So, you're some kind of PC gaming expert, are you? Then you've come to the right place to prove yourself.
Each week here at PC Gamer, we're cooking up new quizzes to test you, and I'll warn you: these are some spicy dishes. With the combined experience of our team, we're bringing decades of pointless trivia to bear, and the result is quizzes that you should feel proud to hit the top scores in… or not too ashamed if you fail.
You'll see these quizzes pop up on the site each week, but I'll also be collecting them here, so you can easily dip into the backlog whenever you fancy sharpening your mental blade.
Patch notes
Can you guess which games these 10 ridiculous patch notes are from?
Match some of PC gaming's weirdest patch notes to the game they originate in, from "Fixed occasional issue where a guest would arrive to the player's wedding dead" to "You can no longer mistake your infant child for a serial killer".
Weirdest currencies
Can you guess gaming's weirdest currencies?
The worlds of PC gaming overflow with bizarre currencies. These days, people think nothing of grinding for Mucus-Slick Eggs in Diablo 4 or looking up the best places to find Delirious Scouting Reports in Path of Exile. But can you remember all the ones you've farmed, grinded, and traded for, and sort the real currencies from the fakes?
Health bars
Can you guess the PC game based only on the health bar?
You play for hours on end with a health bar sitting quietly in one corner of the screen, but how well do you remember them? For each of these screenshots, all you have to do is tell us what PC game they belong to. It's harder than you might expect…
Dead games
These 15 PC games died for our sins—can you even remember their names?
It's a sad truth of this industry that games die every year—servers shut down, listings get removed from storefronts, and some never even make it out of beta. They're gone, but are they forgotten? Time to find out—all you have to do is look at the screenshots and identify which dead game each one belongs to.
Forgettable faces
Can you identify these games from their bland-faced, generic-looking protagonists?
Even in some of our favourite titles of all time, videogame heroes often share a certain specific and unimaginative look. With their short, brown haircuts, chiseled jawlines, and steely gazes, they can all start to blur into one. This quiz challenges you to figure out which bro is from which game, though mercifully spares you having to remember any of their names. (John? Jack? Jason? Nevermind.)
Magic spells
How well do you know your videogame spells?
Are you an archmage or just a lowly apprentice? Test your arcane knowledge by picking out the real spell for each game, from Baldur's Gate 3 to Elden Ring to Slay the Spire.
Balatro jokers
How well do you know Balatro's jokers?
Know your Blueprint from your Brainstorm? Can you tell the Legendary jokers apart? Test your knowledge of Joker Poker and try to ace our quiz!
Dungeons & Dragons
Test your tabletop gaming knowledge with our diabolical Dungeons & Dragons quiz
Whether you're a veteran dice-chucker who knows what THAC0 is, or a latter-day Baldur's Gate 3 convert, this quiz is designed to test your understanding of the entire long history of the game, from its humble origins in 1974 through to its most recent incarnation.
Crates
Can you ID a game just from its crates? Try to smash our crate quiz!
Whether you push 'em, stack 'em, or smash 'em, crates are absolutely everywhere in games. See if you can guess which game each crate in our quiz is from.
Warhammer 40,000
How much do you know about the universe of Warhammer 40,000?
Do you know your Primarchs from your Primaris? Your orks from your krorks? Your Second War of Armageddon from your Third War of Armageddon? It's time to find out, with 10 devious questions that run the gamut of Games Workshop's enduring universe.
NPCs
How well do you know videogame NPCs?
Our latest quiz gives you the names and brief descriptions for 15 different important NPCs—all you have to do is name the first game they appeared in.
Hacking minigames
How well do you know your hacking minigames?
Can you identify all 10 just from a screenshot, without hacking into the PC Gamer servers to steal the answers?
