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Artwork from Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown, Hollow Knight, Ori And The Blind Forest and SteamWorld Dig 2

Feature

The best Metroidvania games on PC

Castleprime, now freshly updated for 2024

Jan. 26, 2024 Katharine Castle

Ichiban thrusts an RPS Bestest Best badge out of one palm in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth.

Review

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth review: thank goodness for Yakuza

I won't need another game for several years

Jan. 23, 2024 Ed Thorn

Review

Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown review: move over Hollow Knight

Royal jubilee

Jan. 11, 2024 Katharine Castle

Artwork from Valheim, No Man's Sky and Astroneer form the header for our best survival games list

Feature

The 30 best survival games on PC

Promise me that you will never die

Jan. 1, 2024 Ed Thorn

Artwork from Apex Legends, Sea Of Thieves and Among Us form the header of our Best Multiplayer Games list

Feature

The 25 best multiplayer games

Great games to play against friends

Jan. 1, 2024 Ed Thorn

A guardian from Destiny, an NPC from Deathloop and a dwarf from Deep Rock Galactic, all wielding large guns, superimposed on a map screen from Team Fortress 2

Feature

The 25 best FPS games on PC

The worthiest reticules of all time

Jan. 1, 2024 Ed Thorn

Slices of five Bestest Best picks from across 2023 featuring, A Space For The Unbound, Shadow Gambit 2, Talos Principle 2, Paranormasight, and Season: A Letter To The Future.

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Every last RPS Bestest Best review of 2023

A list of the bestest games we've plonked a sticker on this year

Dec. 28, 2023 Ed Thorn

Artwork from Shadow Gambit, Resident Evil 4, Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2 and World Of Horror

Feature

Our 24 favourite games of 2023

As voted for by the RPS Treehouse

Dec. 26, 2023 Katharine Castle

A town in Against The Storm with Bestest badge slapped on the right.

Review

Against The Storm review: a roguelite citybuilder awash with great ideas

Let the weather get you down

Dec. 4, 2023 Liam Richardson

Review

The Talos Principle 2 review: masterful puzzles that will make your head spin with dizzying delight

Intelligent systems

Nov. 7, 2023 Katharine Castle

The main character in Jusant holding their little blue water blob friend. The RPS Bestest Best award sticker is on the left side of the screenshot

Review

Jusant review: a show don't tell masterpiece

Ain't about how fast I get there, ain't about what's waiting on the other side

Oct. 31, 2023 Alice Bell

A failure screen in World Of Horror showing that an Old God who can manifest through mirrors has entered the reflection in your lover's eye

Review

World Of Horror review: a weird and wonderful horror adventure in time for Halloween

The combat is kind of annoying but it almost doesn't matter

Oct. 18, 2023 Alice Bell

A screenshot from Endless Dungeon that shows two characters unloading ammo into enemy robots.

Review

Endless Dungeon review: an excellently moreish roguelike about opening doors

Door to door gunman

Oct. 16, 2023 Brendan Caldwell

A train in voxel puzzle game Station To Station puffs up a hill. The RPS Bestest Best circular badge is in the top left corner of the image

Review

Station To Station review: all aboard the prettiest puzzle express, calling at fun junction

Choo choo!

Oct. 3, 2023 Alice Bell

Insect lad stands by a purple orb as a three-headed alien being whirrs to life in Cocoon.

Review

Cocoon review: this puzzler is a world-hopping delight

Silky smooth

Sept. 28, 2023 Ed Thorn

Idris Elba looking sad in shiny clothes in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.

Review

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty review: perhaps the best expansion pack ever made

You only live twice

Sept. 20, 2023 Graham Smith

Review

Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out review: a fascinating story-generator with a wealth of possibilities

Raid against the dying of the light

Aug. 21, 2023 Sin Vega

Three pirates leave their ship to sail to shore in a small boat in Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Review

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew review: an all-time treasure

Solid gold

Aug. 16, 2023 Katharine Castle

Artwork for Genshin Impact, Multiversus and Halo Infinite for the best free games header

Feature

The best free PC games

Put your wallet away

Aug. 11, 2023 Rebecca Jones

Review

Baldur's Gate 3 review: the rumours are true, this is a really good RPG

Critical success

Aug. 10, 2023 Alice Bell

Review

Videoverse review: hold onto your heartstrings

A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

Aug. 7, 2023 Katharine Castle

A spaceship explores the depths of space in V: Rings of Saturn. The RPS bestest best badge is in the top left corner.

Review

ΔV: Rings Of Saturn review: turns asteroid mining lead into space game gold

For some of mankind

July 21, 2023 Sin Vega

An enormous ghostly woman with a halo and a spectral core emerges from the ground in Remnant 2.

Review

Remnant II review: fast, brutal combat meets procedural dimension-hopping in this ambitious sequel

Like a phoenix

July 20, 2023 Jason Coles

Three heroes face an enormous king in Let's! Revolution!

Review

Let's! Revolution! review: the fantasy Minesweeper roguelite you never knew you needed

Too coup for school

July 18, 2023 Katharine Castle

A black and white chuck of building is being used as a ramp in Viewfinder. The screenshot has the RPS bestest best badge in the top left corner.

Review

Viewfinder review: a mind-bending puzzler where perspective is everything

Thinking outside the frame

July 17, 2023 Rachel Watts