The best PC games of 2018

In 2017 we spent a lot of time talking about gaming’s so-called “Indiepocalypse.” People cited different contributing factors, but this hypothetical indie game implosion usually came down to some combination of bigger budgets, a more crowded market, and dwindling audience enthusiasm. And you know what? In 2017 it didn’t seem too impossible. Although an indie game (What Remains of Edith Finch) won our 2017 Game of the Year prize, it was one of the few to make the list.And yet in 2018, our ten-game list has nine indie games. Only one big-budget game made the cut. In part that’s because 2018 was a year of high-profile flops, from Far Cry 5 to Fallout 76 and everything in between. But indies showed up in a big way for 2018, putting out creative and emotionally rich experiences that reminded us why the indie scene thrived in the first place.To read this article in full, please click here