Metacritic: Best PC Videogames of All Time
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Gamerankings: Best PC Games of All Time (20 review minimum)
Half-Life 2 (2004)
Grand Theft Auto V (2015)
Half-Life (1998)
BioShock (2007)
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
Portal 2 (2011)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
Mass Effect 2 (2010)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003)
Sid Meier’s Civilization II (1996)
Quake (1996)
Bioshock Infinite (2013)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006)
Grim Fandango (1998)
Diablo (1996)
Sid Meier’s Civilization IV (2005)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015)
Company of Heroes (2006)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (2004)
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010)
Minecraft (2009)
Grand Theft Auto III (2002)
Homeworld (1999)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
World of Warcraft (2004)
Some of these games’ original releases are part of coherent world with ongoing expansions where the entire player base is perpetually playing the latest content such as in World of Warcraft (
World of Warcraft → Burning Crusade → Wrath of the Lich King → Cataclysm → Mysts of Pandaria → Warlords of Draenor → Legion→ Battle for Azeroth ).
The unprecedented subscriber success of this franchise inspired the “Games-as-a-service” model which is beginning to dominate the videogame world; the difference is that developers just update the core game with patches that are occasionally major mechanic overhauls, and generate revenue from microtransactions rather than expansion/DLC sales.
Others retain more classic standalone added content, such as
Mass Effect 2’s legendary DLC releases (
Lair of the Shadow Broker, Zaeed- The Price of Revenge, Kasumi- Stolen Memory, Overlord, Arrival ) or
The Witcher 3’s “Blood & Wine” expansion.
TOTALS
190 = PC
29 = Playstation 4
29 = Wii U
19 = Xbox One
10 = Playstation 3
3 = Xbox 360
PC has more than double the titles of every other platform combined.
The PC Gamer Readers' Top 100
Sept-07, 2017 (Based on 1,445 reader responses)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Half-Life 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Souls
Borderlands 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Doom (2016)
BioShock
Doom 2
Fallout 2
Deus Ex
Portal 2
Life is Strange
Starcraft
Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn
Grand Theft Auto 5
League of Legends
Diablo 2
XCOM 2
Fallout 4
Dragon Age: Origins
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Bioshock Infinite
Overwatch
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
World of Warcraft
Rimworld
Path of Exile
Planescape: Torment
Fallout
Dishonored 2
Crysis
Stellaris
Crusader Kings 2
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Dishonored
Half-Life
Warcraft 3
Quake
Factorio
Prey
SOMA
Fallout 3
TIE Fighter
Elite Dangerous
Rocket League
Civilization 5
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Starcraft 2
Nier: Automata
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Minecraft
System Shock 2
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Psychonauts
Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Age of Empires 2
Thief 2
Endless Legend
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Titanfall 2
Warframe
The Secret of Monkey Island
Kerbal Space Program
Europa Universalis IV
Hotline Miami
Payday 2
Battlefield 1
Dota 2
Total War: Warhammer
Mass Effect 3
Batman Arkham City
Rainbow Six Siege
FTL
Stardew Valley
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The Talos Principle
Tyranny
Civilization 6
Undertale
Knights of the Old Republic 2
Team Fortress 2
The Witness
Thief Gold
Arma 3
Dying Light
Alien: Isolation
Hyper Light Drifter
Planet Coaster
Jagged Alliance 2
Call of Duty 2
Transistor
Mass Effect
Freespace 2
7 Days to Die
Ultima Online
Spoiler: PC Gamer Editor's Top 100 PC Games to Play Right Now (August 2017)
