Rachel Watts
Rachel had been bouncing around different gaming websites as a freelancer and staff writer for three years before settling at PC Gamer back in 2019. She mainly writes reviews, previews, and features, but on rare occasions will switch it up with news and guides. When she's not taking hundreds of screenshots of the latest indie darling, you can find her nurturing her parsnip empire in Stardew Valley and planning an axolotl uprising in Minecraft. She loves 'stop and smell the roses' games—her proudest gaming moment being the one time she kept her virtual potted plants alive for over a year.
Latest articles by Rachel Watts
If you love sad knights, Scottish skeletons and Dark Souls, check out this free horror game
By Rachel Watts published
💀💀💀 Play as a murdered knight stuck in purgatory in Of Love and Eternity.
Soviet immersive sim Atomic Heart is in the final stages of development, will have 2 endings
By Rachel Watts published
news Mundfish is "at the stage of polishing and final assembly".
This Stardew Valley phone app is a must-have for serious farmers
By Rachel Watts published
News No more tabbing out to check the Stardew Valley wiki every five minutes.
A Minecraft builder has recreated the entire Breath of the Wild map
By Rachel Watts published
News NPCs, shrines, and temples are in the works.
Put a DJ in your Discord server with Rythm bot
By Rachel Watts published
crank it up A nifty music bot that plays some tunes as you game with pals.
Cow surfing is Minecraft's rad new way to travel
By Rachel Watts published
news You only need a hundred cows and a wooden boat—simple.
Harvest humans as an advanced AI in space station sim Starmancer
By Rachel Watts published
starward bound If any of my crew start a mutiny or 'accidentally' die I can always grow more.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles guide: 6 tips to winning a trial
By Rachel Watts published
Law and order Tips and tricks to make even the most greenhorn lawyer an ace attorney.
A Stardew Valley fan recreated Pelican Town in Minecraft
By Rachel Watts published
news The Stardrop Saloon looks a lot more blocky than I remember.
Minecraft ocean bases are a delicate balance of slick design and looming disaster
By Rachel Watts published
Oh Dam One misplaced block break and your entire work could be submerged.
This hyper-realistic Minecraft map looks as good as the real deal
By Rachel Watts published
news Nope, that's not a photograph.
Love hurts in Boyfriend Dungeon, a dating sim where you romance your weapons
By Rachel Watts published
Seducing swords Suddenly, all the boys want to practice their parries with me.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles review
By Rachel Watts published
Case Closed A courtroom visual novel with a flair for the dramatic.
Stardew Valley did not prepare me for the agricultural bootcamp of Real Farm
By Rachel Watts published
training wheels It's time I stepped up my farming game.
Friday Night Funkin' is the DDR beatboxing game driving players back to Newgrounds
By Rachel Watts published
TGIF The game's dynamic fanbase is a nostalgic callback to a piece of internet history.
PC Gamer plays: Nier Automata, Trials of Fire, Mundaun, and Elite Dangerous
By Steven Messner, Robin Valentine, Rachel Watts, Matt Killeen published
PCG PLAYS The latest reports from virtual worlds by PCG's intrepid explorers.
Harold Halibut is a 10-year stop-motion project crafted from clay, wood, and metal
By Rachel Watts published
Interview We chatted with Harold Halibut's game director about how the team pieced-together such an intricate world.
Fantasy RPG Wildermyth has all the adventure and humour of a D&D homebrew
By Rachel Watts published
Spellbound A tabletop game of crafted stories and character legacies.
Minute of Islands is about how humanity will one day be wiped out, and that's totally fine
By Rachel Watts published
💀💀💀 The end of human civilization? I'm cool with that.
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has exciting mysteries, but I want more courtroom shenanigans
By Rachel Watts published
no objections Capcom's early-access preview hints that the years of waiting have been worth it.
Phantom Abyss is a whip-based platformer where you learn from the ghosts of fallen players
By Rachel Watts published
Temple run Tomb-raiding has never been this fun, or treacherous.
Decapitated human heads are my weapon of choice in Chivalry 2
By Rachel Watts published
Chop chop Where's your head at?
Out of the over 700 demos at Steam Next Fest, these 16 are our favourites
By Rachel Watts, Malindy Hetfeld, Mollie Taylor published
Updated! We've plunged into a sea of indies and have created a selection of our favourite demos.
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