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All this--and we didn't even get into the two excellent expansions--makes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt an essential PC game. See our The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt review. Valheim took Steam by storm, selling more than 5 million copies and earning an Overwhelmingly Positive rating from , reviews in its first months of early access.

That may seem unbelievable, but when you step into the world of Valheim and explore its mysterious forests, mountains, and hills, it becomes intimately clear how special it is. Valheim is full of secrets, which you'll discover as you slay monsters, collect resources, and build yourself a Viking village. Slowly peeling back the fog of this world is tremendously satisfying as finding new lands, enemies, and resources that help bolster your crafting menu and arsenal, the latter of which you'll need to master and utilize to fend off the deadly beasts that call Valheim home.

But you won't have to go it alone, as you can invite up to nine friends to join you on your server for Viking adventures and good times.

The initial response to Valorant was that it's basically a mashup where Overwatch meets Counter-Strike--and yeah, that's pretty accurate. That's also a good thing, because Valorant draws on many of the strengths of those games to make something unique. It focuses on the round-based demolition-style game mode with two teams of five attackers and defenders on balanced maps with specific lanes and sightlines and an extremely fast time-to-kill.

However, each agent or character has their own unique abilities that add another strategic layer to combat. Team composition plays a major role, and each agent affects what the team is capable of in each high-stakes situation.

It's intense and demanding, but so rewarding. Valorant is still early in its lifespan. But we've seen content updates and changes in its first year and it's been quite successful, so you can expect the game to get more support moving forward. If a competitive FPS with layered tactics, precise gunplay, and intense moments is your thing, Valorant is worth a try.

See our Valorant review. Finding the right balance in a strategy game is extremely difficult, as the best ones are challenging enough to necessitate smart play without being too punishing. Set after the first game, when aliens have nearly completely conquered Earth, XCOM 2 certainly casts you as an underdog, but it gives you the tools you need to take the fight to the invaders with careful planning. Moving your units around and getting a view of the whole battlefield is perfect with a keyboard and mouse.

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By researching technologies, you continue your quest for world domination against other nations over the course of 6, years. Combat strategies are deep, with several types of military units to do your conquering. However, conquest is no cakewalk. A lot of thought goes into successful campaigns, so it is not for the impatient.

Portal is set in the Half-Life universe, although this is only apparent through references made during the game. You play as Chell, a female test subject at an abandoned facility called Aperture Science. The game is more of a first-person puzzler than a shooter. Most of your time is spent trying to figure out how to get through test chambers using the portal gun.

Portal 2 is much more of the same, albeit with a reluctant alliance between Chell and GLaDOS to outwit a new antagonist named Wheatley.

The sequel also introduces a two-player cooperative campaign. Buy it from: Steam. While you can still play as one of the three species Protoss, Terran, and Zerg, The campaigns are less linear. That is not to say that developers have made it non-linear, the storylines still progress as you would expect. However, you don't go from one set mission to the next. Instead, you can select from a variety of tasks to achieve your end goal.

There are also a few new mechanics to mix things up. For example, some battlefields have lava that slowly flows through it, eating up the ground and forcing you to move troops to high ground. Build your base, research technology, and build an unstoppable army. Orwell is set in a dystopian world heavily influenced by George Orwell's , hence the name. Similar to the Hack series above , the game simulates a computer with the player in control of it.

However, it departs from there. You play as an operative for "The Nation," a totalitarian government with a computer system set up to spy on everyone. You will snoop emails, monitor surveillance cameras, and other Big-Brotherly duties. The narrative plays out as you uncover clues and facts related to a series of bombings.

The graphics are simple and stylistic, photos make heavy use of polygons to give it a surreal digital feel. The puzzles are not too hard, which is okay because the narrative is what drives this title. You almost get a sense of doing something naughty as you pry into the lives of the "suspects" in the game, which fulfills any voyeuristic urges you may have without breaking the law. Buy it from: Steam , Humble Bundle , Microsoft.

Unless you have been living under a rock, not much needs to be said about Minecraft. The game has sold more than million copies across multiple platforms and has around million monthly active players.

The sandbox building sim has generated online video content, real-world merchandise, and spinoff games such as Minecraft: Story and Minecraft Dungeons. It has also acted as a palette for artists who have created stunningly beautiful environments and creations like Elysium Fire's sprawling Cyberpunk inspired city. Minecraft has no goals, and there is no winning in the game, but perhaps more than a game, Minecraft has turned into a platform with a huge community behind it and unlimited ways to play within their worlds.

At its heart, Minecraft is like a massive Lego building set. Creations are only limited by the player's imagination and the blocky graphics -- which have not changed since its release -- make it perfect for weaker hardware.

Buy it from: Microsoft. Deadlight is a side-scrolling survival horror title from Tequila Works. The game is set in the Pacific Northwest and depicts the action with silhouetted against stunningly rendered backdrops. The year is , days after the breakout of a pandemic. You control a character named Randall Wayne who is trying to catch up with his friends after being left behind in a warehouse. The atmospheric platformer has many environmental puzzles and hazards to figure your way through.

The infected zombie-like creatures, referred to as "Shadows," present a constant threat to your survival. You start with only your wits, but will soon come across weapons as you get further along, including an axe, a pistol, and a shotgun.

Ammo is very limited, so your main tactic will be avoiding the Shadows and finding a way past them or using those environmental hazards to dispatch them. Limbo is a 2D-platformer in the same vein as Deadlight. It even uses a similar silhouetted graphical style but done up in moody greyscale. The game mechanics are much the same, too. You can climb, jump, push or pull objects, all to figure your way to your goal. Age of Empires 4 "A worthy new entry in the legendary series that's equal parts progressive and dated," says our reviewer.

Deathloop Another great Arkane immersive sim, this time set in a time loop with an optional multiplayer invasion system. The Good Life The latest oddball Swery game is a murder mystery in the "happiest town in the world. Valheim The big Hearth and Home update has us getting into Valheim again like it's Outside of reviewing it again, we are literally out of ways to recommend detective RPG Disco Elysium more highly. Forza Horizon 5 Microsoft's racing series goes to Mexico.

Otherwise, it's not all that different from Forza Horizon 4. That means it's still really good. Hard to go wrong there. Consistently fun. Tied for highest score of