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The 122 Best PC Games Ever

By RPS on February 21st, 2011 at 12:38 pm.

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…in our opinion. Where once this list denoted the singular tastes of six separate minds, now we are bonded into one, mighty Hivemind. This, then, is The List Of Lists: the 122 Best PC Games of The Last 22 Years. All games have been re-ordered by release date, revealing one year in particular as the best that PC gaming has ever seen so far. Which do you think that might be?

These are Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s most favoured PC games between the sacred period 1989 to 2011: all of these games are each in their own way precious, vital things that deserve to have shrines erected in their honour, first-borns sacrificed to them, that sort of thing. Is your favourite game missing? Well, you haven’t asked us what our 123rd best PC game is, have you? Aha! And don’t get us started on the 177th. This list is, of course, merely the start of the discussion, not the end of it – there are many more gems undocumented here, so please do suggest them. Perhaps one day soon we shall add to the list (and, indeed, expand the years covered). Meantime, clicking on each game-name will take you to a short essay on why we’ve chosen it and a few thoughts on why we believe it has a certain degree of importance beyond mere personal fondness.

Behold! THE LIST!

Why 122? Why 22? Oh, we could never tell you that. A terrible thing would happen if we did. What we can tell you is that we’re very grateful to Intel’s App Up Developer Program for sponsoring this titanic endeavour. Now, onwards, and to battle…


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And there you have it. That’s it – for now…

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220 Comments »

  1. 21/02/2011 at 12:43 torchedEARTH says:

    I concur.

    Just emailed GOG to get System Shock 2 on their catalogue.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:33 Shadowcat says:

      That should do it.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:37 J. says:

      There’s always the game wishlist on GOG (Sshock2 is on the top).

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:00 torchedEARTH says:

      @Shadowcat

      Laughter Snort!

      @J

      Oh yeah…I never knew about that. Oh well.

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:33 EthZee says:

      I ordered a secondhand copy of SS2 last week. It’s arrived today. But I must do other things before I can play it. Bah!

    • 21/02/2011 at 16:48 Vorrin says:

      Well done, more people should have played that, though it risks spoiling most other games for you afterwards, or at least did for me :D (that, and Ultima 7, best two in the list imo).

    • 21/02/2011 at 19:35 Casimir's Blake says:

      Having System Shock 2 on GoG’s lists isn’t nearly as desirable as SOME NEW CAMPAIGNS.

      I’ve just discovered the utterly marvellous King’s Field series, so finally I have some serious hardcore dungeon crawling to trudge through again. But no, there is almost no-one making these first-person immersive sims any more, and it is a crying shame. There are fewer and fewer people making Thief missions (thank goodness for The Dark Mod), and no-one seems to be making more content for System Shock 2.

      And there is still no Ultima Underworld 3.

      Much as I’m glad to see UU, Thief, System Shock etc on this list, it only further reinforces how tastes have changed and how little there is of this type of game being made any more.

      And I bloody wish that wasn’t the case. :(

    • 11/10/2011 at 11:21 Scypher says:

      Personally i think there are a few missing from that

      Everquest, Shadowman, and X Wing off the top of my head

      Everquest was one of the biggest MMORPG pre-WOW and massively indepth scenes, child hood memories of screaming “TRAIN TO ZONE” in crushbone will stay with me forever!

      Shadowman scared the sh!t out of me hunting down serial killers with the power of the night absorbing evil souls.

      and X Wing was a fantastic space sim, with the premise of hardcore mode, if you died you lsot your medals and epeen

  2. 21/02/2011 at 12:47 Icarus says:

    Baldur’s Gate was in one of the List articles but seems to be missing from this uber-compilation. Sadface.

  3. 21/02/2011 at 12:48 WeFlySpitfires says:

    Holy heck, flashback central! Tie Fighter, Warcraft, Quake, Blade Runner… some true classics there that robbed me of my childhood.

  4. 21/02/2011 at 12:49 Dozer says:

    That timeline is very impressive. Gives great context to what games were like when IL-2 Sturmovik was released in 2001. 2001! Write that down in your copybooks now.

    I mean, it’s older than Morrowind.

  5. 21/02/2011 at 12:49 Patches the Hyena says:

    No San Andreas? Sad puppies all over the world.

  6. 21/02/2011 at 12:50 ropable says:

    Superb feature, chaps. Nostalgia city.

  7. 21/02/2011 at 12:52 Xocrates says:

    It’s clearly missing Space Marine in Space Vs Space Aliens (from Space) and 9.8:
    http://www.yoyogames.com/games/164848-space-marine-in-space-vs-space-aliens-from-space
    http://www.yoyogames.com/games/125579-9-point-8

    /blatantselfpromotion

    But overall a very solid list with the odd entry or two.

  8. 21/02/2011 at 12:54 Zephro says:

    98/99 – 2004 was a Golden Age. I am turning into that old git now.

  9. 21/02/2011 at 12:56 terry says:

    In the first time in the history of internet lists, I am entirely satisfied. Good job, chaps.

  10. 21/02/2011 at 12:57 zergrush says:

    I think Myth deserved some kind of mention.
    And those lists are making me put a lot of stuff on my GoG wishlist ~.~

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:07 Eclipse says:

      Myth was indeed an awesome serie. Also no Another World and no Outcast?

      I think that RPG should also do a sort of “forgotten gems” feature with games like Silver, Montezuma’s Revenge, Dreamweb, Fade to Black, Dreams to Reality, Little Big Adventure 2, MDK, Messiah, Sacrifice, Giants and so on….

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:15 zergrush says:

      Sacrifice’s on the list (:

      Absolutely awesome game, it baffles me that no one thought that copying its style and gameplay would be a good idea. And it would probably be the RTS “system” most suited for consoles too.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:45 Oozo says:

      “Another World” was briefly mentioned in the “Flashback”-essay. Even though it is the one game I certainly would put on the list – it proved to be a lot more influential. (Rarely have heard a designer mention “Flashback” as an important influence, while with “Another World”, that’s kinda common.)
      Also, not considered, but not really un-important:
      - The original Prince of Persia (and maybe The Last Express)
      - Alone In The Dark
      - Pirates
      - Ultima Online
      - Myst (didn’t like it, but, you know, important…)
      - And a lot of old RPGs, like the Might&Magic-series or the Dark Eye-trilogy (even though those are rather personal choices than actually important games)
      - And what Rocketman says down there.
      Edit: Which isn’t to say that it’s not a great list. It is. Yes, indeed, it is.

