PC
19 games
Half-Life
Gabe Newells first game after leaving Microsoft. The scripted sequences told a story without cutscen...
World of Warcraft
Peak subscribers hit 12 million in 2010. The South Park episode Make Love, Not Warcraft was its cult...
Portal
The cake is a lie became one of gamings most famous memes. GLaDOS is one of the greatest villains in...
League of Legends
Over 150 million monthly active players. The World Championship finals draw more viewers than the Su...
Dota 2
The International tournament has prize pools exceeding 40 million dollars. Evolved from a Warcraft I...
Counter-Strike
Started as a Half-Life mod by Minh Le and Jess Cliffe. The most important competitive FPS ever made....
Doom
John Carmack and John Romero created the first massively popular FPS. The engine rendered pseudo-3D ...
Quake
True 3D rendering with mouse look. Created the machinima movement. The multiplayer defined competiti...
StarCraft
South Korea adopted it as a national sport with televised matches. Over 11 million copies sold. The ...
Age of Empires II
Wololo became one of gamings most recognizable sound effects. Over 3 million copies at launch, milli...
Civilization IV
Sid Meiers series defined the 4X genre. One more turn is a universal experience. Over 3 million copi...
SimCity 2000
Will Wright created the city-building genre. The isometric view was revolutionary. Over 4 million co...
The Sims
Will Wright created the best-selling PC game of all time at that point. Over 200 million copies acro...
Diablo II
The loot system defined the genre. The necromancer was so popular Blizzard brought him back in the r...
Undertale
Created by one person. Over 10 million copies. The genocide route makes you the villain. The soundtr...
Disco Elysium
No combat system, everything is resolved through dialogue and skill checks. Over 3 million copies. R...
Return of the Obra Dinn
Created by one person. The 1-bit Macintosh-style graphics are distinctive. Over 1 million copies. Ev...
Valorant
Over 14 million monthly players. Combines Counter-Strike gunplay with hero abilities. The anti-cheat...
Half-Life 2
Gordon Freeman returns to City 17, ruled by the alien Combine. The Source engine brought realistic p...