The PCGamesN Game of the Year Awards 2025
Say it with me now: "indie and double-A games dominated the conversation this year." Over the past couple of years, this has started to feel less like an exception and more like the new rule. Yes, there was no shortage of big-money blockbusters in 2025, some of which earned a spot on this list, but from Clair Obscur and Dispatch to Blue Prince and Schedule 1, every month seemed to deliver a 'smaller' game that then gobbled up the lion's share of the online buzz. In fact, I'd wager most folks would never have been able to guess even half of Steam's top ten best-sellers of the year back in January.
Of course, popularity alone doesn't secure you a place among the best PC games, so we've looked back over the past 12 months with discerning eyes to settle on a list of just ten games you really should play. These are the PC games we loved the most in 2025, with entries from across the PCGN crew.
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