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Best PC Games 2026

45 Mighty-tier games on PC for 2026.

This list tracks the best reviewed PC games released in 2026 so far. As more 2026 releases get OpenCritic reviews, rankings can change.

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Mythmatch cover

1. Mythmatch

OpenCritic: 93/100 (6 reviews)

Arcade Puzzle Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Dave the Diver: In the Jungle cover

2. Dave the Diver: In the Jungle

OpenCritic: 91/100 (37 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Mina the Hollower cover

3. Mina the Hollower

OpenCritic: 91/100 (126 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Forza Horizon 6 cover

4. Forza Horizon 6

OpenCritic: 91/100 (164 reviews)

Arcade Racing Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Schrödinger's Call cover

5. Schrödinger's Call

OpenCritic: 90/100 (37 reviews)

Adventure Indie Visual Novel Single player
Lost and Found Co. cover

6. Lost and Found Co.

OpenCritic: 90/100 (20 reviews)

Indie Point-and-click Puzzle Single player
Resident Evil Requiem cover

7. Resident Evil Requiem

OpenCritic: 89/100 (230 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Shooter Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations cover

8. Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations

OpenCritic: 89/100 (33 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Hermit and Pig cover

9. Hermit and Pig

OpenCritic: 89/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Sovereign Tower cover

10. Sovereign Tower

OpenCritic: 89/100 (6 reviews)

Indie Role-playing (RPG) Visual Novel Single player
Mewgenics cover

11. Mewgenics

OpenCritic: 89/100 (55 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Esoteric Ebb cover

12. Esoteric Ebb

OpenCritic: 88/100 (51 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Big Walk cover

13. Big Walk

OpenCritic: 88/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player Multiplayer
TetherGeist cover

14. TetherGeist

OpenCritic: 88/100 (10 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar cover

15. Schrodinger's Cat Burglar

OpenCritic: 87/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
007 First Light cover

16. 007 First Light

OpenCritic: 87/100 (179 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Opus: Prism Peak cover

17. Opus: Prism Peak

OpenCritic: 87/100 (44 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Denshattack! cover

18. Denshattack!

OpenCritic: 87/100 (119 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Desktop Explorer cover

19. Desktop Explorer

OpenCritic: 87/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times cover

20. Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

OpenCritic: 87/100 (4 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven cover

21. Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven

OpenCritic: 86/100 (20 reviews)

Adventure Indie Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Pieced Together cover

22. Pieced Together

OpenCritic: 86/100 (7 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Single player
Pragmata cover

23. Pragmata

OpenCritic: 86/100 (215 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Wax Heads cover

24. Wax Heads

OpenCritic: 86/100 (34 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Demon Tides cover

25. Demon Tides

OpenCritic: 86/100 (39 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Tombwater cover

26. Tombwater

OpenCritic: 86/100 (11 reviews)

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

27. Cairn

OpenCritic: 86/100 (103 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player
Super Bomberman Collection cover

28. Super Bomberman Collection

OpenCritic: 86/100 (30 reviews)

Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs cover

29. ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

OpenCritic: 86/100 (11 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player
The Mermaid Mask cover

30. The Mermaid Mask

OpenCritic: 86/100 (22 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Elementallis cover

31. Elementallis

OpenCritic: 86/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Shards of Order cover

32. Shards of Order

OpenCritic: 86/100 (3 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Nioh 3 cover

33. Nioh 3

OpenCritic: 85/100 (167 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection cover

34. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

OpenCritic: 85/100 (145 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Lost Castle 2 cover

35. Lost Castle 2

OpenCritic: 85/100 (5 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
TerraTech Legion cover

36. TerraTech Legion

OpenCritic: 85/100 (7 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Mixtape cover

37. Mixtape

OpenCritic: 85/100 (121 reviews)

Adventure Indie Music Single player
Titanium Court cover

38. Titanium Court

OpenCritic: 85/100 (10 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Strategy Single player
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced cover

39. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

OpenCritic: 84/100 (201 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Single player
High Times cover

40. High Times

OpenCritic: 84/100 (12 reviews)

Indie Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Truxton Extreme cover

41. Truxton Extreme

OpenCritic: 84/100 (19 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
World of Warcraft: Midnight cover

42. World of Warcraft: Midnight

OpenCritic: 84/100 (27 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight cover

43. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

OpenCritic: 84/100 (136 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
Kaz cover

44. Kaz

OpenCritic: 84/100 (7 reviews)

Arcade Indie Single player
The Incident at Galley House cover

45. The Incident at Galley House

OpenCritic: 84/100 (14 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Visual Novel Single player