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Chalk this up as something I didn’t expect to see today: a gun in a Wholesome Snack showcase. A proper rifle, even! And there was even a gunshot—though it was offscreen. This little surprise in the notoriously cozy game showcase arrived in the trailer for Verdant, a post-apocalyptic adventure with some heavy The Last of […]

I loved the laid-back life of Cozy Caravan when I played the early access version in May last year, so the announcement of its 1.0 release coming on January 8, 2026, is incredibly exciting. In a new trailer shown during the Wholesome Snack showcase, we get another look at its easygoing lifestyle through some sweeping […]

Horse armor isn’t usually a top priority for Minecraft players, but given how strong netherite horse armor is, it’s worth looking into at the very least. Netherite horse armor takes a significant amount of work, but it’s well worth it. If you’re bringing the same horse out each time you adventure, you’ll want to keep […]

Minecraft has answered the prayers of anyone looking for a longer-reach melee weapon rather than relying on the bow. That’s right, the spear is here courtesy of the Mounts of Mayhem drop, and don’t let its simplicity fool you—there’s a lot to love about this little weapon. Working out how to craft a spear is […]

Minecraft‘s Mounts of Mayhem drop introduced the Nautilus to the game; an underwater mount that whips you around under the waves much faster than swimming. If you’ve been waiting for an excuse to finally explore underwater, then finding a Nautilus might be your key to success. But, much like a lot of Minecraft’s underwater mobs, […]

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the […]

Facepunch’s survival sim Rust has had a busy 2025, adding its medieval-themed primitive mode at the start of the year, introducing a massive jungle biome in March, and experimenting with radical changes to its progression systems and meta through the summer and autumn. But the biggest planned patch of 2025 was the naval update, which […]

This might seem kind of ironic, given that you’re reading about it right here on the front page of PC Gamer, but Tencent has promised that it will not do any new promotions or marketing for its Horizon-like survival game Light of Motiram, nor will it move up the release window for the currently planned […]

It feels like just yesterday I was telling you about how one of the most popular mods on the Minecraft marketplace simply adds owls to the game. This time we’re opting for scales rather than feathers in the My Pet Dragons mod, which does exactly what it says on the tin—adds dragons to the game. […]

Towards the end of last month, Brendan Greene’s studio PlayerUnknown Productions finally launched its new survival simulator into early access. And it’s changed quite a bit in just the few weeks it’s been out. Prologue: Go Wayback! started with a single mode: survival. In this, you’d get dropped into a new procedurally generated map and […]

When I first played Prologue: Go Wayback! at the beginning of 2025, my first thought was ‘Boy, this would be great if there were a bear or two in these woods’. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the survival loop of roaming around, damp and hungry, but I always thought animals would add a little […]

I loved 2019’s Outward. The fantasy RPG from Nine Dots Studio embraced survival in a way few RPGs do, making everything from casting a basic spell to packing for a trip between cities a methodical and thoughtful process. Even its permalife system, which sounds forgiving—you don’t die if you lose a fight, you lose consciousness […]

When I first played Runescape: Dragonwilds during April’s launch, it didn’t take long for me to immediately disregard all of the quests to spend hours upon hours crafting the perfect house. Don’t get me wrong, I made good progress through my to-do list eventually, but I certainly enjoy spending more time than necessary on the […]

When it’s not equipping little critters with assault rifles or fending off lawsuits for those critters’ resemblance to Pokémon, Palworld studio Pocketpair is stepping in to publish small-scale indies. It’s got a host of upcoming games on the docket, such as pixelated fishing game Normal Fishing and the Hollow Knight-esque Never Grave. The studio’s publishing […]

Videogame merchandise wasn’t a big thing when I was younger, unless you were willing to pay some impressive import fees and wait months for a package to arrive. When I was a teenager, and mostly after the success of Fortnite, themed clothing started appearing in supermarkets and high-street stores, but it was always a bit […]

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the […]

The end of The Long Dark is nigh. After more than ten years in development and seven years working on its controversial story mode, Wintermute, the climactic episode is in the final stages of production. However, those stages aren’t quite as final as developer Hinterland Studio would like, so they’ve announced the episode won’t arrive […]

Hytale has had a rough go of it, but things are finally looking up. It looked like curtains when Riot canceled the game after seven turbulent years in development, but earlier this month the original owner bought the game back in hopes of realizing the “original vision” that predates Riot’s involvement. Developer Hypixel has been […]

I’m sure we all get that sudden, seemingly random urge to boot up Minecraft every now and then. And like any game as intensely moddable as the venerable voxel sandbox, each revisit is bound to become further divorced from the intended experience than the last. But here’s something really different: as if to explore the […]

The end of the year is hurtling toward us like a rampaging sandworm that devours time, and that means every game you own is currently pitching you hard to vote for them in the Steam Awards. And not just the new releases, either—thanks to a category called “Labor of Love,” you can nominate games that […]

Rust has a long, rocky will-they-or-won’t-they history when it comes to official support for both Proton and Linux, and with a new Steam Machine on the way it’s no surprise to see those conversations popping up again. Valve’s cute little cube will run SteamOS and use Proton—a compatibility layer to make Windows games play nice […]

Hytale, up until this point, has been one of gaming’s biggest messes. Announced back in 2018, Hytale looked like it was about to waltz in and start tidily eating Mojang’s lunch. Riot even saw promise in the studio, acquiring it in 2020. Seven years later, scope creep and an apparently ill-advised engine rewrite caused Riot […]

Facepunch demanded that Rust players ‘Pivot or Die’ with its latest update to progression changes this month, and it’s not lookin’ too hot for solo survivors or small groups trying to pivot. Opting out of big clans on official servers has never been the easiest way to play Rust, but recent monument, scrap, and blueprint […]

Steam’s endless torrent of new games means that far too many of them go overlooked, but it also means that surprise hits are being created pretty much every week. Such is the case with Vein, an early access zombie survival sandbox that aspires to be a hybrid of DayZ and Project Zomboid, and has quietly […]

Released just as the survival craze was really kicking into high gear, Salt was a quietly enjoyable survival game about sailing through a virtual archipelago in your own personal pirate ship. It didn’t break through in the same way as Subnautica and Raft did, perhaps because it was a little rough around the edges—particularly visually. […]