The top 100 PC games
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Welcome to the 2024 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games around.

Quite a good list, although without any real surprises, except for the cheeky inclusion of a recent fan-made PC port. I’m glad Kerbal Space Program is on it, but a few other personal favorites (and candidates for best game of all time) are absent, like The Talos Principle, BeamNG.drive, NEO Scavenger, World of Goo, Mafia, Machinarium and Gothic II. Jets’n’Guns - a very early Indie masterpiece of a 2D space shooter - as well, but it’s a bit too obscure for these kinds of lists. I’ll stop here before I accidentally create my own top 100.

Are your favorite PC games well-represented by this list?

  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
    6·
    11 hours ago

    No Overwatch in the entire list? Final Fantasy 14 the only FF in the list? No Dota 2 or Leage of Legends? No Batman game?

    I know its just opinions and fun, but I’m just very surprised, not angry or anything like that.

    • Ludz@lemmy.ml
      3·
      6 hours ago

      True, OK everyone has its own preferences but indeed ff7 missing looks surprising, didn’t see lot of city builders (not mentioning wolfenstein, fable, populous, Dk…)

    • Skelemental@mastodon.gamedev.place
      10·
      11 hours ago

      @thingsiplay @DdCno1 this list is actually wild. Random flash in the pan games high up but also a bunch of evergreen classics and old games that were revolutionary but largely unplayed today while also missing some of the most popular games on PC. Not sure what this list is supposed to be except maybe engagement bait.

      • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
        9·
        10 hours ago

        All lists like this are incredibly subjective and by definition about engagement. I wouldn’t call it bait, but it was definitely created for engagement. That is not necessarily a bad thing since it can generate some fun discussions.

      • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
        9·
        11 hours ago

        I’m not AI and I really dislike Factorio. I would say it is a bit of a niche game, but Rimworld also seems niche. Probably just not to anyone at PC Gamer’s taste.

        • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
          6·
          10 hours ago

          Factorio is not for everyone, but it’s also one of the all stars of its genre. With the upcoming expansion in a couple weeks, it’ll probably eat another few hundred of my free hours over the next few months, and I know I’m not alone on this one.

          • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
            6·
            9 hours ago

            No, just saying it would not have made my top 100 list. Seemed like a funny thing to say it is an AI list because of not having Factorio

    • Vodulas [they/them]@beehaw.org
      5·
      10 hours ago

      The Overwatch 2 update was pretty widely hated, so that might be clouding things. I supposed they did put Destiny 2 on there though. It is for sure weird to not see FFVII or an Arkham game. Or hell, Dishonored.

      Edit: Whoops missed Dishonored 2.