Best Epic Games on Steam
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1The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
Nov 10, 2011
In this game, you can…
- start a full-town brawl by punching a chicken.
- enter a drinking contest, black out, wake up in a temple, track down a missing goat from a giant, and end up meeting a Daedric Prince for a reward staff.
- stand on a mountain, learn magical shouts, then spend dragon souls to unlock more words and yell enemies around as a core combat tool.
- pick a direction with almost no guidance and stumble into caves, dungeons, and random sights just by wandering.
- build your entire character around a once-per-day racial power, like berserker rage or rapid magicka regeneration.
- buy or build a house and turn it into an organized museum with weapon racks, sorted chests, and crafting supplies placed by each station.
- become a werewolf and ignore the main quest to live off the land, hunting deer and tearing through bandits.
- watch a dragon swoop down mid-conversation, grab a guard in its mouth, fling him into the air, and kill him instantly.
2Halo: The Master Chief Collection - The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
Dec 3, 2019
In this game, you can…
- swap between the 2001 and anniversary visuals instantly, mid-mission, while everything else keeps playing normally
- get blindsided when a straight sci-fi shooter mission suddenly turns into claustrophobic survival horror
- build custom maps and modes, then jump into weird community-made games people invented in the browser
- storm a beach, then spill into a huge open battlefield where you choose the route, vehicles, and targets for the assault
- dual-wield guns and turn a normal firefight into a two-weapon rushdown
- play the entire campaign in 4-player co-op as your own spartans, start to finish, with everyone in the same missions
- remix the whole campaign with skulls that change how combat works, turning familiar levels into totally different challenge runs
- fight 16-player multiplayer battles with tanks, aircraft, and alien weapons all on the same map
3Batman™: Arkham Knight - Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile.
Jun 23, 2015
In this game, you can…
- race at full speed, eject out of the Batmobile, and immediately glide across Gotham's skyline without stopping.
- use voice synthesis to give commands in enemies' voices, then pick them off one by one as they search for you.
- drive captured criminals to the police station yourself while they talk in the back seat.
- call your Batmobile from anywhere in Gotham.
- transform the Batmobile from a race car into a tank instantly.
- snap into stealth and chain fear takedowns on several enemies in rapid succession, leaving the rest panicking and exposed.
- swap mid-fight between Batman and allies like Robin, Nightwing, or Catwoman and trigger coordinated tag-team finishers.
- get sudden horror-style jump scares and surprise story beats in the middle of a Batman game.
4Outer Wilds - Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Jun 18, 2020
In this game, you can…
- die in a 22-minute loop when the sun explodes, then restart and sprint somewhere new with only what you learned.
- explore a planet as it collapses under you and drops whole sections into a black hole mid-investigation.
- learn a few rules about quantum objects, then use only that understanding to reach a moon you could have visited immediately if you'd known how.
- wake up, get a ship and suit, and just fly to any planet with no quest markers or locked areas.
- advance the entire story with knowledge alone, then use a clue from one planet to crack a mystery on another.
- set autopilot to a planet, smash into something you didn't notice, spacewalk to patch the hull, and watch your ship fly away without you.
- race through an underground city before it fills with sand, because the landscape shifts in real time as the loop ticks.
- finish the entire game in under 20 minutes if you already know what to do.
5South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ - From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.
Mar 3, 2014
In this game, you can…
- summon Jesus from heaven to mow down Nazi zombies with an M16
- shrink down, crawl through Mr. Slave's rectum as a gnome, disable a WMD, dodge bodily fluids, and turn on vibrators to progress
- walk into Canada and suddenly play through an 8-bit RPG-style section
- use fart magic as a combat spell and an overworld tool for puzzles and secrets
- get abducted and probed by aliens, then gain teleporting you can use to explore and bypass fights
- time button presses for perfect hits and blocks instead of just picking an attack and watching
- pick a class like Fighter, Mage, Thief, or Jew, and get a noticeably different playstyle and reactions
- walk through a fully recreated South Park, entering houses, rooms, and closets while characters keep treating you as the silent new kid
6Pizza Tower - Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
Jan 26, 2023
In this game, you can…
- trigger a timer and race back through the entire level in reverse while a one-hit-kill pursuer closes in if you're too slow.
