Is Baldur’s Gate 3 worth buying in 2026?
Yes — even near full price. The most complete RPG of its generation: no DLC, no season pass, one enormous game where the systems say yes. The verdict, explained.
Worth buying in 2026?
One page per game, one real verdict per page: play or skip, never "it depends". Each verdict explains itself, shows the checked key price with the date we checked it, and links the ranked guide of alternatives. 14 of the20 current verdicts say play — when a game does not earn it, we say so.
Game not here yet? The guides cover more, and the recommender covers all 33,000. Every skip on the site — verdicts and the named skips from the guides — is collected on What to skip.
PLAY PLAY Is Cities: Skylines worth buying in 2026?
Yes — the 2015 original, not the sequel. It is still the deeper, finished city builder at a veteran’s price, and our guide still marks the sequel as the skip.
SKIP Is Cities: Skylines II worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it, still. Cities: Skylines II sits at Mixed on Steam years after launch, short of the original on performance and simulation depth. Buy the first game instead.
PLAY Is Cyberpunk 2077 worth buying in 2026?
Yes — buy it. The 2020 disaster launch is ancient history: Phantom Liberty and years of patches made this the RPG it was supposed to be. The verdict, explained.
PLAY Is Elden Ring worth buying in 2026?
Yes — still the best answer to "a huge world that respects me": a merciless boss gauntlet plus markerless exploration, complete with Shadow of the Erdtree.
PLAY Is GTA 5 worth buying in 2026?
Yes — but buy it to play now, not to shelve: GTA VI is currently dated 19 November 2026, and GTA 5 played before it will age far better than played after it.
PLAY Is Hades worth buying in 2026?
Yes — still the cleanest marriage of action and story the roguelike genre has produced, and the right place to start before Hades II. The verdict, explained.
PLAY Is Hollow Knight worth buying in 2026?
Yes — with Silksong out, the original is chapter one of a finished pair and still the standard for exploration metroidvanias. The verdict, explained.
PLAY Is It Takes Two worth buying in 2026?
Yes — one copy for two people. Still the most inventive mandatory-co-op campaign built, and the Friend’s Pass means your partner plays free.
SKIP Is Monster Hunter Wilds worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it for now. Monster Hunter Wilds sits at Mixed on Steam, overwhelmingly over PC performance; Monster Hunter: World with Iceborne is the finished hunt.
PLAY Is Monster Hunter: World worth buying in 2026?
Yes — and it currently beats its own successor for a new PC hunter: complete, stable and cheap, while Wilds is still the series’ performance problem child.
SKIP Is PAYDAY 3 worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it. PAYDAY 3 sits at Mixed on Steam while its decade-older predecessor sits at Very Positive with a far larger heist library. The crowd already held the vote.
PLAY Is Red Dead Redemption 2 worth buying in 2026?
Yes — no open world since has matched its commitment, and years of deep discounts removed the last excuse. Buy it for the story, not for Online.
PLAY Is Civilization VI worth buying in 2026?
Yes — and for most players it beats buying Civilization VII: the expansion cycle is finished, the map game is the series’ deepest, and the checked low is pocket change.
SKIP Is Civilization VII worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it. Civilization VII holds a Mixed Steam rating over missing features and an age system that resets momentum; Civilization V and VI are the better games.
PLAY Is Stardew Valley worth buying in 2026?
Yes — a decade of free updates made the cheapest famous game on PC one of the largest, and the cozy-farming wave never replaced it. The verdict, explained.
SKIP Is Starfield worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it. Three of our guides independently name Starfield their deliberate skip: loading screens where the wandering should be. What to play instead.
PLAY Is Skyrim worth buying in 2026?
Yes — fifteen years on, the licence to wander is still original equipment, Starfield did not replace it, and the price is pocket change. The verdict, explained.
PLAY Is The Witcher 3 worth buying in 2026?
Yes — still the reference for quest writing eleven years on, and with both expansions it is one of the cheapest great RPGs on PC. The verdict, explained.
SKIP Is Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty worth buying in 2026?
No — skip it. Wo Long built its combat on a deflect and still sits at Mixed on Steam — a dire PC port and difficulty that collapses mid-game. Play Lies of P instead.