Robin Valentine

Robin Valentine

Senior Editor

Formerly the editor of PC Gamer magazine (and the dearly departed GamesMaster), Robin combines years of experience in games journalism with a lifelong love of PC gaming. First hypnotised by the light of the monitor as he muddled through Simon the Sorcerer on his uncle’s machine, he’s been a devotee ever since, devouring any RPG, strategy game, or roguelike to stumble into his path. Now he's channelling that devotion into filling this lovely website with features, news, reviews, and all of his hottest takes.

Latest articles by Robin Valentine

Baldur's Gate 3 - Astarion holding his chin thinking. He's placed over a green background that says "Quiz"
Think you know gaming? Test your knowledge with PC Gamer's fiendish quizzes

By Robin Valentine Last updated

TRIVIA TROVE All our brain-teasers in one place.

TRIVIA TROVE
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The best free PC games

By Shaun Prescott Last updated

Freebies Forever Our frequently updated selection of the best free games right now.

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Freebies Forever
The best RPGs on PC

By Robin Valentine Last updated

Updated! Discover your next epic adventure with our list of the most essential RPGs you can play on PC right now.

9 Comments
Updated!
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The best open world games

By Sean Martin Last updated

vast travel Looking to escape into a new open world? Check out our expert recommendations.

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vast travel
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I've been pixelating things again for our latest quiz—this time you have to guess which 10 videogame characters I've mangled

By Robin Valentine Published

BLOCK PARTY It's like going back to the 1980s.

BLOCK PARTY
The world of videogames is 'currently not well understood' with major decisions based on 'a limited, partial view', say industry organisations UKIE and OKRE

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS They've launched a new report calling for a more comprehensive and unified research framework.

NEWS
Sketch group Aunty Donna's new parody of Black Mirror's Bandersnatch episode will send you on a 40-minute unskippable walk around Melbourne if you make the wrong choices

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS Bandersketch invites you to help the boys make their next video... as long as you can make the right choices.

NEWS
This city-smashing monster sim is the first game I've ever played where my reward for beating a level is getting a nuke dropped on my head

By Robin Valentine Published

MONSTER MASH You Are the Monster is a simple, scrappy chunk of kaiju chaos.

MONSTER MASH
Can you identify 10 games I've turned into pixelated messes?

By Robin Valentine Published

PIXEL PERFECT It's time to find out how low res we can go.

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PIXEL PERFECT
Everything is Crab review: This Spore-inspired roguelike lets you find your own evolutionary niche—or just turn into a mess of eyes and tentacles

By Robin Valentine Published

CRABSOLUTELY Survival of the fittest—or at least the most over-levelled.

CRABSOLUTELY
In the dark fantasy world of The Blood of Dawnwalker, even the vampires are morally grey: 'They are complex, and they are not one dimensional'

By Robin Valentine Published

WARM BLOODED You can't judge a book by its enormous, jutting fangs.

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WARM BLOODED
I'm having to completely retrain my muscle memory in Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor after 150 hours, because the new class they've added is just a dwarf in a car

By Robin Valentine Published

BEARDY DRIVER The Heavy Duty expansion also adds a new mode and biome to the best Vampire Survivors-like around.

BEARDY DRIVER
Mewgenics' biggest patch yet is on the way with a huge balance overhaul, changes to the breeding system, and 'Hitler's suicide can no longer miss', which is a relief

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS You can try the beta of the 1.1 update now.

NEWS
The Blood of Dawnwalker lets you complete areas in any order, kill any NPCs you like, and still complete the game after failing every quest: 'We're giving even more freedom to players'

By Robin Valentine Published

FREE FLOWING "We've structured the game in a way where, after the prologue, you can do basically whatever you want."

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FREE FLOWING
After visiting the studio I'm more excited for The Blood of Dawnwalker than ever, so it's a relief to find out I'll only need to wait until September 3 to play it

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS This sandbox adventure from former The Witcher 3 developers is shaping up to be the most interesting RPG of 2026

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NEWS
I thought I was playing a cute little city builder about managing a fairytale town in a tree, but it turns out it's a brutal roguelike and now all my gnomes are getting eaten by ghosts

By Robin Valentine Published

GNOME INVASION Little Tree Kingdom is not so sweet as it appears.

GNOME INVASION
After 18 years of beating roguelikes, I think I've finally found my kryptonite

By Robin Valentine Published

CHECKMATE Chess meets Balatro meets my professional embarrassment in Gambonanza.

CHECKMATE
I was worried Owlcat couldn't pull off Mass Effect-style cinematic action in its big new RPG, but after an hour of blowing stuff up in The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, I'm feeling very reassured

By Robin Valentine Published

THE EXPLODE The Pathfinder: Kingmaker studio is making a confident leap from isometric to third-person.

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THE EXPLODE
Primal Repairs is basically a handyman sim set in the world of The Flintstones

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS You even get a velociraptor assistant.

NEWS
A floating magical skull goes to war with his own headless body in this necromantic roguelike that combines Vampire Survivors-like combat with Teamfight Tactics-inspired army building

By Robin Valentine Published

BONES TO PICK Skull Horde is intense, strategic, and pretty metal, though I wish it would let me spread my bony wings a little more.

BONES TO PICK
You can now add 'playing pool' to the list of Lovecraftian horrors that will drive you insane, thanks to this bizarre roguelike that's got me shooting dead fish and vomiting upgrades

By Robin Valentine Published

NON CUE-CLIDEAN Pool of Madness is a terrifying look into a irrational dimension where I'm slightly better at pool.

NON CUE-CLIDEAN
How many videogame movie adaptations can you name? And, more importantly, can you remember actually liking any of them?

By Robin Valentine Published

GRAB THE POPCORN Our latest quiz is a bonanza for fans of Uwe Boll and Paul W. S. Anderson, which I'm assuming is a kind of person that exists.

GRAB THE POPCORN
If you've ever wondered what it would be like if Vampire Survivors was about driving around a medieval castle on wheels, then surprisingly I've got the perfect roguelike for you

By Robin Valentine Published

CASTLE CRASH Wanderburg mines strategic and satisfying chaos out of one very silly idea.

CASTLE CRASH
I've only had my cyberpunk ripperdoc license for a week and the mob are already coming after me because I spent all my money upgrading my friend's robotic arms

By Robin Valentine Published

DOC HAND Steel Soul Shaper is like playing Cyberpunk 2077 from a totally different perspective.

DOC HAND
Two and a half months into the filming of Amazon's big budget Tomb Raider TV show, star Sophie Turner has suffered an on-set injury that has 'paused' production

By Robin Valentine Published

NEWS "We look forward to resuming production as soon as possible,” says Amazon, but it's likely to be a very expensive delay.

NEWS
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