About My pick score

My pick score is my personal fit score from 0 to 100. It is a judgment, not a formula. Next to it you always see Steam reviews, critic scores, price, crack status and what players like and dislike, so you can judge for yourself.

Scores and notes by Sadegh Kalami.

The taste behind the score

Solo, self-found, isometric action RPG with deep builds, great boss fights and zero pay-to-win.

Creator taste profile

PC 99% (Windows, strong GPU), mobile 1%.

Loved

Dungeon Hunter 4 and 5 (mobile)
Path of Exile 1
Lost Ark (PC)
Elden Ring
Dark Souls

I like the Diablo vibe.

Played, not loved

Baldur's Gate 3. Turn-based, too much talking.
Hades. The art and vibe didn't click.

What hooks the creator

Loot plus builds, combat feel, and story or world. All three together.

Lost Ark. Loved: The combat and skills, the raids and big boss fights. Quit because: Pay-to-win upgrade honing, forced group content, and boredom.

Dealbreaker

Pay-to-win. I hate it. It is a dealbreaker. Pay-to-win games never rank above Skip.

Solo or group: Mostly solo. Forced groups are a negative.
Trading: Self-found only. I want to find and craft my own gear.
Camera: Mostly isometric. 3rd person is OK. No 1st person.
Art style: Dark or bright are both fine. Not cartoon or comic.
Combat pace: Everything: fast clearing and slow, heavy boss fights.
Classes: I play every archetype, so build freedom matters.
Build depth: Medium to deep: from Last Epoch up to Path of Exile.
Endgame: Endless grind and finishable campaigns are both fine.
Price model: Free to play with a cosmetics-only shop, or buy once.

What moves the score

The score is a judgment, not a formula. These factors guide it, and each game's one-line reason says what mattered.

Raises the score

Isometric action RPG with loot and builds: Biggest plus. This is the core genre.
3rd-person action RPG with loot and builds (Nioh-like): Strong plus.
Hard, big boss fights: Plus.
Deep, free build system, many classes: Plus.
Solo-friendly, self-found or offline mode: Plus.
Strong story or world: Small plus.

Lowers the score

Pay-to-win or pay-to-progress: Drops to Skip (35 or lower), whatever else is good.
1st person: 30 or lower.
Turn-based combat: 30 or lower.
Cartoon or comic art: Minus 15.
Forced group content: Minus 10 to 20.
Abandoned, unfinished or badly broken on PC: Minus 15 to 30.
Recent player anger in Steam's last 30 days: Minus 3 to 8, and I say why.

The tiers

Every score falls in one tier. A tier can be lower than its score range, never higher. 60 games are ranked.

Top pickUnique
85+
Play these first.
6 games
Worth a lookRare
65-84
Good fit with some trade-offs.
29 games
Weak fitMagic
45-64
Fits only part of the taste.
13 games
Helldivers 2 scores 45 but sits in Skip (the creator's call).
SkipNormal
under 45
Poor fit or pay-to-win.
7 games
Includes Helldivers 2, score 45 (the creator's call).
Already playedSet
no score
Already played, so not scored.
5 games

Pay-to-win games never rank above Skip. Where a game's tier differs from its score, the row says which game.

Where the numbers come from

Steam, price and CrackWatcher numbers were last refreshed on 11 Oct 2026. A dash means unknown. Nothing is estimated unless the page says approx.

Data sources
Data	Source	How
Steam reviews	Steam store	Positive share of English reviews, all time and in the last 30 days. The word, such as Very Positive, is Steam's own. A failed fetch keeps the old number.
Steam price	Steam store	US dollars, full price unless a sale is noted. Some games have a price note from the creator, for example a free-to-play date.
CrackWatcher	crackwatcher.com	Crack status, scene group and DRM or Denuvo info. A row marked as entered by hand was not checked on CrackWatcher.
Metacritic and OpenCritic	Steam page, critic sites, web search	Critic scores. Numbers found through a web search are marked approx.
Player sentiment	Player reviews	What players like and dislike is the creator's summary of their reviews. A summary that came partly from a web search says so on the game page.
My pick score	The creator	A judgment from 0 to 100. It is not a formula and it is not an average.

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