9 games from the PC Gamer Top 100 given eternal life thanks to modders

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(Image credit: Future)•The top 100 PC games•RPGs are king, and 6 other things the PC Gamer Top 100 tells us about the state of PC gaming•The 8 most heartbreaking cuts from this year’s PC Gamer Top 100

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PC Gamer Top 100 2024

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There may be no truer PC gaming experience than messing around with a game for a few hours, deciding it’s notquitewhat you’re after, and then pouring a few thousand more hours into it after installing a heap of mods. One of the greatest strengths of PC gaming is, was, and forever shall be the modders who fix bugs, rework mechanics, and add more adventures to the worlds we don’t want to leave.

Many of ourPC Gamer Top 100picks this year aren’t just classics in their own right: They’ve become functionally endless and self-sustaining games through community efforts. They may have been great to begin with, but modders have made them truly unmissable.

Here’s nine of them, highlighted along with a handful of their best or most iconic community creations.

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines

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Bloodlines Unofficial Patch Plus Patch Trailer - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #96

Sometimes mods elevate a game. In this case, mods are practically required to run it at all. Developed using an early, unsupported version of the Source engine, Bloodlines launched with serious issues. But under that thick crust of jank lay a gem of a game that the community has been polishing ever since. Here’s a trio of projects expanding and improving this flawed classic:

The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind

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Morrowind Rebirth 6.0 - Release Trailer - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #57

The Binding of Isaac

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Fiend Folio: Reheated - Launch Trailer - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #55

Arguably the game that defined the action-roguelike as we know it, and one with a famously active mod scene. The final expansion,Repentance(required for most higher-end mods) was primarily the work of the community, based on theirAntibirthmega-mod.

Now it’s easier to mod Isaac than ever, thanks to fullSteam Workshopsupport. Here’s three must-haves:

Starcraft 2

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Starcraft: Mass Recall 7.0 - Trailer 1 - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #31

Blizzard’s flagship RTS has always had decent mod support, but the past couple years have seen a real resurgence, thanks to a mixture of improved official modding tools, an in-game campaign browser and some new high-level options available for those outside of Blizzard’s walled garden. Here’s a few recent full-game-scale highlights:

Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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Halo Except It’s Incredibly Cursed Again - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #30

Some mod scenes are late bloomers. Up until recently, Halo modders were limited to using the old, janky Gearbox-developed PC port. Now the massive Master Chief Collection is seeing a renaissance thanks to the release of modern, official tools and Steam Workshop integration. Here’s some highlights:

Thief Gold

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Thief: The Black Parade - Release Trailer - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #28

A stealth classic. While many gravitated towards Thief 2 and its broader assortment of environment textures and enemy types, the original game still has something special to it. Recent years have seen a small uptick in creative mods from its devotees, plus one astoundingly good full campaign:

Total War: Warhammer 3

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SFO: GRIMHAMMER III STORM OF CHAOS TRAILER - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #12

Strained as the relationship between Creative Assembly and its fans can be, it’s hard to deny the tenacity and dedication of Total Warhammer modders, recently given a second wind thanks to some breakthroughs in what modders are capable of within the engine.

You will need all three Total Warhammer games to get the most out mods due to their Immortal Empires focus, but it’s worth it. Cheaper than a tabletop box set, at least.

Doom (1996)

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Doom 2: Eviternity 2 - MAP01 Elysium - All Secrets No Commentary Gameplay - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #10

A ’90s FPS classic with an open source engine, tools simple enough for anyone to create new levels and monsters with, and a massive community that’s always bringing in fresh blood. Doom has it all, and picking out the must-have mods would take forever. If you want to see the all-time bests, check out thecommunity Cacoward archives on Doomworld. But here’s three personal picks from just this year:

Minecraft

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Drehmal v2.2: APOTHEOSIS Teaser Trailer - YouTube

2024 Top 100 rank: #4

Minecraft has almost always been a mecca for modders, and while the newer Bedrock edition of the game might offer a palace for fresh faced gamers to tinker with their experience (or just buy paid mod and skin packs), the old Java edition remains a lawless land of boundless creativity. Here’s three big projects running on that older codebase:

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Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines#

The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind#

The Binding of Isaac#

Starcraft 2#

Halo: The Master Chief Collection#

Thief Gold#

Total War: Warhammer 3#

Doom (1996)#

Minecraft#