Latest articles by Evan Lahti
It breaks our hearts to cut great games from the Top 100 list, but sacrifices must be made—these are some of the omissions that caused us psychic damage this year
Tough calls When you can only pick 100 games, there are a lot of games you can't pick.
Exclusive: Monster Train 2: Echoes From the Void first details
news Two new bosses, along with new artifacts and other new content, are arriving Nov 5 in our favorite deckbuilder of 2025.
The top 100 PC games
Class of 2025 Welcome to the 2025 edition of the PC Gamer Top 100—our annual list of the best PC games you can play.
Absolum review: Finally, a beat 'em up with depth
D&D beatdown Following in the bootsteps of Golden Axe and Castle Crashers, Absolum places the beat 'em up in a gorgeous fantasy setting.
Absolum interview: How the beat 'em up's developers created four fabulous characters
interview The first big beat 'em up in years, Absolum's cast are gorgeously animated.
Watch The PC Gamer Streamer Showdown live today on Twitch
event Eight streamers battle in Street Fighter 6, Peak, and Rocket League this week on our Twitch channel.
Monster Train 2 update details and Q&A: developers share info on 4 new cards
15 new cards are coming to Monster Train 2 Sept 10, along with the game's first significant rebalancing patch.
Is Silksong everything we hoped? 5 PC Gamer writers react to the first hours of Team Cherry's extraordinarily hyped sequel
First notes Were those six years of Silksanity well spent?
The best indie games on PC
Small but mighty These are the best indie games you can play on PC.
Announcing The PC Gamer Streamer Showdown, broadcasting Sept 9-12
news Tune in next month for a one-of-a-kind triathalon between popular streamers.
Why is logging into anything such a pain in the ass?
opinion It's 2025 A.D. We've sequenced the human genome. We wield the power of the atom. Why can't we make logging in an easy task?
This tactics RPG set on a floating New York City could be the next great noir videogame
girl noir Aether & Iron is a "decopunk" RPG with characters and factions inspired by New York's actual history.
Rematch's developers expected players to develop new tech fast, but 'not nearly as fast as it is going right now'
News Tekkers!
Rematch devs talk balls—specifically, how to balance the ball's feel with function: 'It's the basic brick of the game, it's like an atomic component'
News Any tweaks need to be done in a "considerate and deliberate way".
Absolum isn't just the best demo on Steam, it's one of my favorite things I've played in 2025
spotlight The best game of Steam Next Fest is a roguelike beat 'em up.
The 14 most underappreciated games of the last year that you shouldn't have ignored
Encore! Roguelike repair, demonic politics and high-caliber pinball. Here’s some of 2024’s best, once more in the spotlight.
Outer space inspired DayZ's Dean Hall to become a modder and game developer, and now he's making a Kerbal successor called Kitten Space Agency
Blast off Not even in an alpha state, Kitten Space Agency is inspiring a community of developers to join its mission.
The latest big game on Steam is Fragpunk, or as I like to call it, 'kitchen-sink Counter-Strike'
FPYES Fragpunk's fun is a reminder that some things are more important than a ruthless devotion to balance.
Paleontologist says Monster Hunter's monsters are 'a little' realistic, but if a lizard swallowed something that big it would have to sleep for a month
News Paleontologist and monster expert Dr. Darren Naish takes a deep dive into the creatures of Monster Hunter, rating their biological plausibility and exploring their real-world inspirations.
Wayne June, famed narrator of the Darkest Dungeon games, has died
news Red Hook Studios said June's work "is nothing short of iconic, and deserves to be recognized and celebrated at the highest levels of our industry."
'We will take measures to vanquish this nefarious behavior': Marvel Rivals will ban console players who use a mouse and keyboard
Using third-party emulation devices to gain an advantage may get you banished to the Negative Zone, says Marvel Rivals studio NetEase Games.
