A Complete Directory Of The Classic PC Games You Must Play

After our readers so enthusiastically took to the idea of listing the best classic PC games of all time, I wanted to pull out the alphabetical directory in order to make it easy for everyone to find their favorite games.

Updated over several weeks in September of 2013, the list has an absolutely absurd number of excellent PC games—we’ve stopped doing official updates, but there are still new PC games coming in every now and then. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed.

2015 note: Sometime between when this article originally ran and now, Kinja decided to insert related links/images for every entry. On the one hand, it looks a little bit weird to see every game’s title listed twice. On the other hand, I really like the image thumbnails. So, for now, I’ll leave em in.

And so! Our full directory of the Classic PC Games You Must Play:

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4D Sports Boxing

The 7th Guest (Seconded)

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Abe’s Oddysee

Adventure

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (Seconded)

Age of Mythology

Age of Wonders

Albion

Aliens vs. Predator 2

Alley Cat

Alone in the Dark

America’s Army

American McGee’s Alice

Anachronox (Seconded)

Another World/Out of This World

Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura (Seconded)

Arx Fatalis

Axis and Allies

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B-17 Flying Fortress

Bad Mojo

Baldur’s Gate

Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn

Battle Bugs (Seconded)

Battle Chess

Battlefield 1942

Battle Isle

Battle Realms: Winter of the Wolf

Battlezone (Seconded) (Thirded)

The Bard’s Tale

Beasts & Bumpkins

Beneath a Steel Sky

Betrayal at Krondor (Seconded)

Black & White

Blade Runner (seconded)

Birth of the Federation

Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars

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Clive Barker’s Undying (Seconded)

Close Combat II - A Bridge too Far

The Clue!

Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord

Commanche 4

Command & Conquer: Generals

Command & Conquer: Renegades

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Commander Keen

Commander Keen 4

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Conquests of Camelot

Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood

The Curse of Monkey Island

Cyber Gladiators

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Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Diablo I and II (Seconded) (Thirded)

Dink Smallwood

Dino Park Tycoon

Dark Seed

Day of the Tentacle (Seconded)

Doom Collection (Seconded)

DROD: Deadly Rooms of Death

Duke Nukem 3D

Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty

Dungeon Keeper (Seconded)

Dungeon Keeper 2

Dungeon Siege

Dust: A Tale Of The Wired West

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Ecstatica

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (Seconded) (Thirded)

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Emperor: Battle for Dune

Emperor of the Fading Suns

Epic Pinball

Escape Velocity Nova (Seconded)

Exile 3: The Ruined World

Eye of the Beholder I & II

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F-117A Nighthawk

Fatal Racing/Whiplash

Fallout

Fallout 2 (Seconded)

Flashback

Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist

Freedom Fighters

Freedom Force

FreeSpace 2 (Seconded)

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G-Nome

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within

Gender Wars

Giants: Citizen Kabuto (Seconded)

Grim Fandango (Seconded)

Ground Control (Seconded)

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Half-Life

Halo: Combat Evolved (Seconded)

Hardwar

Heavy Gear (Seconded)

H.E.D.Z. (Head Extreme Destruction Zone)

Hexen: Beyond Heretic

Hexxagon

Heroes of Might & Magic III (Seconded) (Thirded)

Hidden and Dangerous 2

Hocus Pocus

Homeworld

Hostile Waters (Seconded)

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I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos

Incubation: Time is Running Out

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Seconded) (Thirded) (Fourthed)

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine

Interstate 76 (Seconded)

The Incredible Machine

It Came From The Desert

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Jazz Jackrabbit 2

Jagged Alliance 2

Jill of the Jungle

The Journeyman Project

The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death

Jumpman

Jurassic Park: Trespasser (Seconded)

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King of Dragon Pass

King’s Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder!

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Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos

The Last Express

Lemmings

The Legend of Kyrandia, Book 2: Hand of Fate (Seconded)

Lego Island

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards

Lighthouse: The Dark Being

Little Big Adventure 2 (Seconded) (Thrirded) (Fourthed!)