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-pc-games/
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Dark Souls
Dishonored 2
XCOM 2
Portal 2
Metal Gear Solid V: Phantom Pain
Mass Effect 2
Alien Isolation
DOOM
Spelunky
Half-Life 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Overwatch
Hitman (2016)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Rocket Leage
BioShock
Wolfenstein: The New Order
Her Story
Battlefield 1
FTL: Faster Than Light
Stardew Valley
Deus Ex
Nier: Automata
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
What Remains of Edith Finch
Fallout: New Vegas
Forza: Horizon 3
Diablo III
Thief Gold
Bayonetta
Divinity: Original Sin (Enhanced Edition)
Thumper
Total War: Warhammer
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games
80 Days
Heroes of the Storm
Kerbal Space Program
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
EVE Online
Hearthstone
Hollow Knight
Titanfall 2
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Invisible
Left 4 Dead 2
Crusader Kings II
Tales from the Borderlands
Dota 2
ARMA 3
Company of Heroes
The Elder Scolls III: Morrowind
Civilization VI
World of Warcraft
Planescape: Torment
Undertale
Ori and the Blind Forest
Max Payne 2: The Fall of May Payne
Pillars of Eternity
Burnout Paradise
Plants vs. Zombies
Fez
System Shock 2
N++
Bastion
Valkyria Chronicles
Fallout 2
Ladykiller in a Bind
VVVVV
Sunless Sea
DOOM II
Overcooked
Nethack
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Minecraft
Killing Floor 2
Cities: Skylines
Darkest Dungeon
Terraria
Rising Storm
Guild Wars 2
Kentucky Route Zero
Resident Evil 7
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Team Fortress 2
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Nidhogg
Nuclear Throne
Spider & Web
Metro: Last Light
Grim Fandango Remastered
FEAR
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Dwarf Fortress
PC $$ Games with 1M+ Sales
Nov-2013 to Today: Xbox One & PS4 (8th Gen)
(6.7m) Rust
(33.4m) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
(1.4m) Cuphead
(1.2m) Divinity: Original Sin 2
(1.0m) Black Desert Online
(1.1m) Call of Duty: WWII
(1.7m) The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel
(1.0m) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
(1.9m) Total War: Warhammer
(1.8m) Killing Floor 2
(1.4m) Football Manager 2017
(1.4m) Planet Coaster
(4.8m) Sid Meier’s Civilization V
(10.0m) The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
(1.6m) Stellaris
(1.9m) Total War: Warhammer
(2.9m) Dark Souls III
(2.4m) Human: Fall Flat
(2.9m) 7 Days to Die
(3.0m) Dead by Daylight
(3.1m) Starbound
(7.4m) Don’t Starve Together
(1.8m) Hitman
(3.6m) Stardew Valley
(2.0m) XCOM 2
(1.3m) Factorio
(1.8m) Just Cause 3
(3.2m) Undertale
(5.1m) Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six: Siege
(1.5m) Warhammer 40,000: End Times- Vermintide
(7.0m) Rocket League
(6.7m) Fallout 4
(2.2m) Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
(5.9m) Ark: Survival Evolved
(1.7m) Batman: Arkham Knight
(4.8m) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
(10.1m) Grand Theft Auto V
(1.8m) Kerbal Space Program
(1.2m) Elite Dangerous
(4.5m) Cities: Skylines
(5.3m) Life is Strange
(4.8m) Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
(2.1m) The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
(1.6m) Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
(5.0m) The Sims 4
(4.0m) The Forest
(3.6m) DayZ
(2.2m) Call of Duty: Ghosts
(2.3m) The Stanley Parable
(2.4m) Space Engineers
(2.7m) Batman: Arkham Origins
(3.8m) ARMA 3
Nov-2005 to Oct-2013: Xbox 360 & PS3 (7th Gen)
(2.4m) Total War: Rome II
(1.4m) Europa Universalis IV
(5.1m) Bioshock Infinite
(4.9m) Age of Empires II HD
(5.7m) Tomb Raider
(3.8m) Company of Heroes 2
(1.7m) Starcraft: II: Heart of the Swarm
(2.0m) SimCity 2013
(4.8m) Call of Duty: Black Ops II
(5.1m) Euro Truck Simulator 2
(3.6m) XCOM: Enemy Unknown
(4.2m) Batman: Arkham City
