Editing PC Gamer (section)

== Review system ==
''PC Gamer'' reviews are written by the magazine's editors and freelance writers, and rate games on a percent scale. In August 2023, ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'' became the first game to receive a rating of 97% in the UK edition.<ref name="uj9QV" /> Prior to this, no game was awarded more than 96% by the UK edition (''[[Kerbal Space Program]]'', ''[[Civilization II]]'', ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'', ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', ''[[Minecraft]]'', ''[[Spelunky]]'' and ''[[Quake II]]'').  In the US edition, no game has yet received a rating higher than 98% (''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'', ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', and ''[[Crysis (video game)| Crysis]]'').<ref name="pcgamer.com1" />

In the UK edition, the lowest numerical score was 2%, awarded to The [[4th Golden Satellite Awards]] [[Satellite Award for Interactive Media|for Interactive Media]] Winner ''Big Brother 1''. The sequel, ''Big Brother 2'', was given an even lower score of [[N/A]]%,{{fact|date=November 2023}} the review explaining that "[''PC Gamer''] put as much effort into reviewing it as they did in making the game". In issue 255, August 2013, the score of 2% was matched by the review of the re-released ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]'', originally given 3% when it first launched. In the US edition, the lowest score awarded was 4%, given to ''[[Mad Dog McCree]]'', unseating the previously lowest-rated game, ''Skydive!'', given 5%.<ref name="pcgamer.com1" />