6 great PC games not on Steam

1. Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4 is one of the best racing games on PC. The main thing in it is freedom. More than 450 cars, almost the whole England with forests, mountains and villages as the game world and dozens of types of activities - here the player always has something to do.

You can compete in speed with an airplane, take part in a circuit race, or just ride for hours in the fields. On top of that, Forza Horizon 4 has gorgeous graphics and optimizations - it looks great even on weak machines.

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2. Titanfall 2

An excellent shooter that was unlucky with the release date - in 2016 it was released exactly between the next Call of Duty and Battlefield. Everything is good in Titanfall 2: both the single player campaign and the multiplayer.

In the story mode, the player will have to make friends with a huge robot, travel several times in time and fight in a factory for the production of houses. Each chapter has amazing moments that are forever engraved in the memory. In terms of the ingenuity of the gameplay, many even put the shooter on a par with Half-Life 2.

And in multiplayer, players will experience dynamic battles with wall running and double jumps, gorgeous shooting and, most importantly, titans. Fighting enemy vehicles with your huge robot is a real pleasure.

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3. Overwatch

In just a couple of years, Overwatch has become one of the premier multiplayer shooters on the planet. Thanks in part to the vibrant and cartoonish visual style reminiscent of Pixar movies. Partly due to the gameplay, tied to the unique abilities of several dozen heroes.

And also thanks to the lore. Blizzard has created a thoughtful world with a long history, unusual heroes and villains. It is so interesting that you can study it without even playing the shooter itself. Analyze trailers, dates and hints that developers leave in character descriptions. This is an important part of Overwatch, without which the game would lose the lion's share of its charm.

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4. Apex Legends

Apex Legends is a "battle royale" that Electronic Arts released in February 2019 without any prior announcement. The gorgeous gameplay from the developers of Titanfall and the unexpected release paid off: in just a month, the project attracted more than 50 million players.

Essentially, Apex Legends is a battle royale mix with Titanfall 2 and Overwatch. From the first she got the general principles of the genre, from the second - the dynamics of gameplay, shooting and weapons, and from the third - characters with unique abilities. The result is, if not the best battle royale in the world, then certainly the most dynamic one.

5. Battlefield 1

Battlefield 1 has changed a lot in the classic formula of the series. Modern conflicts have been replaced by the battles of the First World War, high-tech transport - by the first tanks and biplanes, and instead of quadcopters and motion sensors, signal flares and telescopes are used here.

Despite these innovations, the game has not become less ambitious or dynamic. A regular match in Battlefield 1 proceeds in much the same way as in the famous trailer. Airplanes are falling and exploding around, horses galloping, flamethrowers pouring streams of fire on victims. The change of era was beneficial for the series and made it possible to make battles truly epic.

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6. Mass Effect 3

When the final game of the Mass Effect trilogy first came out, many gamers were unhappy. The ending almost did not depend on the actions of the hero throughout the plot, and the very end of the story came out scanty - it was not clear what happened to the inhabitants of the galaxy and Shepard himself.

But after a few patches and additions, the action became solid. It has received numerous Game of the Year awards and critical accolades. In this part, the developers corrected the shortcomings of the combat system, strengthened the role-playing elements and raised the stakes in the plot: this time the destruction of all living things is at stake.

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