The 20 Best PC Games of 2016
by
Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor
– December 20, 2016
Below are the highest-scoring computer games released between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Games are ranked by Metascore prior to rounding, and any titles with fewer than 7 reviews from professional critics are excluded.
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Delayed from its original 2015 release, this follow-up to Firaxis Games' 2012 series reboot XCOM: Enemy Unknown picks up the action 20 years later in a world in which humanity has lost its war against the aliens. Critics praised the turn-based strategy game for its challenging gameplay, and this original PC version isn't plagued by the minor technical issues that surfaced in this fall's console ports.
2K Games
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