- become a fire tornado in one level, then get a literal shotgun in another, then play a golf stage where speed is the swing.
- hit Mach 5 and blast through rooms like a ballistic missile once the movement clicks.
- chain runs, slides, dives, wallruns, and grabs into one continuous sprint.
- reach the goal, smash a pillar, and then discover the entrance door is now the exit.
- turn a whole stage into a precision run by collecting every secret, every topping, the special item, and keeping one huge combo.
- hit Lap 2 on the escape and loop the dash again, with the whole vibe flipping into a second, faster victory lap.
- keep momentum through a botched situation by grabbing an enemy near a wall and chaining straight into wall-climbing without stopping.
- perfect boss fights by learning every pattern and winning without taking a single hit.
7Wolfenstein: The New Order - Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
May 19, 2014
In this game, you can…
- storm a beachfront fortress, then later end up in space on a Nazi moon base.
- dual-wield basically every weapon, including shotguns, assault rifles, and laser guns.
- find a hidden Wolfenstein 3D-style game inside the modern campaign.
- stab Nazis from stealth with a knife or a silenced pistol, then instantly switch to loud firefights when you're spotted.
- take out commanders first so they stop calling in reinforcements during a fight.
- choose which comrade dies early on, then play through two different timelines.
- climb towers, fire giant cannons, and crush massive Nazi robots during the opening assault.
- wake up after a 14-year gap to a world where the Nazis won and the resistance is underground.
8Broforce - Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
Oct 15, 2015
In this game, you can…
- punch Satan until he explodes.
- push a giant propane tank into an enemy, ride it through a swarm, jump off, and watch it explode behind you.
- shoot one explosive and trigger a chain reaction until there's barely any level left by the time you escape.
- start each life as a random hero, then rescue a captive to gain a life and instantly swap into another random hero.
- use destructible terrain to tunnel under enemies, drop the ground out from under them, and crush them with collapsing debris.
- send propane canisters rocketing through enemies and walls, punching through the map before detonating far away.
- play as parody action heroes with totally different moves, like bullet-reflecting, rocket-punch jetpacks, dynamite tricks, and sword-slam quakes.
- blast through a mission and end it by leaping onto a helicopter while explosions keep going off behind you.
- build and share your own levels with a custom editor and Workshop maps.
9The Henry Stickmin Collection - A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.
Aug 7, 2020
In this game, you can…
- shrink your character in a graphics editor to fit through a tunnel on top of a speeding train.
- call in your buddy Charles for help and watch his "assistance" turn into a whole new kind of chaos.
- reach the finale and combine earlier endings into new routes that branch into multiple distinct storylines.
- choose between attacks like a knife or a yo-yo and get fully animated, wildly different outcomes either way.
- click a character who only appears for a split second to snag a hidden bio before the scene moves on.
- pick the "wrong" option on purpose just to see a spectacular fail scene play out like a mini-sketch.
- escalate from a simple bank job into airship infiltrations, complex prison breaks, and a much bigger conspiracy without slowing down.
- replay a 30-minute run and realize there are hours of alternate fails, secrets, and endings hidden behind different choices.
10STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) - Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy.
Jul 8, 2009
In this game, you can…
- fight huge 128-vs-128 battles where infantry, vehicles, and heroes all collide at once.
- dogfight in space, land on an enemy capital ship, fight through its halls, blow key systems, then escape back to your fighter.
- run a galaxy-spanning conquest map, choose upgrades, move fleets, and then personally fight the battles you planned.
- roll around as a droideka in shield mode, unfurl, and mow down enemies with dual blasters.
- drive an AT-AT on Hoth and wipe out fleeing rebels, then watch a tiny snowspeeder bring the walker down.
- duel a hero near a window, then win the fight by throwing them out into the city.
- storm through a story campaign as Vader's 501st, taking orders that turn you from clone trooper to Imperial enforcer.
- set up instant-action scenarios so you can drop into any era, as any army, class, or hero you want.
