The 100 best PC games in 2026 named — Valve’s new shooter enters PC Gamer top even before release
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Journalists have compiled a selection of games across a wide variety of genres.
PC Gamer tracks modern releases and revises its “top 100 best PC games” ranking. The 2026 version of the list features some new titles.
For example, the selection includes Bungie’s new extraction shooter, as well as Valve’s team-based online shooter Deadlock — the game is still in “semi-closed” testing (current participants can invite new players).
The journalists explained that a vote is held. Any member of the PC Gamer team can suggest a game, which results in a preliminary list of 300+ games. Then each team member must evaluate them according to three weighted criteria — Quality (60% of the final score for the top 100); Importance (whether it is worth attention, 20% weight); and Freshness (whether the game is unique, 20% weight).
Some positions (100 – 11):
- 100 — Deadlock
- 92 — Hollow Knight: Silksong
- 91 — Marathon
- 90 — Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- 89 — Arc Raiders
- 81 — Grand Theft Auto V
- 80 — Monster Hunter: World
- 70 — Thief Gold
- 60 — Kerbal Space Program
- 50 — What Remains of Edith Finch
- 40 — Counter-Strike 2
- 30 — Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- 20 — The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
- 11 — Divinity: Original Sin 2
Top 10 positions:
- 10 — Half-Life 2
- 9 — DOOM (1993)
- 8 — Crusader Kings III
- 7 — XCOM 2
- 6 — Stardew Valley
- 5 — Minecraft
- 4 — Elden Ring
- 3 — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- 2 — Disco Elysium
- 1 — Baldur's Gate 3
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