PC Gamer's Scores

  • Games
For 3,862 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 50% higher than the average critic
  • 5% same as the average critic
  • 45% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.7 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Game review score: 72
Highest review score: 98 Crysis
Lowest review score: 7 NRA Varmint Hunter
Score distribution:
3876 game reviews
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Not the dramatic reinvention I expected, but this is tense and refined survival horror with a brilliantly bleak, grimy atmosphere.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The dangers of the abyss are well worth facing for Zubmariner’s bounty of fantastic stories and strange adventures.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Great characters, challenging resource management, and impeccable road trip vibes.
    • 90 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A valuable remake that makes the original Metro feel complete on PC.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Atari's latest open-world racer serves up hotter cars, warmer climates and more torrid racing action than its predecessor. [April 2011, p.70]
    • PC Gamer
    • 82 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A unique and polished adventure game with a strong, sustained historical flavor. [June 1997, p.108]
    • PC Gamer
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Three great characters and a beautiful, fluid combat system make this a must-buy for hack-and-slash fans.
    • 91 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Satisfactory is a masterfully made game for crafters, builders, and factory managers of all kinds.
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    The excellent franchise mode adds loads of depth and decision making, and on-field play is livelier than ever.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Even with its few faults, Star Control 3 is a worthy successor and a blast to play. [Dec 1996, p.260]
    • PC Gamer
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    You should play this because it's an inventive story with three or four things you've never done in a game before, and because it suggests a future where games don't insult our intelligence with dull plotting, dire exposition, and endless cut-scenes. [Dec 2012, p.75]
    • PC Gamer
    • 85 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Wildly unpredictable but always enjoyable, The Alters is a masterclass in high-tension gaming.
    • 76 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Aquatic Adventure distills the Metroidvania into its most essential parts and says something meaningful with it.
    • tbd Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    This may well be John Tiller’s masterpiece. For dynamic, white-knuckled intensity and fine-grained realism, it comes closer than any previous PC game to replicating the spirit of that legendary boardgame classic "Advanced Squad Leader."
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Even with its shortcomings, Cossacks II stands out in a cookie-cutter RTS world. [Aug 2005, p.61]
    • PC Gamer
    • 83 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A beautiful and engrossing detective game packed with mysteries, puzzles, and intrigue.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    If you like you action games fast and furious, Shogo is your one-way ticket to nirvana. [Dec 1998]
    • PC Gamer
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Nightfall is easily the best of three Guild Wars products and has set a very high bar for the next chapter. [Jan. 2007, p.76]
    • PC Gamer
    • 81 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Without Evermore, Ni No Kuni 2 would have been good. Because of it, it's one of the best JRPGs on PC.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    But the eye candy is really secondary to its amazing action. [June 2008, p.86]
    • PC Gamer
    • 80 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Evolutionary shooter that creates an involving, sometimes terrifying, tactical battle between two distinct races. Brilliant.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    It's hard to find much fault in this fun and well-balanced game. It's set in arguably the best fantasy universe ever and its production values are sky-high. [May 2006, p.68]
    • PC Gamer
    • 93 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Action so intense it'll leave you jittery and hopped-up on adrenaline, and characters to come back for.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    For $19.99, this bundle is worth buying just for "Off Road Thunder" alone. [May 2006, p.102]
    • PC Gamer
    • 86 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Vampire Survivors is no longer the king of the genre.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Singularly unforgiving, dizzyingly complex, and like no other FPS out there: the extraction shooter's extraction shooter.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Effortlessly inventive, frequently surprising and consistently hilarious. The Stanley Parable shows how to make a story about game stories.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a big, bold, unutterably weird thing, and it's a new RPG classic.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    Style and intelligently scaled difficulty make Dustforce an instant classic, and a lesson in the rewards of hard work.
    • 89 Metascore
    • 90 Critic Score
    A charming and inventive platformer that understands what makes the genre special, and never rests on its laurels.

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