37 games from our shelf, from original Xbox to PC: our take on each, plus what gamers said. Open the Hall of Fame
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DEV/PUB Expression Games / Team17
PLATFORM PC (Steam, Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
RELEASE Released | 13 Aug 2026
A 50 vs 50 tactical shooter set in the Vietnam War. US forces bring helicopters and boats; North Vietnamese forces use tunnels and numbers. A standalone game, not DLC for the 2021 Hell Let Loose.
NOTE: Critics split. Steam players are Mixed (62% positive).
REVIEWS GamesRadar+ [4/5] Hell Let Loose: Vietnam review: "Often frustrating but always involving, this FPS brings war to life and bloody death" Eurogamer [3/5] Hell Let Loose: Vietnam review Metro [7/10] Hell Let Loose: Vietnam PS5 review - 50 vs. 50 hardcore shooter action
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DEV/PUB Battlefield Studios (DICE, Criterion, Motive, Ripple Effect) / Electronic Arts
PLATFORM PC (Steam, EA app, Epic, Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
RELEASE Released | 10 Oct 2025
EA's big-team shooter: 64-player Conquest with tanks, jets and destruction, plus a single-player campaign and the REDSEC battle royale.
NOTE: Critics liked it. Recent Steam reviews are Mixed (43% positive in the last 30 days).
REVIEWS PC Gamer [82/100] Battlefield 6 review GameSpot [unscored] Battlefield 6 Review - Good Company IGN [5/10 (campaign only)] Battlefield 6 Campaign Review
SCORES Metacritic 83 (71 critic reviews); Steam API lists PC Metascore 82 OpenCritic 83 Top Critic Average, 89% recommend Steam user reviews Mixed: 65% of 157,788 English reviews; recent 30 days Mixed, 43% of 5,540
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03. WARDOGS
DEV/PUB BULKHEAD / Team17
PLATFORM PC (Steam, Windows), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S announced for 2028
RELEASE Early Access (PC) | 10 Sep 2026
A 100-player, three-team tactical shooter. Every life costs in-game cash, and team jobs like medic or driver earn it back. In Early Access on PC.
NOTE: Early Access, so no Metascore yet. Recent Steam reviews are Mixed (53% in the last 30 days).
REVIEWS Eurogamer [unscored] Wardogs early access review - a shooter for the gig economy PC Gamer [unscored] Believe the hype for Wardogs, possibly the next great multiplayer FPS Polygon [unscored] Wardogs Is Officially One of the Best FPS Games of the Decade Destructoid [unscored] WARDOGS early access impressions: gripping, intense, and horribly unbalanced
SCORES Metacritic No Metascore yet (3 critic reviews listed) Steam user reviews Mostly Positive: 73% of 84,603 English reviews; recent 30 days Mixed, 53% of 42,653
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04. Satisfactory
DEV/PUB Coffee Stain Studios / Coffee Stain Publishing
PLATFORM PC (Steam, Epic, Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
RELEASE Released (1.0) | 10 Sep 2024 (Early Access from 2019)
First-person factory building on an alien planet. Mine, automate and grow conveyor-belt megafactories, solo or in co-op.
NOTE: One of the best-reviewed games here, by critics and players.
REVIEWS PC Gamer [90/100] Satisfactory review IGN [9/10] Satisfactory 1.0 Review
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05. Valheim
DEV/PUB Iron Gate AB (Iron Gate Studio) / Coffee Stain Publishing
PLATFORM PC (Steam: Windows, macOS, Linux), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2
RELEASE Released (1.0) | 9 Sep 2026 (Early Access from Feb 2021)
Viking survival for 1 to 10 players in a procedurally generated afterlife. Build, sail and hunt Odin's enemies across the biomes. Left Early Access in Sep 2026.
NOTE: 1.0 added the Deep North biome.
REVIEWS IGN [10/10] Valheim Review PC Gamer [90/100] Valheim 1.0 review Polygon [unscored] Valheim 1.0 Is Finally The Game It Was Always Meant To Be
SCORES Metacritic 89 (25 critic reviews) OpenCritic 90 Top Critic Average, 96% recommend Steam user reviews Very Positive: 94% of 267,483 English reviews; recent 30 days Mostly Positive, 78% of 6,401
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06. Palworld
DEV/PUB Pocketpair
PLATFORM PC (Steam, Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, macOS
RELEASE Released (1.0) | 10 Jul 2026 (Early Access from Jan 2024)
Open-world survival crafting with creatures called Pals that fight, farm and work your base. Catch, breed and build, solo or in co-op.
NOTE: Aggregates may mix Early Access and 1.0 reviews.
REVIEWS IGN [8/10] Palworld Review PC Gamer [70/100] Palworld 1.0 review Game8 [92/100] Palworld 1.0 Review | A Dense Survival Sandbox That Makes Every System Count
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DEV/PUB Frontier Developments
PLATFORM PC (Steam, Windows), PlayStation 4 and Xbox One (legacy)
RELEASE Released (live service) | 16 Dec 2014 (Windows)
A space sim set in a 1:1 scale Milky Way. Fly, trade, mine, fight and explore, solo or online. Still getting updates more than a decade after launch.
NOTE: Console versions have had no new content since 2022; the Odyssey expansion is PC only. Reviews date from 2014.
REVIEWS PC Gamer [86/100] Elite: Dangerous review Eurogamer [8/10] Elite: Dangerous review IGN [7.4/10] Elite: Dangerous Review
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