If you are new to gaming and want to try playing video games on your PC we have made a list of games to start from. There are many different titles that are beginners-friendly and generally, they are made from the perspective of the advising person. Based on our authors’ recommendations, we’ve made two lists for games for beginners PC.
We asked Mariia and Artem to think of one of the best PC games for beginners for every genre from below:
- 2D platformer
- 3D platformer
- JRPG
- RPG
- MOBA
- MMO
- FPS
- RTS
- Interactive Drama
- Action/Adventure
- Puzzle game
- Life Sim
- City Builder
Their lists are based on their personal experience and preferences, but they still have different gaming tastes. Thus Mariia played more games in such genres as RTS, Puzzle games, Life Sim, and City Builders, while Artem prefers JPRG, RPG, FPS and MMO. Both played many action/adventure games of different kinds.
Games for Beginners PC according to our authors
Below you see two lists of games for beginners PC made up by two of our authors. On the left is Mariia’s list and on the right is Artem’s list. If you write in from the AMP version Mariia’s is the first followed by Artem’s list.
- 2D platformer – Sonic Superstars, Brawlhalla
- 3D platformer – Sackboy, It Takes Two
- JRPG – OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- RPG – Cyberpunk 2077
- MOBA – Eternal Return
- MMO – Guild Wars 2 (may be hard for beginners though)
- FPS – Overwatch 2
- Strategy – Humankind
- Action/Adventure – Red Dead Redemption 2
- Puzzle game – Portal 2
- Life Sim – The Sims 4 (base is free-to-play)
- City Builder – Ostriv, Foundation, Against the Storm, Farthest Frontier
- 2D platformer – Ori and the Blind Forest, Trine
- 3D platformer – Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- JRPG – Persona 5 Royal
- RPG – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- MOBA – Overwatch 2
- MMO – World of Warcraft
- FPS – Borderlands 3
- Strategy – Wargroove
- Action/Adventure – God of War
- Puzzle game – Storyteller
- Life Sim – My Time At Portia
- City Builder – Dorfromantik
If you have any suggestions or maybe you’d like to share your list of best Games for Beginners PC let us know in the comments. And we hope the lists above gave you some ideas on what to play on your PC tonight.