The overall Most Wanted PC game, as voted by a body of games industry figures, is Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, followed by DOOM: The Dark Ages and Monster Hunter Wilds
December 6, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Future :
LONDON/NEW YORK – The PC Gaming Show Most Wanted took place today and counted down the 25 most anticipated PC games, as voted for by more than 80 panellists from across the gaming world. You can re-watch the show now on Twitch and YouTube, as well as wishlist the games on Steam.
The PC Gaming Show Most Wanted 25 are:
#1 Sid Meier’s Civilization VII [Interview]
Developer: Firaxis Games | Release Date: February 11, 2025
The great-grandfather of 4X PC strategy games was revealed in June this year. The PC Gaming Show visited Firaxis Games in Sparks, Maryland to chat with creative director Ed Beach about the game.
#2 DOOM: The Dark Ages
Developer: id Software | Release Date: 2025
The Doom Slayer is getting an origin story, going all the way back to his time as a wee super weapon killing demons in hell, but no less terrifying.
#3 Monster Hunter Wilds [Interview]
Developer: Capcom | Release Date: February 28, 2025
The show featured an interview with monster-slaying RPG, Monster Hunter Wilds, Executive Director and Art Director, Kaname Fujioka.
#4 Slay the Spire 2
Developer: Mega Crit | Release Date: 2025
The second instalment of Mega Crit’s deckbuilding game is due in 2025.
#5 Grand Theft Auto VI
Developer: Rockstar Games | Release Date: 2025
Take-Two says Grand Theft Auto VI is on track for fall 2025 but it could be a much longer wait for the currently unconfirmed PC version.
#6 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Developer: Kojima Productions | Release Date: 2025
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is expected in 2025.
#7 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II [Story Trailer]
Developer: Warhorse Studios | Release Date: February 4, 2025
The show revealed that Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will launch a whole week early on February 4 next year.
#8 Avowed [Quickfire Interview]
Developer: Obsidian Entertainment | Release Date: February 18, 2025
Carrie Patel, Game Director for Avowed at Obsidian answered 60 seconds of quick-fire questions on the upcoming first person fantasy RPG.
#9 Wanderstop [Interview]
Developer: Ivy Road | Release Date: March 2025
Wanderstop creator Davey Wreden chatted with the show about how his project morphed into something both comforting and complicated.
#10 The Thing: Remastered [Release Trailer]
Developer: Nightdive Studios | Release Date: Today
You can play The Thing Remastered, a fresh makeover for the 2002 horror classic, right now.
#11 Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
Developer: Konami | Release Date: TBD
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater looks phenomenal from what Konami has shown.
#12 Light No Fire
Developer: Hello Games | Release Date: TBD
The creative force behind No Man's Sky, Hello Games, is headed back into the survival game arena with Light No Fire, but this time, your massive sandbox will take place on a single fantasy planet.
#13 Atomfall
Developer: Rebellion | Release Date: March 27, 2025
Atomfall looks like it has all the hallmarks of a great survival game, but instead of just any old post-nuclear disaster, it's a British nuclear disaster.
#14 Project 007
Developer: IO Interactive | Release Date: TBD
"Project 007" isn't even the game's final name and for now all we know is that it's from the Hitman developers, IO Interactive.
#15 Skate.
Developer: Full Circle | Release Date: 2025
The series is coming back as simply "Skate." in early access next year as a free-to-play game from some of the same folks who created the original.
#16 Witchbrook
Developer: Chucklefish | Release Date: TBD
There's something about 2D pixel art that's just good for the soul, and just based on the screenshots, Witchbrook has the formula perfected.
#17 Dune: Awakening [Trailer and Developer Message]
Developer: Funcom | Release Date: Early 2025
Dune: Awakening is an open world survival MMO from Funcom, the same studio behind Conan Exiles, and that's reason enough to keep it on the radar.
#18 Mafia: The Old Country
Developer: Hangar 13 | Release Date: 2025
Hangar 13 is taking its series way back to the Mafia's beginnings in Sicily, and here’s hoping it delivers another memorable PC gaming city.
#19 Menace [Gameplay Reveal Trailer]
Developer: Overhype Studios | Release Date: 2025
Menace is from Overhype Studios, the same developer behind Battle Brothers. Overhype confirmed Menace is out next year and shared a new trailer to detail its sci-fi skirmishes.
#20 Perfect Dark
Developer: The Initiative | Release Date: TBD
The sequel to Rare's original N64 game popped up earlier this year during the Xbox Showcase. Here’s hoping this one squeezes into a 2025 window.
#21 Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector [Developer Interview and Trailer]
Developer: Jump Over the Age | Release Date: January 2025
The next Citizen Sleeper is just around the corner, launching sometime next month. The Jump Over the Age developer sat down to chat with the show about some of the new features in Citizen Sleeper 2.
