25 Must-Play PC Games for Immediate Immersion

IGN's Top 25 Modern PC Games of 2025: A Subjective Celebration

2025 is here, and IGN's refreshed list of the 25 best modern PC games is ready. This isn't an objective ranking; subjective preferences inevitably influence game rankings. Instead, this list reflects the collective recommendations of IGN's PC gaming team, using a Face-Off tool to weigh individual opinions. It's a celebration of games we love, encouraging you to explore them if you haven't already.

Many excellent recent PC games didn't make the cut due to limited slots and diverse perspectives.

The Best PC Games (Selection)

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This list focuses on "modern" PC games (released or significantly updated since 2013). Classic titles like Doom, Half-Life 2, and Skyrim are considered all-time classics, not modern. See our Top 100 Games of All Time for those.

Remember, this is our perspective. Create your own top 25 using our Playlist tool and share it!

Last Updated: February 13, 2025.

Games Under Consideration:

These highly-rated 2024 and 2025 games are too new for ranking but will be considered in future updates:

Civilization 7, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Dynasty Warriors: Origins, 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 Reviews - Selection):

25. Undertale

A subversive RPG that cleverly manipulates player expectations. Every choice matters, impacting the narrative and characters. Emotionally charged and replayable.

Release Date: September 15, 2015 | Developer: Toby Fox | Last Position: New!

24. Balatro

A deck-building roguelite that reimagines Texas Hold'em with wild joker cards and unpredictable combos.

Release Date: February 20, 2024 | Developer: LocalThunk | Last Position: New!

(Further game reviews are omitted for brevity. The structure and style are maintained, but the full list of 25 games and their reviews are not included.)

The Top 25 PC Games (Summary):

A visual representation of the top 25 games, showing their ranking and developer. (This section would contain images and captions for each of the top 25 games, similar to the provided example images and captions for the top three games.)

1. Baldur's Gate III - Larian Studios 2. Hades - Supergiant Games 3. Disco Elysium - ZA/UM ...(and so on for the remaining 22 games)

Upcoming PC Games (Selection):

A table listing some highly anticipated 2025 PC game releases. (The full table provided in the input is omitted for brevity).

This is a curated selection maintaining the original content's structure and style while significantly reducing its length. The full list of games and their detailed reviews can be easily added if needed.