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:27 Artist says:

      Pirates! is from 1987, so older than 22 years.

    • 22/02/2011 at 10:09 MajorManiac says:

      @ zergrush :

      To my mind Sacrifice copys the gameplay of Magic Carpet. I wish there are more games of this type too.

  11. 21/02/2011 at 13:05 Stephen Roberts says:

    I’d like to check in my penis points total. I have played fourty of the games from this list. Do I get a bronze medal, some gamer points or at least some sort of ker-plonk noise?

    I am aware that no one cares! You obviously don’t understand the Internet. How many points did you get?

  12. 21/02/2011 at 13:09 MeestaNob says:

    Cant believe my beloved TF2 is from way back in 2007, it still feels fresh thanks to the superb graphics style and constant updates.

    From the list:
    Most important year: 1996 – Quake , Duke, Civ 2? Holy shit.
    Best year: 1998 – Baldur’s Gate, Battlezone, Half Life, Thief. Christ what time consuming and fun year that was!

  13. 21/02/2011 at 13:16 rei says:

    Is the top picture a 2001: A Space Odyssey reference? [EDIT: obviously; somehow I didn't see the monkeys at first]

    All in all, now that’s it’s all in one place, a very nice list. Hits most of my bases (largely LGS-related, and RPGs), and happily even recognises Blade Runner which I thought I was the only person in the world to remember and love.

  14. 21/02/2011 at 13:17 BigglesB says:

    Wow, seeing them in chronological order like that is a bit like watching my whole gaming life flash before my eyes… From clumsily playing lemmings on a friend’s professor-dad’s IBM-compatible to being jealous of my bro’s 486 he got for his university physics course cos it could play doom in full screen without slowdown. Then getting excited about rumours the X-Wing sequel would let you play as the Empire… and how it had actual voices in the cut-scenes… All intermixed with moving schools, different friends over the years, growing up, years I played more, years I played less. It’s a funny lense through which to see your life, at any rate.

    Some truly excellent choices there, chaps. And good on Intel for giving you all moneys :)

  15. 21/02/2011 at 13:22 popeguilty says:

    You’ve forgotten 1992′s Alone in the Dark, which established the format for the survival horror genre and was one of the very first full-screen 3D games. How sad that it’s forgotten now when it was so innovative and influential.

  16. 21/02/2011 at 13:23 kyrieee says:

    Silver, Sacrifice and the other games you mentioned deserve to go on a nostalgia list, not a best ever list. Myth II, however, does deserve to be on this list

    edit: bah, broken reply

  17. 21/02/2011 at 13:24 Monchberter says:

    The Yerli brothers are weeping tears of frustration due to the non appearance of any Crytek games. GIven their graphical fidelity and finely honed mechanics I’m surprised neither Far Cry or Crysis made the lists.
    And then there’s the final insult that the ‘noble failure’ that is Ubisoft’s Far Cry 2 slipped in!

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:35 faelnor says:

      Agreed. While the sandbox/quest aspect of Far Cry 2 was nothing new at the time – especially after the grandiose game that is STALKER – both Far Cry and Crysis were highly influencial. The drive for better graphics engines they started has shaped for best or worse our PC games. FC2 achieved nothing similar.
      Still, this is a nice list with some very good games – obviously everyone will disagree with a few titles but most basics are covered.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:41 Ultimanecat says:

      Really, the list was great but the inclusion of Far Cry 2 is…well the nicest term I can think for it is “charitable”.

      I don’t know if I’d include the original Far Cry either but Ubi’s sequel is every bit the glorified tech-demo that Crysis is wrongly accused of being.

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:46 Urthman says:

      Far Cry 2 looks much better than Crysis, and kicks it’s ass in performance as well. There I said it.

    • 21/02/2011 at 17:39 Oak says:

      You can dislike Far Cry 2. You can be bored by Far Cry 2. You can consider Far Cry 2 a failed experiment. But if you think Far Cry 2 was a “tech demo”, you are entirely wrong.

    • 21/02/2011 at 19:09 phuzz says:

      I think if you didn’t enjoy FC2 then you are entirely sensible, but somehow there was something I loved about that game, and it would be in my top 20 odd games.
      but yeah, most people don’t like it with good reason.

    • 21/02/2011 at 19:53 Oak says:

      I agree that it is entirely sensible, and I too was once frustrated with the game to the point of wanting to quit, but when it is dismissed as generic or nothing new or, God give me strength, a tech demo, something in my head goes kerplode and my eyes start doing somersaults.

    • 21/02/2011 at 20:33 Casimir's Blake says:

      Far Cry 2 had no depth. Walk / drive somewhere, shoot people, complete quests by pressing a button / picking up an item… walk / drive somewhere, shoot people etc etc

      Compare that to everything you don’t expect to happen – which inevitably does happen – in an average hour of Stalker gameplay, and FC2 looks pretty simplistic by comparison. It was very polished, but terribly uninspired.

  18. 21/02/2011 at 13:28 westyfield says:

    I’ve played 28 of those games. Someone shame me by having played all of them.

  19. 21/02/2011 at 13:28 Teronfel says:

    Why there is no Gothic game???

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:40 Plivesey says:

      Unfortunately the Gothic series is a very underrated and unknown one, meaning it will probably get missed of the majority of ‘Great PC Games’ lists. Gothic 2 with NotR is definitely my favourite PC RPG ever though.

    • 21/02/2011 at 22:56 BeamSplashX says:

      I remember playing through Gothic II with Night of the Raven around the end of last year. I think I may have undersold how fun it was by gleefully pointing out the number of enemies that could kill me in one or two hits whenever someone asked me how it was.

      Great game, but Outcast is mostly in the same niche and has the uniqueness of its voxelized world. I remember wishing for something like Gothic with guns near the end of the game before I remembered that Outcast existed! I do wish there was a Fallout-esque game that played like Gothic though, or at least borrowed II’s close-combat mechanics (minus the wonkiness).