#22 Crescent County [Developer Message]
Developer: Electric Saint | Release Date: TBD
"Witch tech" looks as cool as it sounds, and Crescent County is all about it with tricked out brooms and fancy, witchy time powers. Toss that in with a bit of flirting, racing, and decorating more cozy dwellings, and it's easy to see why this one makes the cut.
#23 Control 2
Developer: Remedy Entertainment | Release Date: TBD
Knowledge of Control 2 begins and ends with "Control 2 is happening," but Remedy's pedigree is more than enough to land it on a 25 Most Wanted list any year.
#24 Killing Floor 3 [Husk Reveal Trailer]
Developer: Tripwire Interactive | Release Date: Early 2025
The next Killing Floor takes its hellish co-op horde shooter to 2091. During the show developer Tripwire Interactive shared a little news regarding some old friends, the Husks.
#25 Judas
Developer: Ghost Story Games | Release Date: TBD
Ken Levine, the creative director on BioShock and BioShock Infinite, has another narrative FPS in the works with his team at Ghost Story Games. Judas is a story of forging new alliances or enemies, but it's all happening within a doomed starship.
The PC Gaming Show Most Wanted is voted for by a group of more than 80 industry luminaries including Abubakar Salim (Surgent Studios), Anna Hollinrake (Electric Saint), Brenda and John Romero (Romero Games), Brian Fargo (InXile Entertainment), Cuddle_Core (professional esports player), Dave Oshry (New Blood Interactive), Dean Hall (RocketWerkz), Devora Wilde (actor), Tanya DePass (Monolith Productions) and Tanya X. Short (Kitfox Games); alongside content creators AnnieFuchsia, CohhCarnage, DansGaming, DieHardDiva, Esfand, Day[9]TV and MissMikkaa.
The 120-minute show also featured new trailers, announcements, and behind the scenes visits to studios around the world, including:
A new trailer from The Game Bakers for their survival climber, Cairn
More on genre-defying atmospheric puzzle adventure, Blue Prince from Dogubomb and Raw Fury
A new trailer for epic magical adventure Eternal Strands from Yellow Brick Games
Ex Kindred Aerospace CEO Martin Tweed will share an important announcement about Revenge of the Savage Planet
Something special from breakout indie developer Strange Scaffold, creators of El Paso, Elsewhere and CLICKOLDING and I am Your Beast
A special look at EVE Frontier, a new space survival simulation.
PC Gaming Show Most Wanted was presented in partnership with PC Game Pass, 2K, Midwest Games, CCP Games, Robot Entertainment, Big Blue Sky Games, Shiro Games, Secret Mode, Can Can Can a Man, Playstack, Fall Damage, Raw Fury, PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions, Nordcurrent Labs, Hawkswell, Pahdo Labs, Raccoon Logic, Joystick Ventures, VOID Interactive, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Yellow Brick Games, Irregular Shapes, Humble Games, Triple Espresso, Red Barrels, PlaySide Studios, Ancient Machine, Digital Sun, Embark Studios, Saber Interactive, ESDigital Games and Intel.
For more information, please visit pcgamingshow.com, bsky.app/profile/pcgamer.com or x.com/pcgamer.
Media Contacts
Helen Jones / Eva Field
Noisy Communications for Future
[email protected], [email protected]
Notes to Editors
Who is The Council?
A body of games industry figures formed to select the games featured in PC Gamer's Most Wanted. The Council includes:
Contemporary and legendary game developers
Gaming content creators from Twitch and YouTube
Special-issue advocates within gaming
Gaming voice actors
Gaming hardware experts
PC Gamer editors and fellow game critics
How is the Most Wanted list determined?
Votes by The Council are tabulated using a proprietary algorithm developed based on a system called Bayesian averaging. We've taken care to assure this model does not produce a popularity contest. The Most Wanted algorithm takes into account how certain a game's release date is, for example, rewarding games that are imminent and unlikely to be delayed.
Based on their technical knowledge, and artistic impression of a game, and their own personal taste, voters judge unreleased games on a 1-5 point scale, abstaining from voting on any games they or their companies are associated with.
About Future
Connectors. Creators. Experience Makers.
Future is a global multi-platform media company and leading digital publisher, with scalable brands and diversified revenue streams. Every month, it connects over 500 million people worldwide with their passions, through expert content, world-class events and cutting-edge proprietary technology. Every year Future attracts millions of consumers to its brands’ websites, magazines, events and social spaces. Its factual production company Future Studios specialises in producing amazing content, enjoyed and shared by millions of people worldwide.
Its market-leading portfolio of over 250 brands spans technology, games, TV and entertainment, women’s lifestyle, country lifestyle, wealth, knowledge, music, creative and photography, sports, home interest and B2B sectors. Brands include TechRadar, Tom’s Guide, Gamesradar+, Kiplinger, Country Life, woman&home, The Week, Marie Claire, Who What Wear, Classic Rock, Guitar Player, FourFourTwo, TV Times, Homebuilding & Renovating, Decanter, Digital Camera, Guitarist, Total Film, What Hi-Fi? and Music Week.
You May Also Like
