Metacritic’s Top 20 Best PC Games of 2025 Revealed: New Rivals Emerge for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The latest offering from Sandfall Interactive hasn’t managed to win over every critic just yet.

Metacritic is continuing its retrospective of 2025’s gaming highlights. This time, the review aggregator has turned its attention to the most acclaimed titles released specifically for PC.

The selection features a diverse array of genres, spanning everything from JRPGs and “roguelikes” to action-RPGs, intricate puzzle games, and more.

The Top 20 PC games of 2025 (according to Metacritic):

• 20. Bionic Bay — 87 out of 100.
• 19. Dispatch — 87 out of 100;
• 18. Lumines Arise — 87 out of 100;
• 17. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo — 87 out of 100;
• 16. Monster Train 2 — 87 out of 100;
• 15. FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles — 87 out of 100;
• 14. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake — 88 out of 100;
• 13. Monster Hunter Wilds — 88 out of 100;
• 12. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — 89 out of 100;
• 11. The Seance of Blake Manor — 89 out of 100;

• 10. The Talos Principle: Reawakened — 89 out of 100;
• 9. despelote — 89 out of 100;
• 8. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter — 89 out of 100;
• 7. The Last of Us Part II Remastered — 90 out of 100;
• 6. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — 90 out of 100;
• 5. Split Fiction — 90 out of 100;
• 4. Hollow Knight: Silksong — 90 out of 100;
• 3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — 91 out of 100;
• 2. Blue Prince — 92 out of 100;
• 1. Hades 2 — 94 out of 100;

Source: iXBT.games