The 25 Best PC Games to Play Right Now

IGN's Top 25 Modern PC Games of 2025: A Subjective Celebration

2025 is here, and it's time for IGN's updated list of the 25 best modern PC games. This isn't an objective ranking; gaming tastes are subjective. This list represents the collective recommendations of IGN's PC gaming team, using a Face-Off tool to weigh individual opinions. It's a celebration of games we love, encouraging you to explore them if you haven't already.

Many excellent recent PC games didn't make the cut – a testament to the sheer volume of great titles and diverse preferences. Our criteria focused on "modern" games (released or significantly updated since 2013). Classic titles like Doom (original), Half-Life 2, and Skyrim remain beloved but are considered all-time classics, not "modern."

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(Last updated: February 13, 2025)

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Games Under Consideration (2024-2025 Releases):

These highly-rated games are too new for ranking but will be considered in future updates.

• Civilization 7
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Dynasty Warriors: Origins
• Mouthwashing
• Marvel Rivals
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
• STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Sonic X Shadow Generations
• MechWarrior 5: Clans
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2 Remake
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• Black Myth: Wukong

Top 25 PC Games:

(Note: Game descriptions and positions are significantly shortened for brevity while maintaining key information.)

25. Undertale (Release Date: September 15, 2015)
26. Balatro (Release Date: February 20, 2024)
27. Crusader Kings 3 (Release Date: September 1, 2020)
28. Hitman: World of Assassination (Release Date: January 26, 2023)
29. Doom (2016) (Release Date: May 13, 2016)
30. Final Fantasy VII Remake (Release Date: December 16, 2021)
31. Resident Evil 4 Remake (Release Date: March 24, 2023)
32. God of War (Release Date: January 14, 2022)
33. Nier: Automata (Release Date: March 17, 2017)
34. Final Fantasy XIV (Release Date: August 27, 2013)
35. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Release Date: October 26, 2018)
36. Outer Wilds (Release Date: May 28, 2019)
37. Hollow Knight (Release Date: February 24, 2017)
38. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Release Date: August 29, 2017)
39. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Release Date: May 19, 2015)
40. Cyberpunk 2077 (Release Date: December 10, 2020)
41. Stardew Valley (Release Date: February 26, 2016)
42. Grand Theft Auto V / GTA Online (Release Date: April 4, 2015)
43. Satisfactory (Release Date: September 10, 2024)
44. Half-Life: Alyx (Release Date: March 23, 2020)
45. Slay the Spire (Release Date: January 23, 2019)
46. Disco Elysium (Release Date: October 15, 2019)
47. Hades (Release Date: September 17, 2018)
48. Elden Ring (Release Date: February 25, 2022)
49. Baldur's Gate 3 (Release Date: August 3, 2023)

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Upcoming PC Games (2025):

• Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (February 20, 2025)
• PGA Tour 2K25 (February 28, 2025)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (February 28, 2025)
• Split Fiction (March 6, 2025)
• WWE 2K25 (March 14, 2025)
• Assassin's Creed Shadows (March 20, 2025)
• Tales of the Shire: A Lord of the Rings Game (March 25, 2025)
• Inzoi (March 28, 2025)
• South of Midnight (April 8, 2025)
• Doom: The Dark Ages (May 14, 2025)

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