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Best PC Games 2025

80 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 (215 reviews) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (207 reviews).

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Hades II cover

1. Hades II

OpenCritic: 94/100 (144 reviews)

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

2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

OpenCritic: 92/100 (207 reviews)

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

3. The Séance of Blake Manor

OpenCritic: 91/100 (20 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
And Roger cover

4. And Roger

OpenCritic: 91/100 (19 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Hollow Knight: Silksong cover

5. Hollow Knight: Silksong

OpenCritic: 91/100 (123 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Sektori cover

6. Sektori

OpenCritic: 91/100 (28 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Split Fiction cover

7. Split Fiction

OpenCritic: 91/100 (187 reviews)

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

8. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

OpenCritic: 90/100 (84 reviews)

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

9. Öoo

OpenCritic: 90/100 (7 reviews)

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

10. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

OpenCritic: 90/100 (194 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Monster Hunter Wilds cover

11. Monster Hunter Wilds

OpenCritic: 89/100 (206 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Blue Prince cover

12. Blue Prince

OpenCritic: 89/100 (121 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II cover

13. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

OpenCritic: 89/100 (174 reviews)

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

14. Keep Driving

OpenCritic: 89/100 (22 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Rhythm Doctor cover

15. Rhythm Doctor

OpenCritic: 89/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
Shujinkou cover

16. Shujinkou

OpenCritic: 89/100 (16 reviews)

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

17. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

OpenCritic: 88/100 (52 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Train 2 cover

18. Monster Train 2

OpenCritic: 88/100 (53 reviews)

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

19. The Talos Principle: Reawakened

OpenCritic: 88/100 (30 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Battle Suit Aces cover

20. Battle Suit Aces

OpenCritic: 88/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Card & Board Game Indie Single player
StarVaders cover

21. StarVaders

OpenCritic: 88/100 (24 reviews)

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

22. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

OpenCritic: 88/100 (120 reviews)

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

23. Dawnfolk

OpenCritic: 88/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance cover

24. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

OpenCritic: 87/100 (146 reviews)

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

25. Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

OpenCritic: 87/100 (27 reviews)

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

26. ARC Raiders

OpenCritic: 87/100 (97 reviews)

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

27. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

OpenCritic: 87/100 (83 reviews)

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

28. Dispatch

OpenCritic: 87/100 (121 reviews)

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

29. Sword of the Sea

OpenCritic: 87/100 (51 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Simogo Legacy Collection cover

30. Simogo Legacy Collection

OpenCritic: 87/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Indie Single player
Europa Universalis V cover

31. Europa Universalis V

OpenCritic: 87/100 (31 reviews)

Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Cast n Chill cover

32. Cast n Chill

OpenCritic: 87/100 (8 reviews)

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

33. Lumines Arise

OpenCritic: 86/100 (70 reviews)

Arcade Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
The Drifter cover

34. The Drifter

OpenCritic: 86/100 (66 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
The Alters cover

35. The Alters

OpenCritic: 86/100 (122 reviews)

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

36. Yakuza 0: Director's Cut

OpenCritic: 86/100 (54 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player Multiplayer
Ball x Pit cover

37. Ball x Pit

OpenCritic: 86/100 (95 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Absolum cover

38. Absolum

OpenCritic: 86/100 (107 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Indie Single player Multiplayer
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound cover

39. Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

OpenCritic: 86/100 (135 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player
Ever 17: The Out of Infinity cover

40. Ever 17: The Out of Infinity

OpenCritic: 86/100 (17 reviews)

Adventure Visual Novel Single player
Silent Hill f cover

41. Silent Hill f

OpenCritic: 86/100 (183 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Stray Children cover

42. Stray Children

OpenCritic: 86/100 (12 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages cover

43. Doom: The Dark Ages

OpenCritic: 86/100 (215 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Earthion cover

44. Earthion

OpenCritic: 86/100 (29 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Shape of Dreams cover

45. Shape of Dreams

OpenCritic: 86/100 (9 reviews)

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

46. Expelled!

OpenCritic: 86/100 (25 reviews)

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

47. Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack

OpenCritic: 86/100 (38 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG)
Zoe Begone! cover

48. Zoe Begone!

OpenCritic: 86/100 (10 reviews)

Arcade Platform Shooter Single player
Bionic Bay cover

49. Bionic Bay

OpenCritic: 86/100 (45 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
The Roottrees Are Dead cover

50. The Roottrees Are Dead

OpenCritic: 86/100 (14 reviews)

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

51. Lies of P: Overture

OpenCritic: 86/100 (49 reviews)

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

52. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist

OpenCritic: 85/100 (70 reviews)

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

53. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

OpenCritic: 85/100 (52 reviews)

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

54. Heretic + Hexen

OpenCritic: 85/100 (36 reviews)

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

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

OpenCritic: 85/100 (105 reviews)

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

56. Two Point Museum

OpenCritic: 85/100 (131 reviews)

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

57. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

OpenCritic: 85/100 (155 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Tactical Single player
Pioneers of Pagonia cover

58. Pioneers of Pagonia

OpenCritic: 85/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Undusted: Letters from the Past cover

59. Undusted: Letters from the Past

OpenCritic: 85/100 (12 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Simulator Single player
Wizard of Legend 2 cover

60. 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

61. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

OpenCritic: 85/100 (23 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Sport Single player Multiplayer
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy cover

62. The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

OpenCritic: 85/100 (63 reviews)

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

63. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

OpenCritic: 85/100 (17 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Blood: Refreshed Supply cover

64. Blood: Refreshed Supply

OpenCritic: 84/100 (17 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Wizordum cover

65. Wizordum

OpenCritic: 84/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Shooter Single player
Despelote cover

66. Despelote

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Jurassic World Evolution 3 cover

67. Jurassic World Evolution 3

OpenCritic: 84/100 (51 reviews)

Simulator Strategy Single player
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 cover

68. Capcom Fighting Collection 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (98 reviews)

Arcade Fighting Single player Multiplayer
Look Outside cover

69. Look Outside

OpenCritic: 84/100 (16 reviews)

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

70. Many Nights a Whisper

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Soulstone Survivors cover

71. Soulstone Survivors

OpenCritic: 84/100 (5 reviews)

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

72. Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

OpenCritic: 84/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Skate Story cover

73. Skate Story

OpenCritic: 84/100 (82 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Indie Single player
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster cover

74. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy - HD Remaster

OpenCritic: 84/100 (67 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Strange Antiquities cover

75. Strange Antiquities

OpenCritic: 84/100 (27 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark cover

76. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

OpenCritic: 84/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Platform Single player Multiplayer
Ys X: Proud Nordics cover

77. Ys X: Proud Nordics

OpenCritic: 84/100 (57 reviews)

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

78. The King is Watching

OpenCritic: 84/100 (16 reviews)

Indie Strategy Single player
PowerWash Simulator 2 cover

79. PowerWash Simulator 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (58 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Abiotic Factor cover

80. Abiotic Factor

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer