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The following Top 100 contains the most popular PC games in the world for 1997. The list includes commercial retail games and registered shareware games. Games released late in the year will have less votes.

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 Most Popular PC Games - Year List 1997                         Top 100 - 1997           
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 TY  Title                               Developer/Publisher Cat HI  NW   ID
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  1  Civilization 2/Fantastic Worlds               MicroProse ST  1  96 [1879]
  2  Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on           New World/3DO ST  2  59 [2091]
  3  Diablo/Hellfire                                 Blizzard RP  1  52 [2154]
  4  Dungeon Keeper                  Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST  1  27 [2322]
  5  Command & Conquer/Counterstrike (Red Alert)     Westwood WG  1  58 [2101]
  6  Total Annihilation                            Cavedog/GT WG  1  14 [2402]
  7  X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!}               Mythos/MicroProse ST  4  23 [2351]
  8  Warcraft 2/add-on (Tides of Darkness)           Blizzard WG  2 109 [1817]
  9  Master of Orion 2 (Battle at Antares)         MicroProse ST  3  58 [2095]
 10  Quake/add-on                                       Id/GT SH  1  75 [1999]
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 11  Carmageddon                      Stainless/SCI/Interplay RA  6  28 [2310]
 12  Age Of Empires {!}                    Ensemble/Microsoft ST  3  11 [2424]
 13  Dark Reign (The Future of War)          Auran/Activision WG 10  15 [2397]
 14  Galactic Civilizations 2 {O}                    Stardock ST  3 106 [1828]
 15  Magic (The Gathering)                         MicroProse ST  9  43 [2210]
 16  Dark Forces 2 (Jedi Knight) {!}                LucasArts SH  6  12 [2413]
 17  Master of Magic                        SimTex/MicroProse ST  3 169 [1501]
 18  Warlords 3 (Reign of Heroes) {!}             SSG/Red Orb WG 12  21 [2359]
 19  Tomb Raider/add-on                  Core Design/Eidos AC/AD  9  59 [2088]
 20  Fallout                                        Interplay RP  6  12 [2417]
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 21  The Elder Scrolls (Daggerfall)           Bethesda/Virgin RP  6  67 [2032]
 22  Duke Nukem 3D/add-ons                       3D Realms/GT SH  2  87 [1923]
 23  Stars! 2                             Star Crosses/Empire ST 11 110 [1786]
 24  Hexen 2 {!}                             Raven/Activision SH 10  16 [2389]
 25  X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter              Totally/LucasArts AC/SI  7  35 [2258]
 26  Heroes of Might & Magic                    New World/3DO ST  6 118 [1737]
 27  Little Big Adv. 2/Twinsen's Odyssey {!}       Activision AD 19  26 [2327]
 28  Theme Hospital                  Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 12  39 [2226]
 29  The Curse of Monkey Island {!}                 LucasArts AD  8   7 [2468]
 30  Links OS/2 {O}                           Access/Stardock SP 25  26 [2324]
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 31  U.F.O./X-Com (Enemy Unknown)           Mythos/MicroProse ST  1 182 [1437]
 32  The Pandora Directive                             Access AD 36  73 [2003]
 33  Trials of Battle {O}                 Shadowsoft/Stardock SH 10  54 [2134]
 34  Need for Speed 2/Special Edition         Electronic Arts RA 16  37 [2245]
 35  World Circuit Racing/F1 (Grand Prix 2)        MicroProse RA  6  76 [1857]
 36  Gettysburg                       Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 15  11 [2430]
 37  Tomb Raider 2                                   Eidos AC/AD 12   6 [2474]
 38  Command & Conquer/Covert Ops.            Westwood/Virgin WG  1 113 [1729]
 39  The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2                   Blue Byte ST 15  81 [1953]
 40  Incubation (Time Is Running Out)               Blue Byte ST 20  12 [2415]
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 41  Entrepreneur {!}                                Stardock ST 25  10 [2434]
 42  Avarice (The Final Saga) {O}                CSS/Stardock AD 10  64 [2061]
 43  SimCity 2000                                       Maxis ST  2 195 [1399]
 44  Imperialism                      Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 21  12 [2418]
 45  The Dig                                        LucasArts AD 21 109 [1798]
 46  MechWarriors 2 (Mercenaries)                  Activision AC 15  63 [2065]
 47  Transport Tycoon/deluxe                       MicroProse ST 14 152 [1521]
