On this list you'll find the best PC games we're playing right now—recent singleplayer hits, thriving esports, and a few modern classics that would improve any library. We'll continue to update this list as new games release, removing older favorites and replacing them with our latest obsessions. Rather than an ever-expanding list that reaches deep into the past, we're shooting for a practical answer to the question: 'What new PC game should I get?'
If you're looking for a more comprehensive list which includes our favorite games from the past few decades, check out our yearly Top 100 list or our list of the most important PC games. For an up-to-date look at upcoming games, we've assembled the new games of 2020. For free options, check out the best free games on Steam and best free browser games.
Need a new system to play these games on? You can build an entry-level gaming PC for around $750, or our recommended mid-range PC for $1,000. If you want something that works out of the box, we also recommend some pre-built PCs. 2020 games we recommend
Death Stranding (85%): Hideo Kojima and team deliver brilliant, bizarre adventure.
F1 2020 (88%): The latest from one of our favorite racing series.
Halo 3 (87%): The most important release in the Master Chief Collection.
Persona 4 Golden (87%): The JRPG classic, now on PC.
Valorant (90%): The year's best new competitive game.
Monster Train (77%): Slay the Spire players will enjoy this hellish card game.
Doom Eternal (94%): High-tempo demon slaying. You'll sweat.
Half-Life: Alyx (92%): Valve's first big VR game, and it's great.
Super Mega Baseball 3 (90%): The best baseball game on PC.
Halo: Combat Evolved (85%): It's Halo, but fancier.
Besiege (85%): Build ridiculous siege machines.
SnowRunner (83%): Master mud and snow in rugged vehicles.
Gears Tactics (83%): Gears actually works great as a tactics game.
Call of Duty: Warzone (82%): Tired of all the other battle royale games?
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (81%): Much bigger, still gorgeous.
Cloudpunk (80%): Fly around a neon metropolis.
We rarely score games 90% and above, but four games have joined that exclusive club so far this year: Doom Eternal, Half-Life: Alyx, Super Mega Baseball 3, and Riot's new competitive FPS, Valorant.
Meanwhile, Call of Duty has gone battle royale again with Warzone, but this time free-to-play, and it's worth a spin. Ori and the Will of the Wisps is as gorgeous as its predecessor, and much bigger. And the Master Chief Collection continues to grow, although the bugs in Halo 2 have been a bit of a letdown.
If you're in the mood for tactics, both Gears Tactics and XCOM: Chimera Squad are worth a play, with Gears surprisingly being the more interesting of them, even though it's a spin-off of a series about meatheads with chainsaws. See our reviews section for more recent recommendations.
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