The Best On PC

This post will be a list with explanations of games that I feel like are pretty necessary to have a complete experience on PC. This will include some common games you would find on other lists like this, but I also added some indie (developed by independent developers) games that I think deserve recognition. I tried to list at least 1 game from different types of genres. I also added some evidence of my playtime to add credibility to my reviews. The games I included can typically be found on sale or at low prices (another advantage of PC gaming)

• League of Legends
  • Arguably the most popular game on PC and also the game that sparked my interest PC gaming. There exists a huge community and different people have very different contrasting opinions about the game. It is worth it to at least try the game out, as this game can be run on basically any PC and is free.

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• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
  • For my multiplayer shooter on this list, I went with Ubisoft’s success project over Valve’s CS:GO and Blizzard’s Overwatch. CS:GO is less friendly for people transitioning to PC and Valve has behaved questionably over the last few years. R6, despite a very shaky start, has solidified itself in the gaming world. However, I feel like this game is very hard to learn, and it is a good idea to play a different shooter or first person game before this. The dynamic environment and weapon attachments in the game all add to a fun yet difficult experience.

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• Borderlands 2
  • The best co op experience on PC, I feel like this game is great for anyone looking to see what a first person game is like. Despite not having any competitive multiplayer, this game can offer hours of fun and tons of replayability due to the experience of the looter shooter grind. With the new game (Borderlands 3) right around the corner, this masterpiece will likely drop to very low prices.

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• Rimworld
  • For my management game, I chose rimworld, an indie game that generates a story as you play. Despite being pricy, this game can also be run on any computer, and I would recommend “downloading” it online for free first before you decide to buy it on Steam. In this game, you manage a space colony where you can recruit new people. These new people may come in the form of wild men you need to tame or pirates raiding your base who you need to take prisoner and convince them to join you. The opportunities in this game are endless, it is sort of like a sandbox, but with an end goal is present. When you, or your colonists crashland, you start with very primitive technologies, and it is the goal of the game to research all the way to space age technology and exit the planet or “rimworld”.

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• Mount and Blade: Warband
  • The classic RPG (role playing game)/Sandbox experience. This old 2010 game lets you take your character and lead them from peasantry to nobility to becoming the king of all of Calradia. You choose nearly every aspect of your journey, you fight vassals of other realms in wars. This game gives you a good idea of what the combat systems of medieval games such as For Honor and the newly released Mordhau are like. This is a necessity for anyone interested in medieval games or even for anyone interested in games where you command an army. As the mount and blade community patiently waits for bannerlord, this game continues to drop in price and can be found for as low as a dollar.

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• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
  • I chose this game for my modern triple-A rpg partially because I haven’t gotten around to playing other recommended titles such as the Witcher 3. This game was an absolute blast, and getting it legitimately for free added even more to this enjoyment. The journey across ancient Greece didn’t feel slow or monotonous and it was a great game to experience.

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• Rocket League
  • This is a game that I don’t personally have much experience in, but it is recommended heavily by my peers. I got it for free for buying my GPU. It has a competitive esports scene and is basically just a game about soccer with rocket-powered cars.

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• Just Cause 3
  • My personal favorite open world game over titles such as GTA V, and the fry cry series. In GTA, the gameplay and weapon management is kind of clunky for me (not that it isn’t somewhat in JC3). If someone presses f while you are driving in GTA, you jump onto the highway and take hefty damage. In Just Cause 3, when you are in a helicopter and someone presses f, you jump out of the helicopter but you can use your Spider Man grappling hook to hang on to the bottom and grapple yourself back in. Just Cause allows you to create massive explosions and fly around in beautiful environment. This game will likely become very cheap because Just Cause 4 has been released, but I do not recommend continuing this series with Just Cause 4,

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• GTA San Andreas
  • The best GTA and the classic Open World.

• Golf With Your Friends
  • Mini golf on with friends or randoms on PC

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• One Finger Death Punch
  • This is one of the most fun experiences you can have. Don’t let the clunky graphics dissuade you, this game can keep you playing for hours. Sadly, there is only about 5 hours of content you can squeeze out of it. Don’t play the mobile game, it is not nearly as fun and the ads are required (you need a connection to play).

There are other genres of games on PC such as MMOs or MMORPGS, but I did not put them on my list because they typically require a pretty large time investment.