PC Gamer Reveals Top 100 PC Games — Clair 33 and Cyberpunk 2077 Don’t Even Make the Top 50

20.10.2025 Comment Views: 48

A vast number of PC games have been released, and critics have compiled a selection of the very best.

Recently, the team at PC Gamer published an updated “Top 100 PC Games” list, which includes both recent releases and a wide range of classics.

They apply the following method when assembling the list:

“Before voting, the PC Gamer team may nominate any computer game for consideration in the Top 100. From those nominations we compile a longlist of 300 titles. Each team member then subjectively scores those games across three weighted categories.”

Quality: How well-crafted is it? A subjective evaluation.
Importance: How notable is it? Its influence on other games and the wider industry.
Originality: How unique is it? Its ability to stand out among peers.

A formula is then used to calculate the rankings and produce the list, though it is lightly curated afterwards:

For variety, we generally limit the list to one entry per series — we include multiple entries only when the titles are distinct enough to warrant separate recognition (for example, Baldur’s Gate II and III). Otherwise, lower-ranked entries from the same franchise are removed.

Some of the entries from PC Gamer’s Top 100 PC Games list: positions

· 100. Unavowed

· 90. Team Fortress 2

· 82. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

· 74. Cyberpunk 2077

· 60. Arma 3

· 50. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

· 43. The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

· 36. Max Payne

· 26. Deus Ex

· Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

· 10. Red Dead Redemption 2