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Best PC Games 2026

52 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 (166 reviews)

Arcade Racing Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Schrödinger's Call cover

5. Schrödinger's Call

OpenCritic: 90/100 (38 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
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations cover

7. Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations

OpenCritic: 89/100 (45 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Big Walk cover

8. Big Walk

OpenCritic: 89/100 (37 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player Multiplayer
Resident Evil Requiem cover

9. Resident Evil Requiem

OpenCritic: 89/100 (233 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Shooter Single player
Desktop Explorer cover

10. Desktop Explorer

OpenCritic: 89/100 (7 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Hermit and Pig cover

11. Hermit and Pig

OpenCritic: 89/100 (8 reviews)

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

12. Sovereign Tower

OpenCritic: 89/100 (12 reviews)

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

13. Mewgenics

OpenCritic: 89/100 (55 reviews)

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

14. Esoteric Ebb

OpenCritic: 88/100 (52 reviews)

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

15. TetherGeist

OpenCritic: 88/100 (10 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Schrodinger's Cat Burglar cover

16. Schrodinger's Cat Burglar

OpenCritic: 87/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
Denshattack! cover

17. Denshattack!

OpenCritic: 87/100 (134 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
007 First Light cover

18. 007 First Light

OpenCritic: 87/100 (181 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Opus: Prism Peak cover

19. Opus: Prism Peak

OpenCritic: 87/100 (47 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
DragonSword: Awakening cover

20. DragonSword: Awakening

OpenCritic: 87/100 (10 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times cover

21. Rhell: Warped Worlds & Troubled Times

OpenCritic: 87/100 (4 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope cover

22. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope

OpenCritic: 87/100 (16 reviews)

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

23. Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven

OpenCritic: 86/100 (20 reviews)

Adventure Indie Strategy Single player Multiplayer
Pieced Together cover

24. Pieced Together

OpenCritic: 86/100 (7 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Single player
Servant of the Lake cover

25. Servant of the Lake

OpenCritic: 86/100 (11 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Pragmata cover

26. Pragmata

OpenCritic: 86/100 (218 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
The Mermaid Mask cover

27. The Mermaid Mask

OpenCritic: 86/100 (25 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Demon Tides cover

28. Demon Tides

OpenCritic: 86/100 (40 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Tombwater cover

29. Tombwater

OpenCritic: 86/100 (11 reviews)

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

30. Cairn

OpenCritic: 86/100 (104 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player
Onimusha: Way of the Sword cover

31. Onimusha: Way of the Sword

OpenCritic: 86/100 (119 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Super Bomberman Collection cover

32. Super Bomberman Collection

OpenCritic: 86/100 (30 reviews)

Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs cover

33. ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs

OpenCritic: 86/100 (21 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player
Elementallis cover

34. Elementallis

OpenCritic: 86/100 (9 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls cover

35. Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls

OpenCritic: 86/100 (120 reviews)

Fighting Single player Multiplayer
Shards of Order cover

36. Shards of Order

OpenCritic: 86/100 (5 reviews)

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

37. Nioh 3

OpenCritic: 85/100 (169 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Star Wars Zero Company cover

38. Star Wars Zero Company

OpenCritic: 85/100 (87 reviews)

Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Single player
Mixtape cover

39. Mixtape

OpenCritic: 85/100 (124 reviews)

Adventure Indie Music Single player
Lost Castle 2 cover

40. Lost Castle 2

OpenCritic: 85/100 (5 reviews)

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

41. TerraTech Legion

OpenCritic: 85/100 (7 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Wax Heads cover

42. Wax Heads

OpenCritic: 85/100 (35 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection cover

43. Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

OpenCritic: 85/100 (150 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
The Blood of Dawnwalker cover

44. The Blood of Dawnwalker

OpenCritic: 85/100 (106 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Titanium Court cover

45. Titanium Court

OpenCritic: 85/100 (10 reviews)

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

46. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

OpenCritic: 85/100 (214 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Single player
Mortal Shell II cover

47. Mortal Shell II

OpenCritic: 84/100 (83 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
World of Warcraft: Midnight cover

48. World of Warcraft: Midnight

OpenCritic: 84/100 (28 reviews)

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

49. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

OpenCritic: 84/100 (139 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player Multiplayer
Kaz cover

50. Kaz

OpenCritic: 84/100 (7 reviews)

Arcade Indie Single player
The Incident at Galley House cover

51. The Incident at Galley House

OpenCritic: 84/100 (15 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Visual Novel Single player
Twisted Tower cover

52. Twisted Tower

OpenCritic: 84/100 (20 reviews)

Adventure Indie Shooter Single player