The Best Games That Support Ultrawide

Summary

• PC gaming’s flexibility extends to customizable peripherals like ultra-wide monitors for visually stunning experiences.
• Games like Alien: Isolation, Alan Wake 2, and Senua’s Saga deliver immersive horror and cinematic gameplay on ultra-wide screens.
• Ultra-wide support enhances visually stunning games like God of War, Cyberpunk 2077, and Horizon Forbidden West for a more immersive experience.

PC gaming offers you the most flexibility of any platform when it comes to hardware, and not just with what’s inside your computer either — peripherals like keyboards and monitors offer a huge amount of customization to PC gamers. In particular, ultra-wide monitors offer a massive amount of screen real estate that’s in an easier-to-manage package than the average multi-monitor setup.

Of course, not every game supports these ultra-widescreen resolutions due to technical limitations, but those that do almost always look astonishingly good. So whether it’s pixel art or photorealism, ultra-wide gaming is a visual experience that you’ll never forget, and these games are some of the best to try this technology out.

Updated on March 22, 2024 by Mohamed El Ouardighi: If you’re gaming on PC, you’re already enjoying top-tier graphics, but if you want to take your cinematic experience even further, an ultra-wide monitor is the way to go. Many games, including former PlayStation exclusives, support ultra-wide aspect ratios right out of the gate. This list highlights some of the best titles that take full advantage of ultra-wide displays, along with plenty of other great options to enhance your setup.

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Alien: Isolation

If you’re craving more Alien after Romulus, there are plenty of video games to dive into, but if you’re looking for that truly immersive horror feeling you got from Fede Alvarez’s installment, you may want to look into Alien: Isolation, especially on an ultra-wide. It likewise takes place on a space station, this one being Sevastopol, and follows Amanda Ripley’s search for her mother.

Alien: Isolation is a cinematic and extremely suspenseful first-person survival horror thanks to the ever-spectacular sound design the series is known for and the intimidating Xenomorph AI monster.

Armed with a motion tracker and weapons, you’ll be stalked by Xenos, Seegson Synthetic droids called Working Joes, Facehuggers, and even hostile humans. It’s longer than all the Alien films combined and keeps the pacing and formula well.

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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2 is definitely a title you’d want to experience in ultra-wide. A cinematic, cutscene-filled survival horror ride with plenty of mind-bending twists and shocking reveals, this is truly cinema and should be enjoyed as such.

Since it’s Remedy, there’s lots of live-action thrown in with gameplay, and even an entire short film you can watch in-game, so it’s all already like one long movie split between two characters.

Though adding to the eerie atmosphere, the areas can get very dark and make it sometimes confusing to see where you need to go, especially boss areas and the Dark Place in general, so having that wider support would be helpful.

The story follows author Alan Wake as he continues to write his way out of the Dark Place along with a new FBI agent character, Saga Anderson, who’s investigating supernatural occurrences in Bright Falls.

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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Seven years after the original Hellblade game, Ninja Theory comes back with an even more immersive, gorgeous, and cinematic walking sim-style sequel. Senua’s Saga is absolutely incredible to play, delivering long continuous action sequences with brutally realistic animations that are movie-quality and introducing giants from Norse mythology into the story.

The game is relatively short with its chapters and can be played in one sitting, but it’ll be the most beautifully shot camerawork and environment design you can ever experience in the medium.

Follow Senua as she’s out of Hel and meet a new cast of characters on her journey to enact vengeance on those who enslaved and slaughtered her people, as well as help free some giants.

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Ghost Of Tsushima Director’s Cut

PlayStation ports on PC are known for coming with ultra-wide settings, and Ghost of Tsushima is an excellent new addition to try it out with.

Not only do you have a black-and-white Kurosawa Mode for a more cinematic experience, but the open-world environment is stunning and colorful and there’s also some stealth involved, so expanding your view to see all potential enemies is beneficial.

It’s a samurai game from the studio behind the Infamous and Sly Cooper series, with some of the best swordplay combat you’ll encounter (including duels). And it tells the story of Jin Sakai, a lone warrior taking out the Mongol Empire to liberate Tsushima from their conquest.

The Director’s Cut also gives you the Iki Island expansion with even more scenic environments and action.

