Best PvE games on PC
Games centered on fighting computer-controlled enemies or overcoming environmental threats instead of competing primarily against other players. Common formats include cooperative missions, survival challenges, and combat-based progression.
- Computer-controlled enemies and hazards
- Cooperative or solo objectives
- Combat and survival challenges
Related: Co-op, Online Co-Op, Action, Multiplayer
668 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
Class-based third-person shooter pitting customizable plants against zombies
71% positive
19K reviews
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Open-world looter shooter where villains hunt the Justice League
61% positive
18K reviews
Nightingale
Open-world survival crafting through Fae portals, with base building
66% positive
18K reviews
Witchfire
Dark-fantasy first-person roguelite shooter built around risky extraction runs
91% positive
18K reviews
Predecessor
Free-to-play third-person MOBA with vertical movement and shooter elements
71% positive
Free
F1® 23
Formula One racing with solo, online, and split-screen competition
86% positive
18K reviews
Labyrinthine
First-person co-op horror with puzzles and procedurally generated mazes
84% positive
17K reviews
Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
Turn-based creature-collecting RPG about hatching eggs and raising monsters
83% positive
17K reviews
RUNNING WITH RIFLES
Top-down tactical shooter where ordinary soldiers fight larger battles
88% positive
17K reviews
Deadzone: Rogue
Roguelite first-person shooter with co-op runs and customizable weapons
82% positive
17K reviews
Codename CURE
Free-to-play first-person zombie shooter with class-based co-op missions
85% positive
Free
Ghost Watchers
First-person horror about identifying, weakening, and capturing ghosts
86% positive
16K reviews
Cossacks 3
Historical real-time strategy with vast armies and economic management
82% positive
16K reviews
Turmoil
Oil-rush management game about drilling, trading, and outbidding rivals
93% positive
16K reviews
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
First-person mech combat with mercenary management and online co-op
85% positive
16K reviews
Contagion
First-person zombie survival shooter with randomized rounds and co-op
73% positive
16K reviews
MapleStory
Side-scrolling MMORPG with dozens of classes and cooperative boss fights
61% positive
Free
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
Competitive tower defense with randomized armies and player-sent mercenaries
86% positive
15K reviews
Star Conflict
Free-to-play space combat with customizable ships and multiplayer battles
73% positive
Free
Orcs Must Die! 3
Third-person tower defense with traps, weapons, and two-player co-op
86% positive
15K reviews
Absolver
Martial arts action game with customizable moves and online duels
73% positive
15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Turn-based tactical RPG about stopping a galaxy-spanning plague
77% positive
15K reviews
White Knuckle
First-person roguelite climbing with momentum, horror, and permadeath
98% positive
15K reviews
Avorion
Open-world space sandbox with block-built ships and faction warfare
90% positive
15K reviews