  20. 21/02/2011 at 13:30 Daiv says:

    Excellent, my flux capacitor is charged! Now… Through the power of SCIENCE, I will RETURN to the GREATEST YEAR EVER in PC gaming. Farewell, fellow future-nauts, this bleak wasteland of soylent games will no longer nourish me.

  21. 21/02/2011 at 13:30 rocketman71 says:

    Sad that the pre-1989 games were cut. There is a lot of very important games before that date: King’s Quest, Zork, Moria, The Ancient Art of War, Lords of Conquest, The Great Escape, the old Dragonlance RPGs, Bard’s Tale, the original Test Drive…

    There’s a lot of important post-1989 games missing, also: where is Star Control 2, for example?. Populous?. Silent Hunter?. Panzer General?. Lands of Lore?. Wing Commander?.

    Any of those deserve a place in that list, more so than the touched up rehash that is StarCraft 2, for example. StarCraft 1 does deserve a place, though.

    Here’s hoping Intel coughs some more dough and we get a pre-1989 list.

    • 21/02/2011 at 14:41 Shazbut says:

      At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Star Control 2 is the biggest omission for me. Other major games I can think of could be justifiable in their absence (debatable quality, already have an equivalent on the list), but not SC2.

    • 21/02/2011 at 20:35 Casimir's Blake says:

      Agreed, the absence of Star Control 2 is inexcusable. Still unmatched as sci-fi adventures with token resource management go, I would say. Glad to see that some fans are finally putting together an unofficial sequel with the Ur-Quan Masters engine.

    • 21/02/2011 at 22:59 KingMudkip says:

      Heck yes, StarCraft 1 deserves a spot! Thank you, kind sir!

    • 12/10/2011 at 16:28 DAOWAce says:

      Yeah, is this a joke? Starcraft 2?

      I played Starcraft for over 10 years and now and shifted over to Starcraft 2 (competitively), and SC2 in no way deserves a spot on that list over Starcraft. Maybe with the final ‘expansion’ (full priced game) it could move up spots on some lists; but it most definitely does not belong on any “best games of all time” list. (at least not yet)

    • 15/11/2011 at 11:12 Olderman says:

      Pre-89… Lords of Conquest, Pirates!, Wasteland, Might and Magic, Ultima…

      These kids don’t know what they’ve missed.

  22. 21/02/2011 at 13:31 misterk says:

    So 1999 was the best game for gaming? FACT!

  23. 21/02/2011 at 13:32 Zombleton says:

    Still a bit sad not to see Unreal in any of the lists. I think it was incredibly important, but it often seems to get overlooked. Is it because it sat in the shadows cast by Quake 2 and Half-Life on either side, and so in hindsight gets forgotten?

    Most big FPS releases at the time could boast some ‘innovative’ new gameplay mechanic or, more often, visual novelty, and although Unreal had more than its fair share of those that’s not why it’s so important. In my opinion at least, it was hands down the most atmospheric FPS of the nineties (and before anyone points out the obvious I don’t consider SS2 a contender in that category, it not really being an ‘FPS’ :).

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:40 popeguilty says:

      Unreal was fun, but UT eclipsed it in every way.

    • 21/02/2011 at 14:22 Zombleton says:

      Every way except the one I’m talking about ;)

    • 21/02/2011 at 19:54 arghstupid says:

      That first level was awesome – atmospheric and (for the time) downright beautiful. The sense of scale was something very different from the clautrophobia of quake et al. It went a bit downhill once you started shooting things, but one of the best beginnings to a game without a doubt.

  24. 21/02/2011 at 13:32 The Codicier says:

    Ok daft question i know but,,,

    When did it switch from being a list of ‘Important Games’ to the’Best Games’?

    I know i’m being slightly pedantic but:
    A: Best & Important are very different qualities. Was the 1st Dawn of War the most important in the series? Absolutely! The best? Quite possibly not.
    B: Making a statement like ‘best’ seems very non RPS thing. Idk i feel “Wot I think”‘s overt recognition of the subjectiveness of opinion is something which i love about this site.

    anyways i’m probably making a mountains out of molehills, regardless of the title the choice of contents is superb

  25. 21/02/2011 at 13:34 latedave says:

    Its a good list although I can’t help but feel stuff is missing even though I can’t really put my finger on it. I guess the real bugbear for me is no C&C: Red Alert. It was the first RTS game I remember being stable enough to be played over dialup and we spent hours playing it and dicking about with the map editor. I couldn’t find strike commander or privateer either which were both quite interesting and different at the time.

    Also, where the hell was Sid Meirers Pirates? That was an amazing concept, a sandbox game with no ‘story’ but a ranking for how well you did, I loved that game. Otherwise I shall cease ranting and hail this noble effort!

  26. 21/02/2011 at 13:35 JKjoker says:

    what, no Batman Arkham Asylum ?, i approve of not putting Dragon Age tho, that game was way too overrated (could say the same about mass effect 2)

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:40 latedave says:

      Concur on Dragon Age, that was a slog by the end, I actually ended up breaking from it and playing Balders Gate instead, hoping 2 is better but am more excited by the Witcher now.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:40 Man Raised by Puffins says:

      Er, Dragon Age is on the list. Also, TIGHT =/= IMPORTANT.

    • 21/02/2011 at 13:57 JKjoker says:

      errr, you are right, i was looking at 2010 -_-, i guess i dont approve :p
      i liked the Witcher a lot more than Dragon Age, the world just felt more alive and i reached its ending wanting more (altho it was kind of disappointing), when i reached Dragon Age’s ending i was completely exhausted and bored and the game kept throwing useless level 10 mooks that i could kill with a stare

  27. 21/02/2011 at 13:35 _michal says:

    Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory has been released in 2005, not 1995.

  28. 21/02/2011 at 13:43 Matt says:

    Bioshock was released in 2007, not 2008.

