The 100 best PC games of all time in 2025 The definitely definitive list as defined by us Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Since 1873, the team at Rock Paper Shotgun have gathered once a year to select what they believe to be the best PC games of all time. Admittedly, they only started writing the list down in 2021, but try not to hold their spotty recordkeeping against them. If you’ve been following along at home, you will have seen that what we consider to be the best PC games of all time changes substantially from year to year....

The best Alices in PC games There have been a few Image credit:Electronic Arts At RPS we like Alices. When somebody comes along with the name “Alice” you don’t just say “oh hi” like some insolent rube. You nod with solemn respect and you say, “Alice”. An Alice is someone you should not take lightly, nor take for granted, nor leave unmonitored. For they will destroy worlds and build better ones while you are not looking....

The best mechanical keyboard deals in Woot’s new PC gaming sale Tri-mode wireless, hot-swap support, and premium builds starting under $50. Image credit:RPS Photo Composite / RK + KZZI Woot’s mechanical keyboard sale is packed with great options, and this time it’s not just throwaway budget boards with rainbow lights. These are solid, well-built gaming keyboards with proper features like hot-swappable switches, wireless connectivity, and layouts that make sense. The prices are low enough to raise an eyebrow, but the specs hold up, even if you’re picky about your setup....

The Chinese Room defend Bloodlines 2’s paywalled vampire clans: “we have been expanding it from where we originally planned to land it” It’s seen “a huge amount of changes” since the first concept Image credit:Paradox Interactive You really have to hand it to the publishers of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 . They are the absolute masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, the doyens of stepping on rakes, even as they near the checkered flag....

The core concept behind Resident Evil: Requiem is “addictive fear”, which isn’t entirely as silly as it sounds I do love a good scare, to be fair Image credit:Capcom Right, how about a look at Resident Evil: Requiem then ’ey? Capcom revealed their latest entry in the horror series earlier this month at Summer Game Fest (after a little bit of a prank), but didn’t really show off any gameplay. It was more just a “hey, it’s real, and also here’s our protagonist Grace Ashcroft!...

The Day Before studio say the game’s downfall was thanks to “a hate campaign” Fntastic re-emerge with a statement… of sorts Image credit:Mytona Fntastic, the folks behind the debilitating ’ open world zombie MMO’ The Day Before , have released a statement to combat “misinformation” about its development and catastrophic release. They claim certain “bloggers” made huge money by creating “false content” about the game, and that its closure is thanks largely to a hate campaign that inflicted “significant damage”....

The Dorfromantik devs are back with Star Birds, an enchanting asteroid factory game that’s out now in early access The better kind of chicken farming Image credit:Toukana Interactive Where do you go after making Dorfromantik , the 14th best puzzle game on PC? Unto infinity, chick. Unto infinity, and all the uranium-packed celestial masses it contains. Berlin-based Toukana Interactive are back with Star Birds - another “soft strategy” sim and laidback resource management game, in which you take charge of an avian asteroid-mining operation....

The Finals season three takes its destructive players to 16th-century Kyoto next week With bows, katanas and spears Image credit:Embark Studio The Finals is a multiplayer first-person shooter about stealing cash and demolishing buildings in a virtual reality game show. Why does it need to be set in a virtual reality game show? So it can do things like transport players to Kyoto in the year 1568, which is what will happen when season three arrives on June 13th....

The Game Awards 2025 everything announced for PC – all the trailers, release dates, and announcements Save yourself four hours Image credit:The Game Awards If you’re staying up all night to watch The Game Awards 2025, follow along with our live coverage . If you want an early night, you can catch up on all the news with our Everything Announced at The Game Awards 2025 roundup . The Game Awards has wrapped up....

The Kickstarter for Dragon Age writer David Gaider’s demonic deckbuilder Malys didn’t work, so here it is in early access instead Take two Image credit:Summerfall Studios Back in April, Stray Gods: A Roleplaying Musical developer Summerfall Studios launched their Kickstarter for Malys , a roguelike deckbuilder where you play as a “former priest turned demon-hunter” that certainly looked quite atmospheric. This is the same studio co-founded by Dragon Age writer David Gaider, so it’s not like they came out of nowhere....

