Question Top 100 PC Games archive?

[Fragsteel]

I recall that PCG puts out a list of the top 100 PC games of all time once a year. But I looked and looked but can only find the latest one.

Does anyone know where I can find an archive of the past ones?

I used the WaybackMachine to find the one from 2022, but this took quite awhile to find since I wasn't sure when exactly it was posted. And when I copy the link without the WaybackMachine prefix (which is just the URL for the 2024 version but with 2022 instead) it goes nowhere. I found the 2011 one as well, which uses a different link scheme.

My interest is that I remember that Deus Ex took #1 basically every year long past its release date, but eventually lost that place. I'm curious how long it held the top spot.

Thanks!

 

[ZedClampet]

I'm not aware of a digital archive. I believe you can find many of these on reddit, though it will take some searching around.

 

[Zloth]

My interest is that I remember that Deus Ex took #1 basically every year long past its release date, but eventually lost that place. I'm curious how long it held the top spot.

I was wondering the same thing when a PC Gamer headline implied Disco Elysium held it the longest. I believe Deus Ex was #1 in the very first top 100, which was years after the game released. (At least here in the USA.) It stayed somewhere on the list for a very long time - until the 2020's somewhere.

Oh weird! Look at this article from 2020:

Watch our video showcase of this year's PC Gamer Top 100

A handful of picks from the top 100 list for your viewing pleasure.

www.pcgamer.com

There's a link in there to the list of the top 100 games, but it goes to the 2024 version!?

Well, I've got an alternate source. The stack in my bedroom. (Wow, talk about dust!!)

OK, so the first I have is actually at Top 50 from 2001. It puts entire series of games in single slots, though. Deus Ex was down at number 10, Half Life 2 took top spot. Civ 2 got #2 and X-COM: UFO Defense got #3. Chuck Osborn called the others heathens for not including Zork.

Oh rats, there's a big hole between 2004 and 2012. I'm sure there somewhere, but I can't find them.

(It would be VERY nice if PC Gamer would just put a spreadsheet out there!)

 

[ZedClampet]

(It would be VERY nice if PC Gamer would just put a spreadsheet out there!)

I suspect it would be very inconsistent if you saw them one after another.