  29. 21/02/2011 at 13:43 killmachine says:

    some nice memories come up there.

    i got into pc gaming in 96-98 i think. played duke3d and quake with one of my friends computers. we played duke in coop mode. it was awsome. i never played multiplayer before. only on consoles on one tv set.

    i also played trough bladerunner which had its own very special atmosphere. really cool when you got out of you apartment on the balcony. it had absolutely no purpose, it just looked cool and had some nice relaxing music.

    btw. nice title picture. i just got that the keyboard is the monolith from 2001 the second time i looked at the picture. :)

  30. 21/02/2011 at 13:48 obvioustroll says:

    Lots of games missed out that have been huge time sinks in my life, but I guess that wasn’t the point of this list.

  31. 21/02/2011 at 13:50 El_MUERkO says:

    Well I’m glad that’s over.

  32. 21/02/2011 at 13:50 ynamite says:

    Aw man! I wish I was a lighty again during the 90s with the exception that my parents wouldn’t hassle me for spending too much time in front of the computer. I could have played all the classics I missed you know, considering all the spare time I had those days. But because my dear elders decided to hide the keyboard, lock the PC or simply send me away a few weeks to my cousin who lived in a household sans technology, I missed out on many awesome titles. Man, I hated it there.

  33. 21/02/2011 at 13:56 bascule42 says:

    Almost totally agree with the list, I havn’t played *all* games there, obviously, but most from each year segment. One niggle. B17 Flying Fortress/B17 FF The Mighty 8th. I’m sure it’s not just me who feels that this title was one of the most important and deeeply satisfying games at the time. Still great to see it’s stable mate UFO: Enemy Unkown up there. I would have to destroy RPS utterly if it wasn’t. As it is, I’ll just have to fire wet bits of paper at you guys from an empty biro tube. Watchout.

  34. 21/02/2011 at 13:56 BooleanBob says:

    No Commander Keen/Jazz Jackrabbit/Jill of the Jungle :|

    No Alpha Centauri :(

    No Broken Sword :’(

    No Cave Story!!

    No Psychonauts!!!

    I swore I wouldn’t do this! GRAGAGARRGH LISTS

    • 21/02/2011 at 14:20 KauhuK says:

      I loved Jazz Jackrabbit. I still play the JJ2 sometimes. There was time when epic (megagames) made good games. Then they went full retard with UT3 and Gears of War. Also unreal engine makes all games that use it look the same (well except Mass Effect)

    • 21/02/2011 at 14:54 Consumatopia says:

      Cave Story is the most striking omission IMHO. I’ve played a lot of retro indie games that feel like they wanted to be old platform games. But after I played Cave Story, old platform games felt like they wanted to be Cave Story–Pixel managed to capture some essence of what those games were trying to be. It gives me what my 12-year old self was looking for in games but never really found.

      It may not be the household name that World of Goo or Minecraft have become, but I believe it was deeply influential to indie game developers–certainly they keep mentioning it in their forums.

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:18 Wilson says:

      Psychonauts is under 2005.

    • 21/02/2011 at 16:06 hysic says:

      I knew you couldn’t hold out against the tidal waves of lists!

    • 21/02/2011 at 16:07 BooleanBob says:

      @ Consumatopia: You’ve put it more eloquently than I suspect I ever could. Bravo. I’d only add that it is one of few games that has a story to tell and does so almost flawlessly.
      @ Wilson: Well, sure, it is now. I think there were some technical fahujawotsits that a swift application of A Good Kicking to the RPS server seems now to have taken care of.
      @ Hysic: I hate lists ALMOST as much as I hate spoilers, or being asked about my new PC >:o

  35. 21/02/2011 at 14:10 WJonathan says:

    Wow, out of all the GTAs you picked IV. I dunno.

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:59 Urthman says:

      Yeah, that’s baffling to me. It was an impressive game, but it hasn’t had anything remotely like the impact of the GTA3, Vice City, & San Andreas trilogy.

  36. 21/02/2011 at 14:11 Heliocentric says:

    I know its hardly revolutionary but Grid combined lovely arcade racing and time rewind.

    Gotta be worth a mention.

  37. 21/02/2011 at 14:18 Easydog says:

    I was hoping that ‘Chaos Engine’ would have made it. Ah well.

  38. 21/02/2011 at 14:21 JackShandy says:

    One word: Spacewar!

  39. 21/02/2011 at 14:22 Meat Circus says:

    1999 was the Year of the Year (YotY)

  40. 21/02/2011 at 14:27 amoe says:

    i am really not sure what far cry 2 is doing on that list. this game was just repetitive, tedious and boring. for me this game was quite a disappointment.

  41. 21/02/2011 at 14:31 AbyssUK says:

    Would it be possible to combine the power of mobygames awesome database with RPS readers so we can have a user vote, each user picks their top ten ‘most important’ pc games… I’d love to see how the resulting top 100 would differ.
    The hivemind dictatorship has reign over us for too long! We shouldn’t have to put up with their lists being forced upon us. Revolt I say! we must use Facebook and Twitter to revolt their lists!

  42. 21/02/2011 at 14:32 PedroBraz says:

    1998:
    * Baldur’s Gate / Baldur’s Gate II
    * Battlezone
    * Falcon 4.0
    * Grim Fandango
    * Half-Life
    * Jedi Knight: Mysteries Of The Sith
    * Thief: The Dark Project
    + StarCraft, Fallout 2, Grand Theft Auto, Commandos: BEL, Unreal and Rainbow Six
    That was one helluva year.
    Others that comes to mind -
    2000: Unreal Tournament, Hitman

  43. 21/02/2011 at 14:39 Hoaxfish says:

    I tried doing this list on the 6/5 article… “comment too long”. Whoops.

  44. 21/02/2011 at 14:44 Turin Turambar says:

    If i may… my list. I wrote it around 4 years ago, it’s a bit outdated. I would had to include Morrowind, PS:T, Company Of Heroes, and some of the best games from 2007 onwards (Stalker, Portal, etc).
    There was little opinions and critics of each game, but in spanish, so here it’s only the list.

