PC Games was founded in 1992 and included a 3½-in floppy disk, which was changed to a CD-ROM in 1995.

[3] The magazine has about 116 pages (extended edition), and also usually includes a DVD (earlier a CD) with drivers, demos, mods and maps.

[4] The magazine contains the following content:[4] PC Games was released in several different versions:[4] Discontinued editions: The publishing company also publishes a magazine called PC Games Hardware, which solely concentrates on the testing of gaming-related hardware devices.

However, from 2002 on, the print market started to decline and PC Games's sale figures decreased.

As of February 2016, PCGames.de has about 1.41 million unique visitors per month, making it one of the largest PC gaming web portals in the German-language internet.