The best thing about PC gaming is arguably that you never know where the next big hit might come from. It’d be incorrect to say that smaller, independently produced games thrived across the board while triple-A blockbusters floundered, but the new releases that captured our collective hearts and minds often weren’t the ones we were anticipating months, even years, in advance. So when it came to deciding our list of the best PC games of 2024, all bets were off.

46 games were considered for a place in our top ten list, with our number one pick receiving almost double the number of votes as the runner-up. We reckon we’ve got a varied roundup of recommendations for you, ranging from the biggest shooters to a comedy adventure we’ve admittedly struggled to describe with words. Honestly, we could easily have doubled or tripled the entries in our list given the breadth and quality of this year’s new PC games, but ten should do the trick.

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