    1. Doom I/II
    2. Ultima VII
    3. Civilization 2
    4. Alone in the Dark
    5. Operation Flashpoint
    6. Xcom Enemy Unknown
    7. Fallout
    8. Command & Conquer
    9. Quake I
    10. Deux Ex
    11. Tie Fighter
    12. HalfLife
    13. Jagged Alliance 2
    14. System Shock 2
    15. Monkey Island 2
    16. Thief
    17. Homeworld
    18. Combat Mission
    19. Quake III
    20. Call of Duty
    21. Infiltration
    22. Street Fighter 2
    23. Independance War 2
    24. Day of Tentacle
    25. Lands of Lore
    26. Master of Magic
    27. Indiana Jones y la Ultima Cruzada
    28. Gabriel Knight 3
    29. Falcon 4
    30. The Longest Journey
    31. The Need for Speed 3
    32. Abuse
    33. Total Anhilation
    34. Gabriel Knight 1
    35. Annachronox
    36. Lemmings
    37. Shogun TW
    38. Halo
    39. Populus 2
    40. Age of Wonders
    41. Sam & Max
    42. Nox
    43. Lands of Lore 2
    44. Final Fantasy VII
    45. Jedi Outcast
    46. Terminal velocity
    47. Starcraft
    48. Hitman ½
    49. The Punisher
    50. Quake II
    51. Far cry
    52. Homm 3
    53. Sim City 2000
    54. Blade Runner
    55. Swat 3
    56. Duke Nukem 3D
    57. Bubble Bobble
    58. Space Rangers 2
    59. Commander Keen
    60. Aladdin
    61. Ultima Online
    62. Blade
    63. Alien Vs Predator
    64. Max Payne
    65. Jedi Knight
    66. Dungeon Keeper
    67. Syndicate
    68. Europa Universalis 2
    69. Fifa 95
    70. Little Big Adventure
    71. Rally Championship
    72. C&C Red Alert
    73. Carmaggedon 2
    74. Beyond good & evil
    75. Unreal Tournament
    76. Sonic the Hedgehog
    77. Prince of Persia
    78. Commandos 2
    79. Grand Theft Auto
    80. Ghost Recon
    81. Worms
    82. C&C Red Alert2
    83. Mdk
    84. Hexen
    85. One Must Fall
    86. Descent
    87. Empire Earth
    88. Dune
    89. Crónicas de Riddick
    90. Theme Park
    91. Doom 3
    92. Descent Freespace 2
    93. Tomb Raider
    94. Panzer General
    95. Magic Carpet
    96. Shadowman
    97. Silent Hunter
    98. Collin McRae
    99. Diablo 2
    100. Master of Orion 2

  45. 21/02/2011 at 14:53 Sudogamer says:

    Anyone remember : Operation Stealth, Eternam, or KGB? All games that would go on my list, too. ..

  46. 21/02/2011 at 14:53 ZephyrSB says:

    Urban Chaos? That’s about the only one in the list that made me raise an eyebrow. Everything else looks in order.

  47. 21/02/2011 at 15:02 TheGameSquid says:

    1989 is clearly missing Midwinter!

    Also, I was surprised to discover that I had actually played 64 games on the list. That might not seem like much, but considering that fact that the list actually starts a year before I was born, that ain’t too bad I’d say.

    And now, on to the 500 HIDDEN GEMS list!

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:14 MrThingy says:

      And Carrier Command!
      And Populous!

      =[

      The youth of today…

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:36 Gary W says:

      Hidden Gems 372-376:

      372. Realms of the Haunting
      373. Strife
      374. The Last Express
      375. Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
      376. Lands of Lore
      …

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:48 TheGameSquid says:

      I can’t believe I forgot about Realms of the Haunting! It’s probably my favourite action SLASH adventure game of the DOS-era.

    • 21/02/2011 at 20:41 Casimir's Blake says:

      I still kick myself for buying that other Gremlin 3D adventure, the name of which currently escapes me, but never buying Realms Of The Haunting after adoring the demo. Another fabulous 90s PC game that should be on this list. Not just because it’s an underdog, but because it achieved first-person horror and adventure mechanics to a remarkable degree (inventory management is a touch rigid though).

  48. 21/02/2011 at 15:14 AlephAleph says:

    It´s sad that you so quickly forgot about one of the most revolutionary titles in videogames, as it just happened last year: “Sleep is Death”

  49. 21/02/2011 at 15:15 bwion says:

    If we ever do delve into prehistory, I’d like to make a case for the importancenessnessness of Ultima IV. (Though I do agree with the esteemed Professor Whichever-Professor-Wrote-About-It that VII/Serpent Isle was the high point of the series and near the top of the short list of Bestest RPGs Ever.)

    It was, to my knowledge, one of the first times (if not the first time) a computer RPG was something other than a soulless exercise in killing everything in sight. It also, remarkably for a game whose winning condition required you to become, effectively, a living saint, gave a lot more freedom of choice than a lot of modern RPGs that purport to allow moral freedom. (Sure, you couldn’t win the game by being an utter bastard, but you could *do* it.)

    Honestly, you could probably make a case for putting the entire Ultima series on the list. Even if 8 and 9 belong on the Important Only As Cautionary Tales lists.

    Actually, I do hear that 8 is a better game than its reputation, though I never played very far into it. 9, which I was looking forward to for years, is the first (and last) game I ever pre-ordered (or at least reserved at the game store, back when there were such things), and thus taught me an Important Lesson about Anticipation and Hope, and why such things have no place in the hearts of the PC gamer. (Not really. It wasn’t a great game, though.)

  50. 21/02/2011 at 15:17 Pijama says:

    “WHY NO *THIS*? WHY NO *THAT*? WHY IS X ON THE LIST? WTF RPS?”

    People, what I am about to say might be earthshaking and rock your world-view to the core, so take a deep breath, sit down, and be enlightened.

    Game lists are subjective.

    Now go forth, and be happy.

    (not directed to those who are obviously joking around of course)

    • 21/02/2011 at 15:25 Oozo says:

      You did see the part reading “there are many more gems undocumented here, so please do suggest them”, though?

      THEY WANT US TO BE WHINY!

    • 21/02/2011 at 18:41 Tim Smith says:

      @Pijama
      Owned bitch.

    • 22/02/2011 at 03:29 mda says:

      Pijama, what I am about to say might be earthshaking and rock your world-view to the core, so take a deep breath, sit down, and be enlightened.

      Game lists are subjective.

      That’s why people say:

      “WHY NO *THIS*? WHY NO *THAT*? WHY IS X ON THE LIST? WTF RPS?”

