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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; personal preferences vary widely. Instead, this reflects the collective opinion of IGN's PC gaming staff, using a weighted voting system. It aims to highlight beloved games and encourage exploration of titles you might have missed.

Many excellent recent PC games didn't make the cut due to limited slots and diverse viewpoints. This list focuses on games released or significantly updated since 2013. Classics like Doom (original), Half-Life 2, and Skyrim are considered all-time greats, not "modern."

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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.

Top 25 Games: (Descriptions shortened for brevity. See original for full details.)

25. Undertale
26. Balatro
27. Crusader Kings 3
28. Hitman: World of Assassination
29. Doom (2016)
30. Final Fantasy VII Remake
31. Resident Evil 4 Remake
32. God of War
33. Nier: Automata
34. Final Fantasy XIV
35. Red Dead Redemption 2
36. Outer Wilds
37. Hollow Knight
38. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
39. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
40. Cyberpunk 2077
41. Stardew Valley
42. Grand Theft Auto V / GTA Online
43. Satisfactory
44. Half-Life: Alyx
45. Slay the Spire
46. Disco Elysium
47. Hades
48. Elden Ring
49. Baldur's Gate 3

Upcoming PC Games (2025):

A table listing upcoming games and their release dates. (Table recreated here would be identical to the original.)

This list represents IGN's current top 25. Check back for updates! Share your own list!