"Every year, the global PC Gamer team gets together to decide the top 100 PC games. The process is simple: we take last year's list, propose a bunch of additions, tweaks and removals, and then hold a series of hours-long discussions going step-by-step through every suggestion. Sometimes there is shouting.
There are a few guiding principles that we stick to when we put this list together. For example, we're always clear that this isn't a ranking of the greatest—or most important—PC games of all time, but rather the best PC games to play right now. It's a reflection of all the brilliant experiences the industry has to offer in 2021, a yearly, admittedly multi-thousand-word, snapshot. Yes, that includes some retro classics that hold up nicely, but it also means celebrating the impact of bold new releases. We also prefer to highlight the breadth and variety of the platform, and so we've limited ourselves to one game per series."
