Valve has released the data for the best selling games on Steam in 2025, and the results throw up a few surprises that we didn't expect.

To help you keep up with new releases throughout the year, we've put together a 2026 video game release calendar.

Thousands of games release on Steam alone each year, beckoning to you from algorithmic recommendation engines, the bottom halves of TikTok videos, and the review sections of websites like PC Gamer. So how the heck do you decide which are the best PC games to play right now?

The Epic Games Store's December 25 freebie is one of the highest-rated PC games of all time, but it won't be available for long.

CD Projekt has sold its PC gaming storefront GOG back to Michal Kicinski, the original co-founder behind the digital store and the iconic RPG developer.

It's particularly notable that some of the year's biggest releases are getting markdowns for the festive finale including Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, PC Gamer's 2025 Game of the Year, which is half-price in the Winter Sale—the first time it's gone that low.

An Epic Game Store account is free. For that you have to visit the Epic Games Store website, click "Sign In" on the upper right side of the page and select "Create an account" on the next page. All that's needed is an email address and date of birth.