The Longest Journey

Loom

Lords of the Realm 2

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Mafia

Manhunter: New York

Maniac Mansion

Marathon Series (Seconded) (Thirded)

Master of Magic

Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

Master of Orion (s) (Seconded) (Thirded) (Fourthed) (Fifthed)

Master of Orion 2

Max Payne 1 & 2

MDK (Seconded)

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

MegaZeux

Mech Commander 2

MechWarrior 2

Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries

Meridian 59

Microsoft’s “Best of Windows Entertainment Pack”

Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven (Seconded)

Might & Magic: World of Xeen

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge

Moraff’s Dungeons of the Unforgiven

Motocross Madness

Myst (Seconded)

Myth: The Fallen Lords

Myth II: Soulblighter (Seconded) (Thirded)

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No One Lives Forever 1 & 2

Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi

Nox (Seconded)

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Omikron: The Nomad Soul

One Must Fall: 2097

OpenTTD

Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (Seconded)

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Panzer General II

Patrician III (Seconded)

Phantasmagoria

Pharaoh

Pizza Tycoon

Planescape Torment (Seconded) (Thirded)

Populous 3: The Beginning

Prince of Persia

Project Eden

Pune

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The Quest for Glory Series (Seconded) (Thirded)

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Rama

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Rayman

Rainbow Six: Raven Shield

Realms of the Haunting

Redneck Rampage (Seconded)

Republic: The Revolution

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Roller Coaster Tycoon

Roller Coaster Tycoon 2

Rune

Runescape

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Sacrifice (Seconded)

Sam & Max Hit The Road

Sanatarium (Seconded)

The Scarab of Ra

Scorched Earth

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator

Serious Sam 2: The Second Encounter

Settlers 2

Severance: Blade of Darkness

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Shogun: Total War

Shufflepuck Cafe

Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire (Seconded)

Sid Meier’s Covert Action

Sid Meier’s Civilization II

Sid Meier’s Colonization

Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2

SkiFree (Ha, ha.)

SkyRoads

Space Quest

Speedbusters

Spellforce: The Order of Dawn

Spycraft: The Great Game (Seconded)

Star Control II (Seconded) (Thirded) (Fourthed)

Starsiege: Tribes (Seconded)

Startopia (Seconded)

Star Wars: Dark Forces

Star Wars: Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight

Star Wars Episode 1: Racer

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Pit Droids

Star Wars: X-Wing

Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter

Strife

SubCulture

The Summoning

Superhero League of Hoboken

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Temple of Elemental Evil

Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Theme Hospital (Seconded)

THEXDER

Thief 1 & 2

Time Commando

Titanic: Adventure out of Time

Total Annihilation (Seconded) (Thirded ) (Fourthed) (Fifthed)

Tomb Raider

Tomb of the Taskmaster

Traffic Department 2192

Treasure Quest

TRON 2.0

Tyrian (Seconded) (Thirded)

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Ultrabots

Urban Assault

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny

Ultima VI: The False Prophet

Ultima VII: The Black Gate

Ultima VIII: Pagan

Ultima Underworld

Ultima Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams

Unreal

Unreal Tournament

Uprising

V

Vampire: The Masquerade: Redemption (Seconded)

W

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (Seconded)

Warcraft III (Seconded)

Warlords III: Darklords Rising

Warpath

Warzone 2100

Wasteland

Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Wizardry VII: Crusaders of Dark Savant (Seconded)

Wizardry 8

Wing Commander: Privateer (Seconded)

Wing Commander III

The Wheel of Time

Wolfenstein 3D

Wolfenstein 3D: Spear of Destiny

Worlds of Ultima 1: Savage Empire

Worms World Party

WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game

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X-COM: UFO Defense

X-COM: Terror From The Deep

X-COM Apocalypse

Z

Zeus: Master of Olympus

Zoombinis: Logical Journey

Zork (Seconded) (Thirded)

Zork: Grand Inquisitor

Zork Nemesis

Second update: 9/5/2013 AM, added 150+ games. Keep ‘em coming.

Third update: 9/6/2013 PM, added 80+ games.

Fourth update: 9/18/2013 AM, added 20+ games. This will probably be our last official update. If you’ve added a game that you feel desperately needs to be included in the list, don’t hesitate to email me.

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