(8.4m) Borderlands 2
(2.4m) Prison Architect
(5.0m) Guild Wars 2
(3.5m) Spec Ops: The Line
(12.0m) Diablo III
(3.9m) Crusader Kings II
(3.0m) Star Wars: The Old Republic
(5.3m) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
(28.0m) Minecraft
(2.3m) Anno 2070
(1.5m) Football Manager 2012
(3.1m) The Binding of Isaac
(1.3m) The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5
(5.2m) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
(11.7m) Portal 2
(20.0m) Terraria
(5.3m) Call of Duty: Black Ops
(3.8m) Magicka
(6.3m) Fallout: New Vegas
(1.3m) Football Manager 2011
(2.3m) Final Fantasy XIV Online
(10.7m) Civilization V
(3.5m) Bioshock 2
(6.0m) Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
(2.9m) Mount & Blade: Warband
(3.3m) Batman: Arkham Asylum
(1.9m) Warhammer: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
(6.2m) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
(19.8m) Left 4 Dead 2
(1.9m) Machinarium
(9.7m) The Sims 3
(5.1m) Killing Floor
(2.0m) Call of Duty: World at War
(1.2m) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
(1.5m) Crysis: Warhead
(2.0m) Spore
(2.3m) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
(3.1m) Crysis
(2.0m) Medieval II: Total War
(4.6m) The Witcher
(4.0m) BioShock
(1.7m) Warhammer: Dawn of War
(1.1m) Warhammer: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
(1.1m) Warhammer: Dawn of War - Winter Asssault
(1.0m) Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
(1.0m) Supreme Commander
(15.0m) Garry's Mod
(1.5m) Microsoft Flight Simulator X
(1.0m) Glory of the Roman Empire
(2.0m) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Other titles not above that (first) made the Newzoo list in 2017
Ark: Survival Evolved
Diablo III
H1Z1
H1Z1: Just Survive
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Multiplayer
Guild Wars 2
Farming Simulator 2017
Payday 2
Rust
Warface
Other titles not above that (first) made the Newzoo list in 2016
Battlefield 1
Battlefield 4
Osu!
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Farming Simulator 15
Paladins
Point Blank
Team Fortress 2
Unturned
Steam’s Best of 2017
Most Played, 100k+ Peak Concurrent Users
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
Dota 2
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Ark: Survival Evolved
H1Z1: Battle Royale
Warframe
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege
Payday (Ultimate Edition)
Most Played, 50K-99K Peak Concurrent Users
Total War: Warhammer II
Team Fortress 2
Killing Floor 2
Divinity: Original Sin II
Rocket League
Garry’s Mod
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Paladins
Football Manager 2018
Civilization V
Rust
Conan: Exiles
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas
ARMA III
Top Sellers, Platinum Tier
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds
Dota 2
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
Grand Theft Auto V
Tom Clancy’s Chost Recon: Wildlands
Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six: Siege
Rocket League
Warframe
Ark: Survival Evolved
H1Z1: Battle Royale
Divinity: Original Sin II
Top Sellers, Gold Tier
Dark Souls III
Assassin’s Creed: Origins
Nier: Automata
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Total War: Warhammer
Stellaris
Call of Duty: WWII
For Honor
Civilization VI
The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Fallout 4
ARMA III
Top Sellers, Silver Tier
Total War: Warhammer II
Path of Exile: War for the Atlas
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Cities: Skyline
Dead by Daylight
Team Fortress 2
XCOM 2
War Thunder: Advancing Storm
Resident Evil: Biohazard
Sniper Elite 4
Rust
Conan: Exiles
Black Desert Online
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Cuphead
Planet Coaster
Steam's Most-Played Games of 2016 Revealed
Alternatively,
Steamstats allows you to look at the peak concurrent users in the past 24-hours on their service, at any time, but this only includes games on their service.
