For the majority of games released nowadays you can find a complete walkthrough online within a few days. PC game walkthroughs provide players with detailed instructions on how to complete each level of a game. They highlight things like ammo pick ups, hidden secrets and enemy positions. They also reveal the solutions to puzzles so that players can progress.

Specific genres lend themselves to walkthroughs and the most popular is first-person shooters. This is because first-person shooters are generally linear in nature and most gamers can be expected to have a similar experience when they play the game. When it comes to open ended games you can find guides which tell you how to perform specific actions or give general strategy advice but for step by step walkthroughs the action has to be predictable.

Gamers have become used to walkthroughs and most are happy to rely on them if they get stuck on a level and can find no solution. The number of internet searches conducted for PC game walkthroughs is massive and consequently the competition amongst game related websites to provide definitive and timely walkthrough guides has become fierce. Let’s take a look at some of the best websites offering the most comprehensive walkthrough guides.

First up is IGN a massive entertainment website with a focus on games in all genres on consoles and PC. They allow users to upload their own walkthroughs for games and for the bigger releases they often provide a detailed guide of their own. The IGN guides tend to feature screenshots and a friendly layout whereas the user uploaded guides are often notepad files and the quality varies. IGN provide an extremely wide range of PC game walkthroughs.

Another massively popular game related website which features a large choice of walkthroughs is GameSpot. They tend to categorise walkthroughs as FAQs and once again they accept a wide range of user submitted walkthroughs so the quality varies. For the bigger titles you will generally find a GameSpot walkthrough with detailed sections and screenshots. GameSpot also own and operate GameFAQs which is dedicated to guides and walkthroughs.

There are a host of other websites which have employed the same basic structure. They allow gamers to post their own walkthroughs or FAQs and they occasionally write feature walkthroughs for the biggest releases. You will find that often the same walkthroughs have been posted on multiple websites.

Another option if you are searching for PC game walkthroughs is to do a search on YouTube. The advantage of finding walkthroughs on YouTube is that you can actually watch someone playing through the action in video format. Gamers record themselves completing the game, sometimes with a running commentary, and then upload the results as a visual walkthrough. This type of walkthrough can be much easier to follow than a text based one however the choice is fairly limited.

A newer website which has been growing in popularity is Mahalo. They offer detailed step by step walkthroughs sometimes with embedded footage from YouTube. They also have pages for each individual game where they link to all the useful sources for further information both on their own website and other popular game related websites. The simple layout, the addition of video footage and the fact they include the entire walkthrough on a single page make this a good reference website.

There are an awful lot of games websites which try to cover every game and provide walkthrough and cheat sections which sit empty. The examples given above are all highly popular and extremely active so there is probably no need to look any further for your PC game walkthroughs.