    • 22/02/2011 at 11:52 Tim Smith says:

      What’s that you say? Say owned bitch more forcefully, perhaps in capitals? Oh very well.

      OWNED BITCH!

  51. 21/02/2011 at 15:23 Pointless Puppies says:

    This’ll be the last time I bitch about RollerCoaster Tycoon not being on here but…my god RollerCoaster Tycoon is NOT IN HERE!

    You bet your ass you feel cheated when your favorite game of all time is snubbed from being in a “best PC games” list, especially when crap (yes, crap) like GTA IV makes the list. Just…*shudder. I love you RPS, but MAN did you omit too many great games and included too many poor ones.

  52. 21/02/2011 at 15:24 Oozo says:

    Ah, reply fail. Nevermind.

  53. 21/02/2011 at 15:25 Artist says:

    While reading the list Ive noticed that Ive become old! Holy shit, hehe!

  54. 21/02/2011 at 15:28 hanneswall says:

    I’m so happy Battlezone got on this list. Might just be my favorite game of all time. OF ALL TIME!

  55. 21/02/2011 at 15:46 Zaboomafoozarg says:

    No Betrayal at Krondor? Then this list is wrong.

  56. 21/02/2011 at 15:47 The Great Wayne says:

    You mention EvE but no Ultima Online ? Hmmm, everyone is entitled to his own opinion and tastes, but UO deserves mention if only for the fact that it gave birth to the whole MMO market and was a jewel of innovation.

    Actually it still is from most of the nowadays mmog pov.

  57. 21/02/2011 at 15:58 Wulf says:

    Wheee. It’s always interesting to see how the RPS team perceives, parses, and interprets gaming. Though I’m beginning to think that there aren’t any romanticists/thinky people on the team with the lack of RPGs and the exclusions of the Myst series. This is why I often miss Kieron these days, as he’d likely pad out these lists in that regard. Kieron always was a terrible, awful nerd. RPS needs more nerdliness.

    • 21/02/2011 at 16:57 Gassalasca says:

      Whoa there… Isn’t John as romanticky as you get, and Jim as thinky as you get? With Kieron embodying both of those about equally?

    • 21/02/2011 at 21:19 Wulf says:

      I’m not sure that John is. I know that John likes adventure games, but is he? I was never actually certain about that one. It was always Kieron that actually struck me as more the artsy romanticist. And that’s one thing I really miss about RPS. I know John also likes emotion in some cases, but hm, no Myst?

      For some reason, that doesn’t click in my head. I can’t see how you can be an artsy romanticist and not think at least one of the Myst games was super important. Especially Uru, which had some incredibly alien landscapes, and the only breathing trees I’ve ever seen.

      It just surprises me, that’s all, so I think John is more about adventure games. And thus there’s a bit of a void there in that area at the moment. It’s a good list. Even I can see that it’s a good list and you may have noticed that I haven’t doubted that. I just feel that there are things missing that would’ve been present if a certain old RPS guy was still present.

      I miss him. :p

    • 21/02/2011 at 21:34 Gassalasca says:

      I miss him too. :sniff:

      But yeah, John can sometimes dislike the weirdest stuff.
      I don’t mean things that are weird, I mean his disliking it is weird. But that was probably clear from the context. So…. yeah.

    • 21/02/2011 at 21:45 DiamondDog says:

      Hang on! Don’t all trees breathe?

  58. 21/02/2011 at 16:00 Cinnamon says:

    Is the Minesweeper thing a witty way of saying that everything on PC before 1990 was dross or ports from systems that were not expensive spreadsheet devices?

    • 21/02/2011 at 17:54 Alec Meer says:

      Not at all. I said it somewhere else, but we have plans to cover the 80s in a follow-up sometime.

    • 21/02/2011 at 23:55 Cinnamon says:

      It would sort of be a shame from a UK perspective if you guys covered the games from the 80s only from a PC perspective when it wasn’t such a big deal over here at the time. But I expect that there will be a fair crossover of games that appeared on the more popular home computers. Maybe you could get Intel to sponsor a Spectrum retrospective. The Z80 is more like an Intel chip than the others, right?

  59. 21/02/2011 at 16:02 White Whale says:

    I don’t understand the exclusion of Warcraft 3. Game genres literally grew out of that game, in addition to being a damn fine RTS in its own right. I remember literally 5 straight years of LAN play, all just Warcraft 3 custom games.

  60. 21/02/2011 at 16:07 mbp says:

    Whether you pick 1999, 2000 or 2001 I certainly agree that the period around the turn of the millennium wa a golden age of PC gaming. It was a time when the technology had advanced sufficiently to give us complex games that looked good while the industry was still fresh enough (And naive enough) to take risks and try things that had never been done before.

    I refuse to be pessimistic and say that it has all been downhill since then though. I think we may be on the verge of a new golden era fuelled by the surge in quality and popularity of indie games.

  61. 21/02/2011 at 16:13 Sarlix says:

    Some thoughts for the future list:

    Day of Defeat

    Wing Commander games [opinions on best one]

    I have to say I am a bit surprised none of the Wing Commanders made the list.

  62. 21/02/2011 at 16:37 Anonymous Coward says:

    Was glad to see Startopia in this list. That game was great. Hoping we’ll see it on GoG one day.

  63. 21/02/2011 at 17:07 Nimic says:

    I really, really, really expected to see Alpha Centauri!

    But other than that, a brilliant list. Thanks, RPS :)

  64. 21/02/2011 at 17:24 BobsLawnService says:

    It is a great list but I really do think that Panzer General would have been a great game to include. To date it is still the only breakout wargaming hit. It also spawned a host of clones, spinoffs and sequels.

    It was truly the highwater mark for wargaming on the PC.

  65. 21/02/2011 at 17:28 Mman says:

    With the whole list of important games laid out the inclusion of Tomb Raider: Legend without the infinitely more influential original as well looks even sillier, but I guess it’s not the only notable omission, and I at least agree with the majority of the inclusions on the list.

