PC GameDex Guides
Editorial PC game guides for the genres players search most.
These pages cover broad PC categories first: RPGs, shooters, survival crafting, strategy and simulation, co-op multiplayer, roguelikes, horror, open worlds, city builders, management, racing, puzzle games, cozy games, tactics, MMOs, and more. Each guide uses concrete play hooks instead of treating a store tag as the whole answer.
The goal is not to mirror a store chart. A guide starts from the reason someone asks for a recommendation: combat, quests, survival, teamwork, planning, exploration, progression, or another recognizable play loop. That makes the pages useful even before you open the interactive feed.
Action Adventure
Action And Adventure Games
PC games built around combat, exploration, traversal, bosses, quests, and moment-to-moment player skill.
RPG
RPG Games
PC role-playing games with character builds, quests, choices, loot, companions, progression, and worlds worth exploring.
Shooters
Shooter Games
PC shooters covering first-person, third-person, co-op, tactical, looter, arena, and roguelite combat loops.
Survival Crafting
Survival And Crafting Games
PC games about gathering resources, crafting tools, building bases, exploring dangerous worlds, and surviving pressure over time.
Strategy Sim
Strategy And Simulation Games
PC strategy and simulation games about planning, management, tactics, economies, colonies, cities, logistics, and long-term systems.
Co-op Multiplayer
Co-op And Multiplayer Games
PC games built for playing with friends, from co-op missions and shared campaigns to team-based action and replayable online sessions.
Roguelike
Roguelike And Roguelite Games
PC roguelikes and roguelites built around repeatable runs, changing builds, unlocks, items, risk, and one-more-run progression.
Genre hub
Open World Games
PC open-world games for exploration, quests, traversal, emergent stories, freedom, and long-term progression.
Genre hub
Horror Games
PC horror games for survival tension, co-op scares, investigation, resource pressure, atmosphere, and unsettling stories.
Subgenre guide
Soulslike Games
PC soulslike games with boss learning, stamina combat, build choices, risk, exploration, and demanding checkpoints.
Subgenre guide
Metroidvania Games
PC metroidvania games about ability-gated exploration, movement upgrades, boss fights, secrets, and map mastery.
Subgenre guide
City Builder Games
PC city builders about layout, traffic, resources, services, citizens, survival pressure, and long-term planning.
Genre hub
Management Games
PC management games about staff, budgets, logistics, production, scheduling, guests, teams, and long-term optimization.
Genre hub
Racing Games
PC racing games for arcade speed, simulation handling, car collecting, tuning, open-world driving, and competitive laps.
Genre hub
Sports Games
PC sports games for competition, team management, physics, careers, tactics, multiplayer, and skill expression.
Genre hub
Puzzle Games
PC puzzle games about logic, spatial reasoning, rule changes, observation, physics, deduction, and elegant problem solving.
Genre hub
Indie Games
PC indie games for distinctive ideas, smaller teams, focused mechanics, experimental stories, and memorable style.
Genre hub
Story Rich Games
PC story-rich games with strong writing, choices, characters, atmosphere, investigation, and memorable narrative structure.
Genre hub
Sandbox Games
PC sandbox games for building, experimenting, open-ended goals, physics, crafting, exploration, and emergent play.
Subgenre guide
Deckbuilder And Card Games
PC deckbuilders and card games about drafting, synergies, risk, runs, upgrades, tactics, and readable decisions.
Subgenre guide
Tactical Games
PC tactical games with squads, positioning, turn-based decisions, risk, cover, planning, and mission pressure.
Genre hub
MMO And Online RPG Games
PC MMO and online RPG games with long-term progression, builds, dungeons, raids, social play, and repeatable goals.
Mood guide
Cozy Games
PC cozy games for low-pressure play, farming, decorating, gentle puzzles, exploration, routine, and warm stories.
Subgenre guide
Automation And Factory Games
PC automation and factory games about production chains, logistics, optimization, resource flow, scaling, and clean systems.
Genre hub
Platformer Games
PC platformer games about movement, jumps, precision, exploration, abilities, speed, and level mastery.
Subgenre guide
Stealth Games
PC stealth games about infiltration, observation, disguises, tools, planning, improvisation, and avoiding direct fights.
Genre hub
Fighting Games
PC fighting games for character mastery, combos, spacing, reads, online competition, training, and matchups.
What each guide checks
Guides combine catalog metadata with hand-written ranking rules for the player need behind the genre. A game can be popular and still be a weak pick if it only shares a broad tag. Stronger picks explain the actual overlap: combat feel, progression, quest structure, teamwork, survival pressure, planning, or replayability.
Why there are tradeoffs
PC game recommendations are rarely one-size-fits-all. Each page includes fit and skip notes so a player can tell whether a recommendation matches the part of the genre they actually care about, then continue in Discovery with narrower filters.