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THE BEST PC GAMES OF 2019 (SO FAR)

Wow, look at the time! I think I say this every year, but I can’t believe we’re halfway through 2019 already. And it’s been a busy 2019 as well. This list of the best games of the year so far is already so strong, it feels like a proper end-of-2019 Game of the Year list. Hell, I had to cut some perfectly deserving games because we ran out of space. Did I mention this is only the middle of the year?

And it’s only going to get worse from here, with high-profile releases like Doom Eternal and Control still to come in 2019. And then 2020’s spring gauntlet of Cyberpunk 2077, Dying Light 2, Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines 2, Watch Dogs Legion, and on and on.

Good years ahead. But before we get there, let’s take a moment to recount the best games of 2019 so far—maybe some you played, and probably at least a few you haven’t gotten around to yet. (Note: This list is in no particular order, except the final entry.)

BABA IS YOU

is a fiendish puzzler with simple rules. So simple, in fact, they’re laid the wall—or rather, Wall Is You.

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