Best Steam / PC Apps & Games — Page 8
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
The Signifier
Adventure gameThe Signifier's dream-logic puzzles are often obtuse and its ending confuses more than it provokes, which makes it hard to recommend to most people. F...Mixed6.4Wheels of Aurelia
Adventure gameWheels of Aurelia is a stylish, politically ambitious piece of interactive fiction set on a 1978 coastal road, but the car barely matters and the piec...Mixed5.8Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!
Action gameJust Add Water's remake of Abe's Oddysee keeps the satire of industrial greed landing as hard as it did in 1997, and quicksave finally makes the game ...Good7.3Loot 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...Mixed6.1Tiny Combat Arena
Action gameTiny Combat Arena is a combat flight sim that skips the procedures, keeps the physics and turns energy management into a weapon. Its long Early Access...Good7.0Tormented Souls
Action gameTormented Souls brings back fixed-camera survival horror with care and very little irony. Its puzzles are smart and its dread is earned, but the clunk...Good7.0
Transport 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. ...Good7.5Fading Afternoon
Action gameSolo developer yeo has made a 2D Yakuza about running out of time, and it earns its mood. Its combat and its terminal-illness clock work together we...Good7.1Nidhogg
Action gameNidhogg turns fencing into a one-stab, high-speed game of chicken that takes about 30 seconds to grasp and rewards long study. It earns a recommendati...Good7.8Here Comes Niko!
Action gameHere Comes Niko! is a short, generous 3D collect-a-thon about being kind to strangers, and it doesn't punish you for being bad at jumping. We recommen...Good7.3Scorn
Ebb SoftwareScorn's art direction is genuinely extraordinary — a world of wet bone and breathing machinery that tells its story without a single word — but clumsy...Mixed6.1Hoa
Action gameHoa is gorgeous and nearly frictionless, but its puzzles never develop past their first idea and its floaty movement keeps the core verb from ever fee...Mixed6.3The White Door
Adventure gameThe White Door proves Rusty Lake's surrealism can work in a slower, more structured form, but it's short, gentle, and repeats itself more than it shou...Mixed6.6The Stillness of the Wind
Memory of God, Lambic StudiosThe Stillness of the Wind is hard to recommend for most people: it is slow on purpose, thin as a farming game, and over in a few hours. For players wh...Mixed6.1Mineko's Night Market
Meowza GamesMineko's Night Market buries a charming, culturally rich cozy sim under tedious pre-market grinding and minigames that wear out fast, and technical ...Mixed6.0Pirates 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...Mixed6.8Sagebrush
Adventure gameA short, carefully researched walk through the ruins of a doomsday cult that earns its discomfort honestly. Expect about two hours of reading and list...Good7.0Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Sketchbook Developments, Fourth State, Sketchbook GamesRhianna Pratchett's script and David Housden's score make Lost Words an emotionally honest short game about loss. The word-based puzzles are clever ...Good7.1Stacking
Adventure gameFor all its charm, Stacking is a solid but slight puzzle-adventure: one genuinely original nesting-doll mechanic, executed with wit, and held back by ...Good7.3Dead Space (2023)
MotiveMotive rebuilt a 2008 classic almost entirely in new materials and kept its original design intact. On PC this is the best version of Dead Space, clea...Great8.2Mars Horizon
Auroch DigitalMars Horizon gets the bureaucratic thrill of the space race right, but its turn-based mission minigame wears thin and the long road to Mars turns into...Mixed6.2Please, Don't Touch Anything
Puzzle gameA clever one-room puzzle game that turns a single forbidden button into about 25 endings, most of them darkly funny. It rewards patience and a notepad...Good7.0
