# The best PC games

The 25 PC games with the highest critic scores on Metacritic, the weighted average of professional reviews. Expansions and compilations left out.

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- Mar 27, 2026 · Theresa
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## Top 20

1. **Disco Elysium: The Final Cut** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released March 2021. Metascore: 97.
2. **Half-Life 2** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released November 2004. Metascore: 96.
3. **Persona 5 Royal** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released October 2022. Metascore: 95.
4. **The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released November 2011. Metascore: 94.
5. **Hades II** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released September 2025. Metascore: 94.
6. **BioShock Infinite** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Released March 2013. Metascore: 94.
7. **Grand Theft Auto V** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2015. Metascore: 96.
8. **Baldur's Gate 3** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2023. Metascore: 96.
9. **Half-Life** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 1998. Metascore: 96.
10. **BioShock** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2007. Metascore: 96.
11. **Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2000. Metascore: 95.
12. **Portal 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2011. Metascore: 95.
13. **Mass Effect 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released January 2010. Metascore: 94.
14. **Grand Theft Auto: Vice City** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2003. Metascore: 94.
15. **Sid Meier's Civilization II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 1996. Metascore: 94.
16. **Quake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 1996. Metascore: 94.
17. **The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2006. Metascore: 94.
18. **Elden Ring** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022. Metascore: 94.
19. **Grim Fandango** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 1998. Metascore: 94.
20. **Diablo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 1996. Metascore: 94.
21. **Sid Meier's Civilization IV** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2005. Metascore: 94.
22. **The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2015. Metascore: 93.
23. **Company of Heroes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2006. Metascore: 93.
24. **Dwarf Fortress** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2006. Metascore: 93.
25. **Half-Life: Alyx** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2020. Metascore: 93.
26. **Deus Ex** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Action role-playing game from Ion Storm (2000), milestone with many solutions for each mission.
27. **StarCraft** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Real-time strategy game from Blizzard (1998) with Terrans, Zerg and Protoss; a popular sport in South Korea.

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