Best games
Best PC games of 2012
The 139 best PC games released in 2012, ranked from 22,177 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 2012.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 22,177 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
The Cat Lady
81
/100
52
Borderlands 2
81
/100
53
Assassin’s Creed III
80
/100
54
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
55
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
56
Natural Selection 2
80
/100
57
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
80
/100
58
Chaos on Deponia
80
/100
59
Cry of Fear
80
/100
60
B
Hitman: Absolution
79
/100
61
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
79
/100
62
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
63
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
79
/100
64
Skullgirls
79
/100
65
S
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
78
/100
66
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
67
Deadlight
78
/100
68
Awesomenauts
78
/100
69
Strider
78
/100
70
FIFA 13
78
/100
71
TRANSFORMERS: Fall of Cybertron
78
/100
72
Thomas Was Alone
77
/100
73
Endless Space - Collection
77
/100
74
Divinity II: Developer's Cut
77
/100
75
Quantum Conundrum
77
/100
76
Sine Mora
77
/100
77
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
78
The Darkness II
77
/100
79
Katawa Shoujo
76
/100
80
D
Spec Ops: The Line
76
/100
81
A
Prototype 2
76
/100
82
McPixel
76
/100
83
Star Trek Online
76
/100
84
Super MNC
76
/100
85
Shoot Many Robots
75
/100
86
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
87
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
88
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
89
Nihilumbra
75
/100
90
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
74
/100
91
Deponia
74
/100
92
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
93
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
74
/100
94
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
74
/100
95
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
96
Guild Wars 2
74
/100
97
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
98
Gotham City Impostors
73
/100
99
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
73
/100
100
The Room
73
/100
The Cat Lady
81
/100
52
Borderlands 2
81
/100
53
Assassin’s Creed III
80
/100
54
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
80
/100
55
Game Dev Tycoon
80
/100
56
Natural Selection 2
80
/100
57
Hitman: Sniper Challenge
80
/100
58
Chaos on Deponia
80
/100
59
Cry of Fear
80
/100
60
B
Hitman: Absolution
79
/100
61
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
79
/100
62
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
63
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
79
/100
64
Skullgirls
79
/100
65
S
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
78
/100
66
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
78
/100
67
Deadlight
78
/100
68
Awesomenauts
78
/100
69
Strider
78
/100
70
FIFA 13
78
/100
71
TRANSFORMERS: Fall of Cybertron
78
/100
72
Thomas Was Alone
77
/100
73
Endless Space - Collection
77
/100
74
Divinity II: Developer's Cut
77
/100
75
Quantum Conundrum
77
/100
76
Sine Mora
77
/100
77
The Unfinished Swan
77
/100
78
The Darkness II
77
/100
79
Katawa Shoujo
76
/100
80
D
Spec Ops: The Line
76
/100
81
A
Prototype 2
76
/100
82
McPixel
76
/100
83
Star Trek Online
76
/100
84
Super MNC
76
/100
85
Shoot Many Robots
75
/100
86
Scribblenauts Unlimited
75
/100
87
LEGO Batman 2 DC Super Heroes
75
/100
88
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
75
/100
89
Nihilumbra
75
/100
90
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
74
/100
91
Deponia
74
/100
92
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
93
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
74
/100
94
Mass Effect 3: Leviathan
74
/100
95
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
96
Guild Wars 2
74
/100
97
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
98
Gotham City Impostors
73
/100
99
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
73
/100
100
The Room
73
/100