  66. 21/02/2011 at 17:52 Rahewino says:

    Games missing from the list

    Betrayal at Krondor
    King of Dragon Pass
    Master of Magic
    Settlers 2
    Transport Tycoon

  67. 21/02/2011 at 17:56 weizur says:

    Meh I can’t take your list seriously without Ultima Online on it. Especially since it’s just a rehash of the “most important” list which isn’t the same as “Best.” And that list also didn’t include Ultima Online which is obviously the most important MMO.

  68. 21/02/2011 at 18:20 arghstupid says:

    I thought Hardwar was a rather good game.

    • 21/02/2011 at 19:58 arghstupid says:

      And the original dune (the strange french adventury one) was several shades of awesome too if my rose tinted specs aren’t deceiving me.

  69. 21/02/2011 at 18:36 Frank says:

    I just noticed: you skipped over Heroes of Might and Magic!

  70. 21/02/2011 at 18:41 Londoner says:

    No Theme Hospital! Bah.
    Theme Park/RCT2,
    Alpha Centuri,
    HOMM3 (although Kings Bounty is there, which I’m now playing because of you),
    Settlers 2,
    Off to the Bloaty Head Clinic for the lot of you, then you really can hang your heads in shame.

  71. 21/02/2011 at 18:41 Tim Smith says:

    Glad to see Hitman: Blood Money on this listy.

  72. 21/02/2011 at 18:53 Nachiketh says:

    What about Kingping: Life of Crime that was a pretty good game. Ran on the Quake engine.

  73. 21/02/2011 at 18:58 P3RF3CT D3ATH says:

    I’m surprised that Battlefield 1942 isn’t on this list but Far Cry 2 is though. Shouldn’t the original Far Cry be on the list? Or even Crysis at least?

  74. 21/02/2011 at 20:04 Jimbo says:

    Your list is wrong because The Witcher isn’t on it, but here are some others I’d have found room for:

    Full Throttle
    Red Alert
    Rainbow Six
    Operation Flashpoint
    Theme Park
    Pirates! Gold
    Shogun TW
    Lords of the Realm

  75. 21/02/2011 at 20:09 geldonyetich says:

    To think I’ve played easily 90% of that list. Main thing I passed up on being the strategy board game games and sports simulator games.

  76. 21/02/2011 at 20:28 scharmers says:

    I’m sure I’m like the 9000th person to mention this for these lists, but where the HELL is Rollercoaster Tycoon? Not only was a superlative, addicting game that made Chris Taylor a bazillion dollars, but it essentially defined a genre. (Sure, a low-rent, bottom feeder genre filled with stuff like “Women’s Prison Typhoon”, but hey).

  77. 21/02/2011 at 21:26 shagen454 says:

    I really respect RPS. My favorite gaming site – but you guys just have no respect for Alpha Centauri and it seems right up your alley.

    It was a randomly generated game – you could craft the details of the world before you began. You could design your own units, the AI was good, the tech trees were super interesting and let’s not even talk about the secret project cut-scenes!

    *hint* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGCaACqy1Ro

    It could be rather dystopian, extremely political, it was scientific, the tech trees predict the direction of science and technology and war for humanity in the future, but if you wanted you could go Green Gaian style and turn those mindworms loose on your enemies – and in the end game they become these ridiculously large baddies being pumped out of many of your 60+ ridiculously overgrown cities as you neared human transcendence.

    Along with games like Doom, System Shock, Half-life, Thief and Planescape – Alpha Centauri is definitely up there as one of the greatest games ever created. I enjoyed AC much more than I’ve ever enjoyed any Civ game – and I was probably 9 playing the original Civ and loving it. Yes, it was Civ in space – but it really was on a whole other level on a whole lotta levels.

  78. 21/02/2011 at 21:43 OpT1mUs says:

    Where
    THE HELL
    are Heroes of Might and Magic?

    edit: Also, no Alpha Centauri, are you guys serious?
    This list is invalid. For shame.

  79. 21/02/2011 at 21:55 lurkalisk says:

    Considering how significant the first Starcraft was to the gaming world, I find it bizarre that isn’t on here, and yet its considerably less notable sequel is…

  80. 21/02/2011 at 22:22 mllory says:

    In light of your recent article on the writing in games I find it odd that ctrl+f yielded no results for any Legacy of Kain games which, coincidentally, happens to be my favourite series on PC, console ports or not. I feel like like I’m shouting in an opera house though.

  81. 21/02/2011 at 22:28 Phillip Culliton says:

    Terra Nova. Oh, Looking Glass. You beautiful people.

  82. 21/02/2011 at 22:47 MattM says:

    This is a fun nostalgia bit, but the criterion for inclusion is a bit inconsistent. It seems to be a mix of
    1. The best games as judged by how much you liked them when they came out
    2. The best games as judged by how much you like them now
    3. The most historic and influential games
    and
    4. The best games to play today.

    I would love to see a feature on the best games for someone to play today for the first time. Games would have to be at least a few years old to qualify to avoid hype induced bias and a great anti nostalgia test would be to boot up the game for an hour or two to see how it compares to your memories.
    We could all debate how well certain titles hold up in comparison to later games. I think games like Warcraft I & II and GTA III were landmark titles, but I would recommend Starcraft and GTA:VC & SA over them for new players. A few games have improved over time due to genre die-out or fan patching and mods that improve the base game (TC mods should count as separate games.) Freespace 2 is comparatively better today since a player is less likely to have played much like it. The unofficial patches VTM:Bloodlines has freed a great game from many crippling bugs. Far Cry now has very modest system requirements.

  83. 21/02/2011 at 23:20 Rugged Malone says:

    Nice to see Tribes 2 mentioned, but I think the first one was more influential — AFAIK it was the first team-based multiplayer game to include classes and loadouts…way back in good old 1998.
    Couldn’t help but feel the list was hurting from a lack of space some years, too…
    Oh, and Far Cry 2? The original, yes, but the incredibly disappointing sequel? No way.
    A nice nostalgia trip, but such a surprisingly disjointed list. I expected better from RPS.

  84. 21/02/2011 at 23:22 MDS says:

    I’d never heard of Startopia before this list.

    Tonight I fought a bloody counter-invasion, and in the aftermath I manually picked the corpses up from the bloodstained floor of my hard-won new disco. Thank you RPS for this gaming experience :)

  85. 21/02/2011 at 23:22 Metonymy says:

    Are you just trolling us now? It really feels like a 4chan stunt, using copypasta to try to get some of the same rage you did before.

