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Best-reviewed PC games of 2011 so far (through Sept. 30)

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a

symbol.

	Game		Publisher	Metascore	Users
1		Portal 2	Valve Software	95	8.3
1		Like its console bretheren, the PC version of Portal 2 is the best-reviewed game of the year so far, and is the only 2011 PC title to crack our all-time top 25 (below).
2	Shogun 2: Total War		Sega	90	8.3
3	Deus Ex: Human Revolution		Square Enix	89	8.3
4	LIMBO		PLAYDEAD	89	8.0
5	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood		Ubisoft	88	8.1
6	Bastion		Warner Bros. Inter.	88	9.1
7	The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings		Atari	87	8.5
8	Dead Space 2		Electronic Arts	87	8.0
9	Crysis 2		EA Games	86	6.4
10	DiRT 3		Codemasters	86	7.1
11	Amnesia: The Dark Descent		Frictional/ValuSoft	85	8.8
12	Frozen Synapse		Matrix Games	85	7.9
13	SpaceChem		Zachtronics Ind.	84	8.8
14	Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition		Capcom	84	7.7
15	Shift 2: Unleashed		Electronic Arts	84	5.5
16	Rift		Trion Worlds	84	7.3
17	Terraria		Redigit:Re-Logic	83	7.9
18	Dragon Age II		Electronic Arts	82	4.2
19	Gemini Rue		Wadjet Eye Games	82	8.3
20	Monday Night Combat		Uber Entertainment	82	7.5
21	Bulletstorm		Electronic Arts	82	7.3
22	TrackMania 2 Canyon		Ubisoft	82	8.9
23	Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues		Bethesda Softworks	82	7.7
24	Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony		Final Form Games	81	7.7
25	Dead Island		Square Enix/Deep Silver	81	7.0
... and the worst-reviewed:
125	Trapped Dead		Meridian4/Iceberg/Headup	47	5.4
126	Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime		Sony/Atari	43	4.3
127	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2		Electronic Arts	42	4.4
128	Battle: Los Angeles		Konami	38	2.7
129	Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops		Viva Media	34	3.2

Games released during the last three months (if any) are marked with a

symbol.

	Game	Publisher	Metascore	Users
1	Half-Life 2	VU Games	96	9.3
2	The Orange Box	EA Games	96	9.5
3	Half-Life	Sierra Entertainment	96	9.1
4	BioShock	2K Games	96	8.0
5	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	Interplay	95	9.4
6	Portal 2	Valve Software	95	8.3
7	Mass Effect 2	Electronic Arts	94	8.7
8	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Rockstar Games	94	8.3
9	Civilization II	MicroProse	94	9.0
10	Quake	id Software	94	8.8
11	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	2K Games	94	7.7
12	Grim Fandango	LucasArts	94	9.4
13	Diablo	Blizzard Entertainment	94	8.1
14	Sid Meier's Civilization IV	2K Games	94	7.7
15	Company of Heroes	THQ	93	9.0
16	Unreal Tournament 2004	Atari	93	9.1
17	Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty	Blizzard Entertainment	93	8.1
18	Grand Theft Auto III	Rockstar Games	93	8.3
19	Homeworld	Sierra Entertainment	93	9.0
20	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	LucasArts	93	8.9
21	World of Warcraft	Blizzard Entertainment	93	7.1
22	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Rockstar Games	93	8.2
23	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Activision	92	8.7
24	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos	Blizzard Entertainment	92	8.7
25	Sid Meier's Gettysburg!	Electronic Arts	92	8.8