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PC gaming has swallowed up an absurd number of former console exclusives over the years. Sony embraced PC ports for a brief period, while Nintendo remains famously protective of its biggest franchises, leaving PC players staring longingly at some genuinely tempting games.
These are games that, as of today, still don’t have an official PC version. Some are obvious omissions, while others are cult favorites that would probably find an enthusiastic audience if somebody finally let them escape their hardware prisons. They are all excellent games, but we’re not about to buy a new console for them.
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Pokémon Pokopia
Pokémon Pokopia is practically engineered for PC players who enjoy cozy building games. Released exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, it combines Pokémon collecting, crafting, exploration, and town-building around a human-like Ditto. Its relaxed sandbox structure would feel perfectly at home on PC.
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Bloodborne
Bloodborne remains the obvious elephant in the room. FromSoftware’s gothic action RPG has been locked to PlayStation since 2015, despite enormous demand for a PC version. With Dark Souls and Elden Ring already thriving on PC, its absence feels increasingly bizarre.
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Demon’s Souls
The 2020 Demon’s Souls remake remains a PS5 exclusive, offering a gorgeous reconstruction of FromSoftware’s foundational action RPG. PC players can experience Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Elden Ring, but this particular piece of Souls history remains stubbornly unavailable officially.
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Astro Bot
Astro Bot is practically a playable celebration of PlayStation history, packed with references to characters and games from Sony’s catalog. The PS5 platformer remains unavailable on PC, making it an especially frustrating omission for players who want the full PlayStation experience without owning the console.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Tears of the Kingdom expanded Breath of the Wild’s enormous sandbox with floating islands, underground regions, and wonderfully ridiculous construction mechanics. Nintendo has released Switch 2 enhancements, but there is still no official PC version, leaving keyboard-and-mouse adventurers outside Hyrule.
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder reinvented the traditional 2D Mario formula with Wonder Flowers, bizarre transformations, and levels that can suddenly behave like they’re having an existential crisis. It’s exactly the sort of polished platformer PC players would happily devour.
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Mario Kart World
Mario Kart World turns Nintendo’s racing formula into something much broader, with interconnected environments and free-roaming elements alongside traditional races. As a Switch 2 exclusive, it remains unavailable on PC, despite the enormous potential for a thriving PC racing community.
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 delivers enormous environments, lengthy RPG storytelling, and a combat system built around combining characters and classes. Nintendo Switch remains its official home, meaning PC players interested in one of Nintendo’s biggest modern RPGs still need Nintendo hardware.
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Fire Emblem Engage
Fire Emblem Engage brings together a new tactical-RPG cast with previous heroes through its Emblem system, making it unusually appealing to longtime fans. Despite the series’ popularity among strategy enthusiasts, Engage remains a Nintendo Switch game without an official PC release.
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Gravity Rush 2
Gravity Rush 2 remains one of PlayStation’s strangest modern exclusives, letting players manipulate gravity to fly through a huge floating world. Its comic-book presentation and unusual movement would translate beautifully to PC, but Sony has left it on PlayStation.
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Driveclub
Driveclub was once one of PlayStation’s showcase racing games, emphasizing detailed cars, weather, and gorgeous environments. It was eventually delisted and never received a PC version, leaving PC racing fans without any official way to experience Evolution Studios’ ambitious PlayStation racer.
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Infamous: Second Son
Infamous: Second Son gave PlayStation players an open-world superhero playground where Delsin Rowe could develop multiple supernatural powers. The game remains tied to PS4 and PS5 compatibility, making it one of Sony’s older open-world adventures that PC players still can’t officially access.
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The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
The Switch remake of Link’s Awakening transformed the classic Zelda adventure into a charming miniature diorama, complete with toy-like characters and environments. Its compact structure and distinctive art direction would make an unusually good PC handheld experience, but Nintendo has kept it exclusive.
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond finally brought Samus back to the Prime series after years of development turmoil. Its first-person exploration, scanning, atmospheric environments, and science-fiction setting make it an obvious PC candidate, but Nintendo has kept the game within its ecosystem.
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Pokémon Legends Z-A
Pokémon Legends Z-A brought the series to Lumiose City for an urban-focused adventure built around real-time battles and exploration. Despite Pokémon’s enormous PC audience, the game remains part of Nintendo’s console ecosystem, leaving PC players dependent on other ways to experience it.
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