PC Game

"Personal computer game" redirects here. For video games in general, see video game. For other uses, see Computer game (disambiguation).

"Computer Games" redirects here. For the album by George Clinton, see Computer Games (album).

PC games, also known as computer games, are video games played on a general-purpose personal computer rather than a dedicated video game console or arcade machine. Their defining characteristics include a lack of any centralized controlling authority and greater capacity in input, processing, and output.
PC games reached widespread popularity following the video game crash of 1983, particularly in Europe, leading to the era of the "bedroom coder". From the mid-90s onward they lost mass-market traction to console games before enjoying a resurgence in the mid-2000s through digital distribution.^[1][2]
The uncoordinated nature of the PC game market and its lack of physical media make precisely assessing its size difficult.