The Maw - 22nd-27th April 2024 This week’s least outwardly offputting game releases, plus our weekly newsblog Image credit:Cornelis Meijer Ugh, I do not have the energy to feed the Maw this week. Sometimes the creature manifests as a proper monstrosity, with B-movie prosthetics and sound effects, and sometimes, it’s more of an… unfathomable annoyance, like a nose that won’t stop running, or a single player game that requires an internet connection....

The Maw: what’s new in PC games this week? New Arc Line, Wild Country, 30 Birds and just a few more Image credit:Internet Archive Book Images The Maw doesn’t hibernate, but it does… decelerate. As the year fades, its seismic pulse slows from Gatling-gun prestissimo to howitzer larghissimo . Its compound eyes contract or dim or vanish entirely. Its limbs lengthen, forming contrails from the Arctic to Antarctica (what, did you think those were from planes?...

The mommy mechs of The Forever Winter are stomping into early access next month We have always been at war with the cool robots Image credit:Fun Dog Studios It is with quiet anticipation (and some nervousness) that I await to be stepped upon by a freaky mech in The Forever Winter . If you missed its announcement in May, The Forever Winter is a co-op extraction shooter set in a grim future where you struggle to survive amid an unending hyperindustrial war....

The Outer Worlds 2 review Order of the Alrightscendant Image credit:Obsidian / Rock Paper Shotgun Good if you’re in the mood for a fun and ultimately rather forgettable Avowed-style RPG romp, but not quite on New Vegas’ lofty level. Developer: Obsidian Publisher: Microsoft Release: October 29th 2025 On: Windows From: Steam , Microsoft Store Price: £60/€70/$70 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti, Windows 11 I am a baby, floating through space....

The Plucky Squire review: a charming storybook adventure, but I wish it let you go full plucko mode Up all night to get plucky Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Devolver Digital Developer: All Possible Futures Publisher: Devolver Digital Release: September 17th 2024 On: Windows From: Steam , GOG Price: £25/€30/$30 Reviewed on: Intel Core i7-12700F, Nvidia RTX 3080, 16GB RAM, Windows 11 I really wanted to like action adventure The Plucky Squire more than I do now, having given its charming 2D to 3D platforming a proper whirl....

The psychogeography-est of Disco Elysium’s spiritual successors is a gonzo journalism RPG named Hopetown One dev at Longdue “oversaw pivotal contributions to the core systems” of Disco Elysium Image credit:Longdue Where were you on October 11th last year? If you were Edwin, Brendy, or myself - which, statistically, you are not - you were writing news articles about one of three aspirant spiritual successors to detective RPG Disco Elysium . It was an “I’m Spartacus”-ass day of press releases, culminating in the announcement of a project from former ZA/UM writers Argo Tuulik and Olga Moskvina....

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 3rd Open a door, exit via a window Image credit:RPS The RPS Advent Calender 2024 is underway! Each day reveals one of our favourite games from this year, leading up to our Game Of The Year on the 24th. Check the main calendar post to see the full list. Are there any sights more quintessentially Christmassy than a street lit up by warm and glowing decorations, as seen through a snow-graced windowpane?...

The Sunday Papers Image credit:RPS Sundays are for doing things you haven’t done in a long time, like a long stretch after years trapped in a languorous hunch. Former Edge designer Andrew Hind has launched On , a premium print magazine in which he and editor-in-chief Nathan Brown invite writers to produce their dream article. The first issue contains a firehose of Edge alum, Andrew and Nathan aside, including Christian Donlan on handheld puzzle games, Jen Simpkins on dress-up games, and most excitingly, Margaret Robertson on Japanese paper games....

The Witcher 4 shows off a swanky UE5 tech demo at State of Unreal 2025, with Ciri hunting monsters and visiting circuses in Kovir Complete with scumbag-chucking innkeepers Image credit:CD Projekt The State of Unreal 2025 showcase has just offered us a first glimpse at what playing The Witcher 4 might look like, via an Unreal Engine 5 demo build that featured Ciri exploring the wilds and a village in Kovir....

This $10 Lenovo Legion XL mousepad is a great value Originally $18 and with many positive reviews. Image credit:Lenovo/Rock Paper Shotgun I’m a big fan of oversized mouse pads - desk pads, some call them. Today you can pick up just such a mouse pad from Lenovo in a comfortable 900x300x3mm (31.5x11.8x0.12") size for just $10. To get this reduction from the normal price of $18, use code SAVE15ACC at the checkout....