IGN's Top 25 Modern PC Games of 2025: A Subjective Ranking
2025 is here, and IGN's refreshed list of the 25 best modern PC games is ready. This isn't an objective ranking; gaming tastes are subjective. This list reflects the collective recommendations of IGN's PC gaming team, using a Face-Off tool for ranking. It celebrates games we love and encourages you to try them.
Many excellent recent PC games didn't make the top 25 due to limited slots and diverse preferences.
The Best PC Games (Selection)
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This list focuses on "modern" PC games (released or majorly updated since 2013). Classic titles are excluded. For all-time classics, see IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time.
Remember, this is our perspective. Create your own top 25 using IGN's Playlist tool and share it!
Last updated: February 13, 2025.
Games Under Consideration:
These highly-rated 2024 and 2025 games are too new to rank yet:
Civilization 7, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Mouthwashing, Marvel Rivals, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Life is Strange: Double Exposure, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Sonic X Shadow Generations, MechWarrior 5: Clans, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Black Myth: Wukong
(Game Spotlights - Selection)
25. Undertale
A creatively subversive RPG that subverts expectations, remembering player choices and adjusting accordingly. Emotionally charged story highlighting the impact of choices.
Release Date: September 15, 2015 | Developer: Toby Fox | Last Position: New!
24. Balatro
A clever deck-building roguelite with wild joker cards creating unique combos. Challenges Texas Hold'em expertise.
Release Date: February 20, 2024 | Developer: LocalThunk | Last Position: New!
(More game spotlights would follow here, similar to the above examples, for games like Crusader Kings 3, Hitman: World of Assassination, Doom (2016), Resident Evil 4 Remake, Final Fantasy VII Remake, God of War, Nier: Automata, Final Fantasy XIV, Red Dead Redemption 2, Outer Wilds, Hollow Knight, XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Cyberpunk 2077, Stardew Valley, Grand Theft Auto V / GTA Online, Satisfactory, Half-Life: Alyx, Slay the Spire, Disco Elysium, Hades, and Elden Ring.)
The Top 25 (Summary):
A visual representation of the top 25 games with images and titles would be included here, similar to the format shown in the original text. Due to the length constraints, I can't reproduce the full image gallery here.
Upcoming PC Games (Selection):
A table listing upcoming PC games for 2025 would be included here.
This is a condensed version; the original text contains much more detail on each game.
