reviews)

Shooter Multiplayer Co-operative
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector cover

26. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

OpenCritic: 87/100 (79 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Dispatch cover

27. Dispatch

OpenCritic: 87/100 (118 reviews)

Adventure Point-and-click Strategy Single player
Sword of the Sea cover

28. Sword of the Sea

OpenCritic: 87/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Simogo Legacy Collection cover

29. Simogo Legacy Collection

OpenCritic: 87/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Indie Single player
Europa Universalis V cover

30. Europa Universalis V

OpenCritic: 87/100 (30 reviews)

Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Cast n Chill cover

31. Cast n Chill

OpenCritic: 87/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Lumines Arise cover

32. Lumines Arise

OpenCritic: 86/100 (69 reviews)

Arcade Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
The Alters cover

33. The Alters

OpenCritic: 86/100 (113 reviews)

Adventure Simulator Single player
Yakuza 0: Director's Cut cover

34. Yakuza 0: Director's Cut

OpenCritic: 86/100 (53 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player Multiplayer
Absolum cover

35. Absolum

OpenCritic: 86/100 (104 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Indie Single player Multiplayer
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity cover

36. Ever 17: The Out of Infinity

OpenCritic: 86/100 (16 reviews)

Adventure Visual Novel Single player
Silent Hill f cover

37. Silent Hill f

OpenCritic: 86/100 (176 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages cover

38. Doom: The Dark Ages

OpenCritic: 86/100 (211 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Earthion cover

39. Earthion

OpenCritic: 86/100 (28 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Shape of Dreams cover

40. Shape of Dreams

OpenCritic: 86/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player Multiplayer
Expelled! cover

41. Expelled!

OpenCritic: 86/100 (25 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack cover

42. Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack

OpenCritic: 86/100 (35 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG)
Zoe Begone! cover

43. Zoe Begone!

OpenCritic: 86/100 (10 reviews)

Arcade Platform Shooter Single player
Bionic Bay cover

44. Bionic Bay

OpenCritic: 86/100 (45 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
The Roottrees Are Dead cover

45. The Roottrees Are Dead

OpenCritic: 86/100 (14 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Lies of P: Overture cover

46. Lies of P: Overture

OpenCritic: 86/100 (48 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist cover

47. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist

OpenCritic: 85/100 (68 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time cover

48. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

OpenCritic: 85/100 (52 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Heretic + Hexen cover

49. Heretic + Hexen

OpenCritic: 85/100 (36 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake cover

50. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

OpenCritic: 85/100 (101 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Two Point Museum cover

51. Two Point Museum

OpenCritic: 85/100 (125 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater cover

52. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

OpenCritic: 85/100 (153 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Tactical Single player
Pioneers of Pagonia cover

53. Pioneers of Pagonia

OpenCritic: 85/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Stray Children cover

54. Stray Children

OpenCritic: 85/100 (10 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Undusted: Letters from the Past cover

55. Undusted: Letters from the Past

OpenCritic: 85/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Simulator Single player
Wizard of Legend 2 cover

56. Wizard of Legend 2

OpenCritic: 85/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player Multiplayer
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road cover

57. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

OpenCritic: 85/100 (23 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Sport Single player Multiplayer
The Drifter cover

58. The Drifter

OpenCritic: 85/100 (49 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy cover

59. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

OpenCritic: 85/100 (61 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor cover

60. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

OpenCritic: 85/100 (16 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Wizordum cover

61. Wizordum

OpenCritic: 84/100 (10 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Shooter Single player
Despelote cover

62. Despelote

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Skate Story cover

63. Skate Story

OpenCritic: 84/100 (78 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Indie Single player
Jurassic World Evolution 3 cover

64. Jurassic World Evolution 3

OpenCritic: 84/100 (50 reviews)

Simulator Strategy Single player
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 cover

65. Capcom Fighting Collection 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (96 reviews)

Arcade Fighting Single player Multiplayer
Look Outside cover

66. Look Outside

OpenCritic: 84/100 (16 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Many Nights a Whisper cover

67. Many Nights a Whisper

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Soulstone Survivors cover

68. Soulstone Survivors

OpenCritic: 84/100 (5 reviews)

Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds cover

69. Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

OpenCritic: 84/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster cover

70. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster

OpenCritic: 84/100 (64 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Strange Antiquities cover

71. Strange Antiquities

OpenCritic: 84/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
PowerWash Simulator 2 cover

72. PowerWash Simulator 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (56 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark cover

73. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

OpenCritic: 84/100 (22 reviews)

Adventure Platform Single player Multiplayer
Ys X: Proud Nordics cover

74. Ys X: Proud Nordics

OpenCritic: 84/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
The King is Watching cover

75. The King is Watching

OpenCritic: 84/100 (14 reviews)

Indie Strategy Single player
Constance cover

76. Constance

OpenCritic: 84/100 (30 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Abiotic Factor cover

77. Abiotic Factor

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer