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Best microphone for gaming in 2025: from streaming to podcast mics, these are my top picks

By Andy Edser last updated

Mouth Noises Make your voice heard with the best microphones for streaming and gaming.

Mouth Noises
A Nacon Rig Streamstar M2 microphone on white gravel, shot in 3/4 profile

Nacon Rig M2 Streamstar review

By Andy Edser published

Fusspot On paper, it makes all the right noises. In reality? It's complicated.

Fusspot
An NZXT Capsule Elite microphone set up on a desk with lighting enabled.

NZXT Capsule Elite review

By Reece Bithrey published

Top-notch Punchin' above its weight.

Top-notch
A blurred image of a microphone with a colourful overlay showing the PC Gamer Best Microphone 2024 text.

PC Gamer Hardware Awards: The best microphone of 2024

By Andy Edser published

Gear of the year Speak, priest! These audio-capturing beasties are my top three candidates for our hallowed best microphone award.

Gear of the year
The Shure MV7 Plus Podcast Microphone, with a PC Gamer "Editor's Pick" badge in the top right corner

Shure MV7+ Podcast microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Pitch Perfect The best just got better.

Pitch Perfect
The Shure MV6 USB Gaming Microphone on a table top, with included stand and USB cable

Shure MV6 USB Gaming Microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Dynamic Dazzler Shure comes charging at the gaming market with a stunner of a desktop mic.

Dynamic Dazzler
Elgato Wave Neo microphone set-up on a desk, with cables.

Elgato Wave Neo microphone review

By Hope Corrigan published

Muted The Kanye West of mics: easy to get into but has some weird ideas and never lets me finish.

Muted
Asus ROG Carnyx microphone

Asus ROG Carnyx microphone review

By Kizito Katawonga published

ROG trumpet Asus comes out swinging with its first streaming microphone and does a pretty good job, but there's room for improvement.

ROG trumpet
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma desktop microphone, standing on a desk and lit up in pink

Razer Seiren V3 Chroma microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Noise Maker Pretty lights, but this is a microphone in need of some proper noise suppression tools.

Noise Maker
The SteelSeries Alias Pro with Stream Mixer and included cable, on a table with the packaging

Steelseries Alias Pro microphone review

By Andy Edser published

Sonic Headaches Begone It might be pricey, but the Alias Pro aims to make studio-style recording and streaming easy, and that's no mean feat.

Sonic Headaches Begone
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