    The list is still terrible. Half of those are garbage filler games, lots of wrong versions, and lots of missing titles.

  86. 21/02/2011 at 23:55 Bob says:

    *Looks up the meaning of subjective in the dictionary.*

    It’s only been mentioned five or six times but the list is not meant to be taken as the all encompassing, most important games list of all time. As Anachronox, Deus Ex, Freelancer, and Mass Effect 2 were included, I’m satisfied with it. I can understand why some may not be though. That’s why I love gaming sites such as this, people are so passionate about their games.

  87. 22/02/2011 at 00:02 Gnarl says:

    Outcast, #49.

    Shame.

  88. 22/02/2011 at 00:14 Matt says:

    The pedant in me must also point out that Mechwarrior 2 was released in 1995, not 1996. Unless you’re specifically referring to the Mercenaries expansion… which did in fact come out in 1996.

  89. 22/02/2011 at 00:50 MadTinkerer says:

    The last 22 years? Oh so that’s why Alley Cat and Robot Odyssey weren’t on the list.

    Feh, as if PC gaming didn’t start until 1989…

  90. 22/02/2011 at 03:18 Jinnigan says:

    I want there to be a nod to the city-building sub-genre that was populated entirely by Tilted Mill! Caesar III and Pharaoh are some of the more significant games of my childhood and that hole has yet to be filled. Simcity 2000 is related, but not quite the same – a little TOO high up for my tastes.

  91. 22/02/2011 at 08:52 dylski says:

    The greatest thing I took away from this list is that the spread of titles over 20 years is reasonably consistent which gives me hope that our beloved pastime still has a bit of growth left it.

    An extension of that thought is that the list also shows that unlike nearly all other media, pc gaming sequels can be equally as good or better than the original – game developers appear to improve over time.

  92. 22/02/2011 at 10:42 Real Horrorshow says:

    World in Conflict is criminally absent again, just like the Top 100 list in PC Gamer this month.

    • 24/02/2011 at 11:42 Werthead says:

      WiC is a good game, but I’m assuming their thought process is that it is a watered-down version of GROUND CONTROL’s paradigm with a somewhat implausible Cold War storyline whacked on top, so GC1 should be on there instead.

    • 11/10/2011 at 14:25 Sir Spankalot says:

      Agreed, a real shame that World in Conflict isn’t on the list.

      Gametrailers didn’t include any of the awesome Wic trailers either. Really bad.

  93. 22/02/2011 at 20:36 Hensler says:

    Man, this list and these comments make me feel old.

  94. 22/02/2011 at 20:40 Dougal McFrugal says:

    99 vs 98

    dont make me choose between half-life and homeworld

    my world will end

    sob

  95. 23/02/2011 at 23:58 Fumarole says:

    1997 through 1999 were amazing years for gaming.

  96. 24/02/2011 at 11:46 Olero says:

    I noticed quite a big missing game in the list, a game that has been praised a lot by RPS: Men of War! Where the hell is it? I mean, it’s got hats and everything (and the worst voice acting ever, must be worth something as well, right?)

  97. 24/02/2011 at 11:53 Werthead says:

    Notable abscences:

    HOSTILE WATERS
    FAR CRY
    MAX PAYNE 1
    STARCRAFT 1
    WING COMMANDER
    Anything by Paradox
    ALPHA CENTAURI (seriously, WTF is this doing off the list?)
    DARK FORCES or JEDI KNIGHT (is MotS really better than the other games in the series?)
    GABRIEL KNIGHT
    BENEATH A STEEL SKY
    The original Cryo DUNE
    GTA: VICE CITY
    SHOGO: MOBILE ARMOURED DIVISION

    I’d certainly argue that Far Cry, Max Payne and StarCraft 1 are all superior to their sequels (though MP2 is certainly brilliant in it’s own right, even if it’s ridiculously short). I assume it’s latent mutantism that kept FAR CRY off the list, which is harsh (and mutants > infinitely regenerating enemy checkpoints, frankly).

  98. 26/02/2011 at 09:34 Madlukelcm says:

    Glad Planescape: Torment made it amongst many others. It’s one of those games I have an urge to play through at least once a year. I always take something positive from it too.

  99. 28/02/2011 at 15:54 Kerry D says:

    Wow, it’s nice to see so much love for Looking Glass! If there was any studio I could resurrect I think it would be that one.

  100. 05/03/2011 at 02:39 Lukasz says:

    IV over vice city
    no alpha centauri

    tsk.

    great list tough.

  101. 19/03/2011 at 04:56 IownAhorse says:

    This list loses all credit for me because it has neither Halo or Oblivion, mostly Oblivion.

  102. 19/03/2011 at 06:37 sgtsunburn says:

    I was REALLY glad you put Arma 2 on the list for 2009. That game’s online gaming community expands the hell out of the whole milsim / tactical shooter genre and makes for a great game.

    But at the same time I dont get why Far Cry 2 is on here. Innovative, but to many gameplay issues for its fun to last.

  103. 29/09/2011 at 10:06 MrEvilGuy says:

    I’m stunned!
    You’re missing something extraordinarily important: The Void

    !!!

  104. 11/10/2011 at 10:55 rudivdw says:

    Damn, I played about 90% of all these games, good good times!! Got very nostalgic going through the list!

  105. 11/10/2011 at 11:24 Scypher says:

    EVERQUEST
    X-WING
    SHADOWMAN

  106. 11/10/2011 at 19:53 alk4life says:

    Myth: TFL deserves a spot!

  107. 01/11/2011 at 00:38 pertusaria says:

    My personal preference was for Sim Life, but I would very definitely forgive its non-inclusion if you mentioned Sim Ant instead. I loved being able to design absolutely everything yourself in Sim Life. Ask many a biologist between the ages of 25 and 40 (at a guess) and they will have many happy memories of at least one of these games.

    Lots of good stuff here, anyway – thanks for putting it all in one place.

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  109. 24/03/2012 at 16:42 LifeSuport says:

    Wow, no mention of Sierra. I just lost all kinds of respect for RPS.

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