Best Steam / PC Apps & Games — Page 2
Expert-reviewed Steam games for PC, scored out of 10.
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- 01IkarugaIkaruga builds enormous complexity out of one binary mechanic and demands absolute cognitive presence, proving that mec…9.7Outstanding
- 02Chrono TriggerChrono Trigger is a relic of the 16-bit era that still works: its narrative economy and mechanical elegance remain the…9.7Outstanding
- 03Deus ExDecades on, Deus Ex remains the definitive argument for player agency, proving that systems-driven design beats cinemat…9.7Outstanding
Long Live the Queen
RPG gameA small, cruel, clever sim that treats failure as the lesson plan. For players willing to die repeatedly to learn what the court wants, it's a rewardi...Good7.5Cell to Singularity
Education gameA free idle game that turns the history of life and technology into a progression worth following, though the late game settles into the same reset gr...Good7.3Glittermitten Grove
Simulation gameHard to recommend to anyone who just wants a city builder: Glittermitten Grove is a thin, pleasant fairy-colony manager that pokes gentle fun at cozy ...Mixed6.3Renowned Explorers: International Society
Adventure gameAbbey Games built a tactics game where flattery, mockery and fists are all equally valid weapons, and the idea holds up well beyond its novelty. Famil...Good7.7Wildmender
Adventure gameWildmender has one of the best ideas in the cozy-survival genre — you fix a dead world by moving water through it — but a grindy middle, thin combat a...Mixed6.5Out There: Ω Edition
Adventure gameOut There: Ω Edition is a bleak, well-written survival roguelike whose blunt randomness, opaque endgame and thin onboarding make it hard to recommend ...Mixed6.7Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Action gameCyber Knights: Flashpoint is a deep, demanding tactical RPG where every heist is a puzzle with a dozen possible answers and your crew builds its own s...Good7.8Endless Space 2
Strategy gameEndless Space 2 is one of the more politically interesting space 4X games around, with eight factions that play like different games and a senate that...Good7.3
Loot River
Action gameLoot River's tile-sliding combat is a genuinely original idea, but stiff melee, thin variety and repetitive procedural levels squander much of it. At ...Mixed5.8SteamWorld Build
Simulation gameSteamWorld Build is too gentle for its own good. The link between its frontier town and the mine beneath it is a real design idea, but the game hands ...Mixed6.5Magic: The Gathering Arena
Card gameMTG Arena's rules engine is a genuine technical achievement, and its Limited scene is the strongest reason to install it. But the economy is built for...Mixed6.1Transport Fever 2
Simulation gameTransport Fever 2 is a satisfying transport-network builder with excellent construction tools, a deep historical vehicle roster and a huge mod scene. ...Good7.5Pirates Outlaws
Card gamePirates Outlaws leans so heavily on Slay the Spire's skeleton that its own identity rests almost entirely on one idea, and harsh difficulty spikes can...Mixed6.8Hexologic
Education gameHexologic takes a familiar number-sum rule and gets real depth out of it by moving it to a hexagonal grid, and it does so with unusual restraint. It's...Good7.6Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Action gameMonaco is a co-op crime caper built on one sharp idea — you can only see what your thief sees — and with a full crew that idea carries it a long way. ...Good7.5Hitman GO
Puzzle gameSquare Enix Montréal took a sprawling stealth-action series, kept only its logic, and ended up with a smart, distinctive puzzle game. It's short, and ...Good7.8Race for the Galaxy
Board gameTemple Gates Games' adaptation of Tom Lehmann's dense, brilliant card game is a close, rules-exact conversion built around a neural-network AI that gi...Great8.0Tooth and Tail
Action gamePocketwatch Games cuts real-time strategy down to its essentials and gets a sharp, tense 10-minute war out of what's left. The design is sharp and oft...Good7.0A Fold Apart
Adventure gameA Fold Apart folds its geometry and its story into the same object, and few puzzle games make mechanic and meaning line up this cleanly. The puzzles s...Good7.2El Hijo - A Wild West Tale
Adventure gameEl Hijo – A Wild West Tale is a charming, low-stakes stealth adventure that's more affectionate pastiche than genre breakthrough — and at $19.99, it...Mixed5.9Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
Strategy gameErik Rempen's solo-developed roguelite village-builder compresses the grand strategy epic into 30–90 minute runs, and lands more often than it stumble...Good7.1Curious Expedition
RPG gameMaschinen-Mensch's roguelike expedition sim earns its genre mashup through brutal, meaningful resource management. It stumbles on repetition and luck,...Good7.3Karateka Classic
Action gameKarateka Classic is a piece of playable history — a restored 1984 artifact whose brutal, single-blow combat is exactly as clunky and exactly as influe...Good7.7Phantom Rose
Adventure gameBy deleting random card draws entirely, solo developer makaroll's Phantom Rose rebuilds deckbuilding around sequencing, planning, and accountability...Good7.5
