Best PC exclusive games of the last ten years or so?

[J T]

I've posted this link a few times before, but if you want to just see reams of images of PC exclusives for the past several years, then check this site out:

http://www.pcgamingfan.com/

[Gamerforlife]

I don't know who to thank first. Lots of awesome info in this thread. I just downloaded that free copy of Civ 5 my friend sent me. So that's a start, and I'm considering Starcraft 2 as I actually did play the original one years ago. It's fun taking a crash course in PC gaming through this thread. I should point out that I'm not opposed to multi plat games on PC. It's just that I feel like I already know what all the popular multi-platform games are. So I'm curious about PC exclusive stuff. I just want to know what kinds of experiences I would never have had if I had never gotten a decent gaming PC

[J T]

You have roughly 12 hours to go to gog.com and buy The Witcher 2 for $7.50.

I'm not sure what ties this list together or if I can even justify all the inclusions/exclusions, but this just feels like a very PC list of games to me... whatever that means. I just know that if this was your collection, most PC gamers would look at it and go "Niiiice"

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Anachronox
Baldur's Gate 2
Civilization IV
Crysis
DayZ (mod for ArmA II: Combined Operations)
Defense Grid: the Awakening
Deus Ex
Diablo 2
Doom
DOTA 2
Dwarf Fortress
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (modded all to hell)
Fallout 2
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within
Half Life 2
Hawken
Heroes of Might & Magic III
Hotline Miami
Jamestown
The Last Express
Legend of Grimrock
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000
Minecraft
NetHack
Nitronic Rush
No One Lives Forever 2
Peggle Nights
Planescape: Torment
Pro Pinball: Big Race USA
Realms of the Haunting
Rome: Total War
The Sims 2
Spelunky
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.- Shadow of Chernobyl (w/ 2009 Complete Mod)
S.W.A.T. 4
System Shock 2
Team Fortress 2
Tex Murpny: Under a Killing Moon
Thief
Torchlight
Total Annihilation
Unreal Tournament 2004
Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines
VVVVVV
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
The Witcher
World of Warcraft
Zeno Clash

[Gamerforlife]

You have roughly 12 hours to go to gog.com and buy The Witcher 2 for $7.50.

Done. Though I probably won't play it until after I eventually get the first Witcher game. Thanks for that list, might have to get some PC games for the holiday (and a Vita if I'm lucky). I already had Zeno Clash on both Steam and the Xbox 360 before I even made this thread, beat 'em up fan that I am:)

That's an awesome list. Thanks. This thread is VERY helpful

Don't forget Ys Origin.

The trailer for that looked awesome and the MUSIC. Wow!

An another note, I played a demo for Trine 2 on Steam today. It's not actually a PC exclusive anymore, but damn, what an impressive game!

[Nemoide]

Unemployment Quest, of course.

[Gamerforlife]

I'm not sure what ties this list together or if I can even justify all the inclusions/exclusions, but this just feels like a very PC list of games to me... whatever that means. I just know that if this was your collection, most PC gamers would look at it and go "Niiiice"

Hotline Miami

You know I forgot about that game, just picked it up off GOG, along with Trine. GOG games are cheap as shit. It's great

[isiolia]

Done. Though I probably won't play it until after I eventually get the first Witcher game.

First one is/was on sale as well for $2.49 (couple hours left at time of post).

Not like it's a terribly expensive game either way, and given that CD Projekt Red is behind both the Witcher games and GoG, it's not uncommon to see it on sale.

[SamuraiMegas]

Why the f has no one mentioned Sam and Max?

[BoneSnapDeez]

All of these games are non-indie, PC-exclusive, and have (cheap) physical releases.

Trine - A beautiful puzzle/platformer where you switch between different characters, somewhat reminiscent of Lost Vikings.

Dungeons - Decent strategy title, spin-off from the Dungeon Keeper series.

Darkspore - Futuristic sci-fi action-RPG. Loosely related to the games of the Spore series. A fair bit of warning: there is DRM that requires a constant internet connection.

Brave Soul - A eroge Diablo-clone JRPG. Definitely an acquired taste, but I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Torchlight - Another great Diablo-clone.

Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection - Absolutely essential! Contains six games and expansion packs. Unfortunately, this seems to have gone out-of-print rather quickly (at least according to Amazon).

Any of the Neverwinter Nights collections - more D&D goodness.

Hinterland: Orc Lords - A cheap and fun strategy, RPG, and town-building game.

Disciples II: Dark Prophecy & Disciples III: Renaissance - Pretty fun turn-based strategy games. II is a bit better than III in my opinion. The 3rd one also required a lot of patches to get it up and running, as I recall.

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - One of the most engrossing WRPGs I've ever played.

[BoringSupreez]

Why the f has no one mentioned Sam and Max?

Because I only just arrived to the thread. Yes, the Sam & Max games are great, and I believe GOG sells them as well.