The PC gaming landscape has shifted in recent years, both in terms of technological advancements in graphics cards and gaming monitors and in the makeup of IGN’s PC gaming staff and contributors. As a result, outside of some real stalwarts, our list of the best modern PC games is substantially different compared to years past.
To be clear, this list does not attempt to pick out the “best” or “most influential” PC games ever made. It’s also not a list of the most popular games out there, or a list that seeks to represent the top games of every genre. No, this is a list of 25 games that we, the IGN editors and contributors, collectively recommend the most, based on our tastes, and all from within the past 10 years.
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25. Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020)
Microsoft Flight Simulator is the closest thing we’ve had to a near-perfect recreation of the real world in the virtual space, and new updates keep inching it even closer. Using real-time Bing data to allow you to fly to and from any place on the entire planet has raised the bar for simulations to heights never seen before.
Accessible to anyone, or as realistic as you want, this is open-world at its most literal. Free-flying around the globe, participating in landing challenges at some of the world’s most famously difficult airports, or just sightseeing, Microsoft Flight Simulator is an unparalleled achievement. Don’t forget to grab one of the best PC joysticks to make this flight-sim experience that more immersive.
Microsoft Flight Simulator players can now fly the Antonov An-225 Mriya, the newest addition to the Famous Flyers series. The add-on for the An-225 can be purchased from the in-game marketplace for $19.99, and proceeds will go towards the Antonov Corporation to support their efforts in rebuilding the real-life aircraft that was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Release Date: August 18, 2020 Developer: Respawn Entertainment