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The best free PC games
Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.
Turns out the best way to succeed in this new mech vs kaiju roguelike deckbuilder is just to jump up and down on your enemies' heads like a 200 ton Mario
JUMP POINT At first Mechborn seems like just Slay the Spire in a robot costume, but there's more to it than meets the eye.
Think you know gaming? Test your knowledge with PC Gamer's fiendish quizzes
TRIVIA TROVE All our brain-teasers in one place.
From throwing bear traps with telekinesis to piledriving a zombie into a tree, this new roguelike is a brilliantly accessible gateway into the world of turn-based tactics
THE BLIGHT STUFF Blightstone's battles are over in minutes, but offer surprising tactical depth.
Our diabolical PC gaming dungeons quiz is harder than a level 1 Molten Core solo run
DEEP KNOWLEDGE Can you identify which game each underworld hellscape is from?
The first of smash hit roguelike Ball X Pit's three major free updates adds a falconer who fires balls out of her two pet birds
NEWS Two new characters, eight new balls, new passives, and a "surprise we don't want to spoil just yet".
Only diehard XCOM fans will have a chance at beating our latest quiz
CUT CONTENT Dissecting XCOM 2's alien autopsies.
I don't know why everyone's suddenly making games inspired by Spore, but this roguelike twin-stick shooter might be the best attempt yet at realising the lost potential of the cell stage
BUG REPORT You can play a free demo of Pathogenic on Steam right now.
This roguelike deckbuilder may look like edutainment, but its maths-based battles are surprisingly tense and strategic
OUT FOR THE COUNT Talystro flips the usual genre formula on its head.
Some of my favourite ever dungeons feature in this enormous and absurdly cheap tabletop RPG bundle
NEWS Nearly 100 iconic Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures for just $18.
The best RPGs on PC
Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.
Dogpile review: Canine charm elevates this bizarre roguelike deckbuilder about chucking pups in a pit
PIT BULL A scruffy but lovable little stray.
What games did you play over the holidays?
HAPPY NEW YEAR One last look back at the Christmas break.
As 2025 draws to a close, test your knowledge of another packed 12 months for PC gaming with our big end of year quiz
2025 See you again in 2026.
We're living in the new golden age of 2D beat-'em-ups—but the best one released this year had one foot in a different genre entirely
🏆 Absolum offers a vision of the future for a 40 year old formula.
Test your knowledge of all 14 games we celebrated in the PC Gamer GOTY awards 2025 with our latest quiz
GOTY 2025 Featuring Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Battlefield 6, and more.
The best open world games
vast travel Looking to escape into a new open world? Check out our expert recommendations.
PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2025
The Gotys Our favourite PC games of the year.
Get in the mood for the rapidly approaching holidays by identifying gaming's winter wonderlands in our latest quiz
COLD COMFORTS You should find it easy, as long as you don't freeze up.
Is a return to the Divinity series the right move for Larian after Baldur's Gate 3? Our team of RPG fans is divided
BORN AGAIN The studio's newly announced game takes us back to Rivellon.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is totally real, so we've created a wishlist to send to the Emperor
Big and weird We have demands.
The new Control game isn't a shooter, it's not set in the Oldest House, and it doesn't star Jesse Faden—but, y'know, otherwise it seems like a faithful follow-up
NEWS You can always count on Remedy to defy expectations, and it's certainly doing that with Control Resonant.