 48  Moto Racer                                  Delphine/BMG RA 21  30 [2290]
 49  Riven (The Sequel To Myst) {!}              Cyan/Red Orb AD 18   9 [2445]
 50  11th Hour (Be Afraid of the Dark)       Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15  97 [1809]
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 51  Capitalism Plus                Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 33  31 [2283]
 52  Fifa Soccer '97                EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16  55 [2103]
 53  M.A.X.                                         Interplay WG 25  51 [2152]
 54  Quake 2 {!}                                Id/Activision SH  5   3 [2529]
 55  Championship Manager 2                            Domark SP 27 116 [1746]
 56  Vigilance on Talos V {O}                          PolyEx PL 36  36 [2252]
 57  Descent 2                             Parallax/Interplay SH  5  95 [1891]
 58  NHL 98                         EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 17  14 [2400]
 59  Ultima Online {!}                 Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19  13 [2399]
 60  Fifa (Road To World Cup 98) {!}EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 13   6 [2502]
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 61  Myst                     Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 168 [1426]
 62  Birthright (The Gorgon's Alliance) {!}         Sierra RP/WG 20  18 [2358]
 63  Civilization/CivNet                           MicroProse ST  1 234 [1002]
 64  Steel Panthers 2 (Modern Battles)          SSI/Mindscape WG 32  56 [2116]
 65  MDK                         Shiny/Playmates/Interplay AC/SH 12  42 [2209]
 66  Lords of the Realm 2/add-on           Impressions/Sierra ST 21  56 [2107]
 67  Creatures                            Cyberlife/Mindscape ST 32  37 [2114]
 68  Blade Runner {!}                         Westwood/Virgin AD 18   6 [2479]
 69  Lands of Lore (Guardians of Destiny) {!}        Westwood RP 20  13 [2410]
 70  Emperor of the Fading Suns             Holistic/Segasoft ST 37  45 [2183]
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 71  B.U.G.S. {O}                                    Stardock AR 42  21 [2348]
 72  Steel Panthers                             SSI/Mindscape WG 15 105 [1757]
 73  Panzer General 2                           SSI/Mindscape WG 28  10 [2426]
 74  Betrayal in Antara {!}                            Sierra RP 31  25 [2325]
 75  The Ardennes Offensive                 SSG/SSI/Mindscape WG 78  10 [2321]
 76  Discworld 2 (Missing Presumed...!?)            Psygnosis AD 39  53 [2139]
 77  Privateer 2 (The Darkening)    Origin/Electronic Arts AC/ST 14  54 [2131]
 78  Wing Commander 4               Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI  4  87 [1867]
 79  X-Com 2 (Terror f.t. Deep)             Mythos/MicroProse ST  8 133 [1600]
 80  Ignition                                   Unique/Virgin RA 23  12 [2371]
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 81  Panzer General                             SSI/Mindscape WG 11 150 [1522]
 82  Myth (The Fallen Lords)                           Bungie ST 14   6 [2476]
 83  Interstate '76                                Activision RA 20  40 [2225]
 84  Imperium Galactica                    Digital Reality/GT ST 28  32 [2227]
 85  NBA Live 97                    EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16  50 [2149]
 86  Links LS                                          Access SP 24  62 [1997]
 87  Uprising                                  Cyclone/3DO AC/ST 24  11 [2425]
 88  Atomic Bomberman                        Hudson/Interplay AC 26  18 [2352]
 89  Gabriel Knight 2 (The Beast Within)               Sierra AD 12  97 [1832]
 90  Doom 2 (Hell on Earth)                      Id/GT/Virgin SH  1 157 [1502]
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 91  Dark Forces                             LucasArts/Virgin SH  2 125 [1585]
 92  Colonization                                  MicroProse ST  5 148 [1496]
 93  NBA Live 98                    EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 44   8 [2450]
 94  Grand Theft Auto                                 DMA/BMG RA 25   8 [2444]
 95  Descent                               Parallax/Interplay SH  1 142 [1565]
 96  MechWarrior 2/add-ons (The Clans)             Activision AC  6 115 [1697]
 97  Shadow Warrior {!}                          3D Realms/GT SH 41  11 [2395]
 98  Lose Your Marbles {!}                        SegaSoft AC/PU 80   9 [2374]
 99  Pod                                                  Ubi RA 43  34 [2224]
100  Warcraft (Orcs and Humans)            Blizzard/Interplay WG  4 149 [1528]
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