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See our League of Legends review. One of the most original indie games of the year, Loop Hero can't be defined by any single genre. A creatively clever mix of RPG staples, deck-building charm, and brutal strategy, Loop Hero merges all of these elements together to create a bold and fresh adventure that'll keep you occupied for hours on end.
See our Loop Hero review. If soaring through the air and flying around the world is a dream of yours, there's no better game than Microsoft Flight Simulator. You can fly out of almost any airport in the world, including smaller airports in quieter towns, and go literally anywhere on Earth--though landing may be difficult in places like the Grand Canyon and Mount Everest.
Microsoft used satellite imagery to recreate the world in-game, and it's improving both the game and map all the time. If there was ever a reason to invest in a flight stick or yoke system , it's Microsoft Flight Simulator.
See our Microsoft Flight Simulator review. Minecraft is a global phenomenon for a reason. Its crafting, base building, and survival-lite mechanics are unmatched, providing both an engaging and accessible experience to people of all ages and walks of life. Crafting huge castles, cozy homes, or monuments to your favorite video game character is a joyful time, while venturing toward the Nether is a tense experience that you're not sure you'll return from.
Whether you're building up a huge tower or exploring the depths of the perilous mines, Minecraft remains an exciting time that can be enjoyed with friends or by yourself. Just make those Creepers don't get too close to your house. See our Minecraft review. Overwatch quickly became a household name in the realm of competitive shooters. With the expert design philosophies of Blizzard and a familiar foundation from the likes of Team Fortress 2, Overwatch provides a deep and intense team-based multiplayer experience.
The nuances of their abilities leads to tactical considerations that deepen the experience beyond simply being an FPS. Overwatch's presentation will draw you in with colorful, detailed maps and heroes you'll grow to love just from playing them.
Like any ongoing multiplayer game, balance is always shifting, but Overwatch always seems to strike it extremely well while fostering a sharp focus on the team. It has a rich history of seasonal content and special events that keep it fresh, and even after five years, it's going strong. See our Overwatch review. Portal 2 remains one of the funniest and most inventive puzzlers in games. It successfully built on the mind-bending multidimensional ideas of the first game and somehow elevated its storytelling and characterization to become incredibly fun and memorable.
Those things alone would make Portal 2 worthy of your attention, but there's additional content that comes with playing the game on PC. Not only is there online and local co-op that extend the game beyond its single-player offering, but there's a huge amount of user-created content that includes whole story campaigns.
Portal 2 is great fun no matter where you play it, but with modding and puzzles built by other players, you get a superior experience on PC--and a ton more Portal to play for free.
See our Portal 2 review. After years of development, developer Double Fine's sequel to its cult-classic mind-warping adventure Psychonauts was finally ready to be unleashed. An absolute triumph of imaginative visual design and emotional storytelling, Psychonauts 2 confronts topics of mental wellbeing, regret, and grief in a way that is both heartfelt and touching, but never disrespectful to anyone who can relate to the issues being discussed.
Fun and emotionally educational. See our Psychonauts 2 review. Rainbow Six Siege is an adept mix of first-person shooting, strategic planning, and tactical teamwork. Two teams of five vie for control of a building, where the goal is to capture an objective, defuse a bomb, or secure a hostage. The brilliance of Siege comes in learning these buildings in and out and knowing how to work with your teammates to get in and out most effectively.
Map knowledge can trump twitch shooting in the most dire of situations, rewarding its players for smart thinking and careful play. Siege is available on consoles, but the definitive way to play it is on PC with a keyboard and mouse. See our Rainbow Six Siege review. A prequel to the original game, the story delivers some eye-opening revelations about the wider Red Dead universe. The gameplay and world-building are incredible, with lots of freedom available for players to do whatever they want as they set out onto the frontier as Arthur Morgan.
The game is also gorgeous , especially on PC for those with a capable enough rig. The sweeping mountain visits and bubbling rivers shine on PC, making Red Dead Redemption 2 one of the best games we can recommend on PC.
See our Red Dead Redemption 2 review. See our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review. It starts with an old broken-down farm and a handful of seeds. You clear out the weeds and rocks until you get tired, and then you do it again. You get into the rhythm of daily life--visiting friends, watering crops, occasional light spelunking.
Before you know it, it's been 75 hours and you're mostly managing your complex irrigation system and planning for next season's harvest. Stardew Valley is a friendly, relaxing experience that also somehow manages to be endlessly addicting. Fans know the feeling of assuring themselves they'll play just one more day before bed. And while it's appeared on just about every platform, PC often gets the first chance to test all of the little quality-of-life tweaks and new features that come with patches--most recently the massive 1.
Plus, there's a huge library of mods that let you tweak various gameplay elements, give the game a new aesthetic, and even add extensive new content and characters see: Stardew Valley Expanded.
Keeping up with Stardew Valley on PC is the best way to make sure your farming life never gets stale. See our Stardew Valley review. It's true that since its release in , The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been ported to just about every platform that can play games, including Amazon Alexa speakers and smart refrigerators. But the king of all Skyrim versions is the one on PC, and it's not even close.
That's because the PC version gives you access to years of mods created by the Skyrim community. From adding serious RPG story content to providing ridiculous possibilities like replacing all dragons with Thomas the Tank Engine, the PC version of Skyrim adds nearly endless options to an already expansive, enormous game. You absolutely should play Skyrim on PC if you haven't, and you absolutely should mod it to see how the game has become so much more than it was when it was released.
The Witcher 3 puts Geralt on a quest to find Ciri, a witcher in training who's like a daughter to him. He reconnects with old flames, friends, and adversaries as he searches far and wide for her. Of course, there's an abundance of side quests and characters to meet along the way, which will undoubtedly keep you busy for hours. Many of these quests require you to slay monsters, a witcher's main trade, and you'll have to prepare accordingly to defeat them by sword, witcher magic, and potions.
All this--and we didn't even get into the two excellent expansions--makes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt an essential PC game. See our The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt review. Valheim took Steam by storm, selling more than 5 million copies and earning an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from , reviews in its first months of early access.
That may seem unbelievable, but when you step into the world of Valheim and explore its mysterious forests, mountains, and hills, it becomes intimately clear how special it is. Valheim is full of secrets, which you'll discover as you slay monsters, collect resources, and build yourself a Viking village.
Slowly peeling back the fog of this world is tremendously satisfying as finding new lands, enemies, and resources that help bolster your crafting menu and arsenal, the latter of which you'll need to master and utilize to fend off the deadly beasts that call Valheim home. Good thing that's basically all we needed to be satisfied by the latest in Microsoft's racing series.
Age of Empires 4 "A worthy new entry in the legendary series that's equal parts progressive and dated," says our reviewer.
Deathloop Another great Arkane immersive sim, this time set in a time loop with an optional multiplayer invasion system. The Good Life The latest oddball Swery game is a murder mystery in the "happiest town in the world. Valheim The big Hearth and Home update has us getting into Valheim again like it's Outside of reviewing it again, we are literally out of ways to recommend detective RPG Disco Elysium more highly.
Forza Horizon 5 Microsoft's racing series goes to Mexico. Otherwise, it's not all that different from Forza Horizon 4. That means it's still really good. Hard to go wrong there. Consistently fun. Tied for highest score of Wildermyth is the game for you. Go have a Viking adventure—it's worth it.
A "stupendously intricate mechanical cake," as we put it in our review.
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