Average Players Per Hour for Steam Games in 2016
Dota 2 / 636,607 avg. players per hour (#1 in 2015)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / 360,600 avg. players per hour (#2 in 2015)
Team Fortress 2 / 50,802 avg. players per hour (#4 in 2015)
Grand Theft Auto V / 40,258 avg. players per hour (#5 in 2015)
Sid Meier's Civilization V / 37,885 avg players per hour (#9 in 2015)
Average Players Per Hour for Steam Games in 2016 (2016 Release Date)
Paladins / 22,809 avg. players per hour
Dark Souls III / 14,186 avg. players per hour
No Man's Sky / 8,393 avg. players per hour
XCOM 2 / 7,815 avg. players per hour
Peak Players for Steam Games in 2016
Dota 2 / 1,286,617 peak players (#1 in 2015)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / 845,806 peak players (#2 in 2015)
No Man's Sky / 212,321 peak players (new)
XCOM 2 / 132,834 peak players (new)
Dark Souls III / 129,922 peak players (new)
Steam 2016 Top Sellers by Revenue (Digital Sales)
--- Platinum Tier ---
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Civilization VI
Rocket League
Total War: Warhammer
Dota 2
Dark Souls III
Tom Clancy's The Division
Grand Theft Auto V
XCOM 2
No Man's Sky
--- Gold Tier ---
DOOM
Stellaris
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
Team Fortress 2
Warframe
ARK: Survival Evolved
Dead by Daylight
Stardew Valley
H1Z1: King of Kill
Call of Duty: Black Ops
ARMA III
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Siege
--- Silver Tier ---
Smite - Ganesha: God of Success
Rust
War: Thunder Assault
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Payday 2
Dying Light: The Following (Enhanced Edition)
The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Universities
Civilization V
Watch Dogs 2
Far Cry Primal
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Europa Universalis IV
Hearts of Iron IV
Planet Coaster
Cities Skylines
Subnautica
VGChartz (Physical Sales)
Bestsellers 2017
None
Bestsellers 2016
Farming Simulator 17 (1.12m)
Overwatch (0.92m)
Battlefield 1 (0.76m)
Rocksmith 2014 (0.69m)
World of Warcraft: Legion (0.49m)
Tom Clancy’s The Division (0.47m)
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (0.43m)
Bestsellers 2015
Fallout 4 (1.39m)
Grand Theft Auto V (1.30m)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (0.81m)
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (0.56m)
Star Wars: Battlefront (0.56m)
Bestsellers 2014
The Sims 4 (3.45m)
Farming Simulator 2015 (1.21m)
The Elder Scrolls Online (0.96m)
Dragon Age: Inquisition (0.77m)
Far Cry 4 (0.67m)
Titanfall (0.58m)
Assassin's Creed: Unity (0.58m)
Bestsellers 2013
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm (1.68m)
SimCity 2013 (1.42m)
Battlefield 4 (1.40m)
Total War: Rome II (0.72m)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (0.73m)
Rocksmith 2014 (0.67m)
BioShock Infinite (0.67m)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (0.66m)
Football Manager 2014 (0.64m)
Crysis 3 (0.63m)
STEAM
Most Popular Free Games
Dota 2
Warframe
Smite
Path of Exile
Team Fortress 2
War Thunder
Paladins
Planetside 2
Guild Wars 2
Warface
Neverwinter
Fallout Shelter
EVE Online
Unturned
Atlas Reactor
Star Conflict
Lord of the Rings Online
Star Trek Online
DC Universe Online
Clicker Heroes
Tribes: Ascend
Hawken
Mechwarrior Online
Alien Swarm
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Last Man Standing
Heroes & Generals
Fishing the Planet
World of Tanks Blitz
World of Warships
World of Warplanes
Rift
TERA
Wildstar
Marvel Heroes 2016
Super Crate Box
Robocraft
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Dirty Bomb
Blacklight: Retribution
Shadowverse
Everquest
ArcheAge
Crossout
Skyforge
Duelyst
Closers
Fractured Space
Winning Putt
OFF-STEAM
Most Popular Free Games
League of Legends
Fortnite
CrossFire
Minecraft
Hearthstone
Heroes of the Storm
World of Tanks
World of Warplanes
Roblox
Killer Instinct
Pokemon MMO
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Magic: The Gathering
Dungeons and Dragons Online
Paragon
Black Desert Online
Treasure Adventure Game
Second Life