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The Last Of Us Part 1

Nearly a decade after its original launch, The Last of Us landed on PC, and it’s especially a treat to play with ultra-wide monitors with the level design and cinematics it has in store. The Last of Us is one of the most gut-wrenching, horrifying, and well-written video game experiences of all time by the acclaimed storytelling studio Naughty Dog.

You’ll play the dramatic duo of Joel and Ellie, who have such a powerful dynamic that you won’t want to part with them by the end of the game. Joel is to transport Ellie across the US to a Firefly hospital, but lots of set pieces and emotional moments happen along the way, with the duo facing a variety of grotesque Infected as well as antagonistic human factions.

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The Division 2

The Division 2 follows the military response to the Dollar Flu from the first game that resulted in New York City becoming infected and quarantined. Now in the summertime, The Division 2 moves to Washington nearly seven months after the end of The Division. Unfortunately, the Dollar Flu has spread to the nation’s capital, and you need to once again stabilize the city.

Third-person shooters like The Division 2 benefit immensely from ultra-widescreen support by having a wider display that covers more surface area. Not having to move your character as much to spot enemies can be the difference between life and death.

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

When discussing the best first-person shooters, you’ll be hard-pressed to leave out Call of Duty. The tactical behemoth has dominated the genre for nearly two decades, and it’s because of games like Modern Warfare 2.

The sequel to the rebooted game, Modern Warfare 2 follows the unit taking down a group of terrorists known as Task Force 141, with you assuming the role of Soap MacTavish and Gaz Garrick.

Ultra-widescreen support for first-person games boosts your visibility and makes taking down enemies easier. This viewpoint is also extremely beneficial in trying to survive in the grueling battle royale Warzone 2.

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God Of War

The release of God of War on PC was nothing short of a monumental event, with more and more players getting invested in the launch of God of War: Ragnarok. Of course, one of the biggest benefits of playing this game on PC is the addition of ultra-wide support.

The Norse realms have never looked more inviting and immersive. Playing this game on an ultra-wide monitor is an absolute treat, with the crunchy combat and great story augmenting the experience to a whole new level.

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Death Stranding

Death Stranding isn’t a game for everyone. The dialogue can be rather painful to listen to at times, and the core gameplay loop may not be the action-packed fiesta that many would’ve hoped for.

However, there’s no denying that the world of Death Stranding is incredibly beautiful and a ton of fun to explore. This is enhanced with ultra-wide monitors, which make Death Stranding look like a graphical masterpiece.

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Horizon Series

Sony has started to slowly launch more of its console-exclusive titles on PC, allowing countless gamers to finally experience their amazing games. Utilizing the power of PCs and the capabilities of Ultra-Widescreens can make all the difference in the world, like hunting for robot dinosaurs in Horizon Zero Dawn and its equally brilliant and more expansive sequel – Forbidden West.

PC gamers finally took up the bow as Aloy, exploring the post-apocalyptic world that’s now inhabited by deadly machines. The ultra-widescreen will display the beautiful environment and help you keep any killer dinos in your eyesight.

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Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

The release of Marvel’s Spider-Man on PC was widely celebrated by the masses. Watching everyone’s favorite web-slinger come to this platform was a thing of joy for many who didn’t own a PS4 or PS5 and wanted to experience the magic of this title for themselves.

Marvel’s Spider-Man has a ton of visual options that make the game look absolutely gorgeous on PC. This is especially true in the case of ultra-wide resolutions, which make the game look more dynamic and immersive than ever before.

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

CD Projekt Red has a stellar record of developing games that look absolutely gorgeous, and you need only look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to see why this is the case. Geralt’s final adventure is a treat for the ages that ends on a wildly satisfying note too.

The world of The Witcher 3 is gorgeous as is, but it takes on a near-ethereal beauty of its own when played on an ultra-wide monitor. The game is genuinely breathtaking to behold.

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Cyberpunk 2077

Another CD Projekt Red game with ultra-wide support is Cyberpunk 2077. The latest build of this game is pretty stable and how the game should’ve ideally been released.

So, there’s no better time to experience Cyberpunk 2077 than right now. The game has a great story, engaging combat, and amazing visuals that become jaw-dropping when you experience this title on an ultra-wide monitor.

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No Man’s Sky

There’s a lot to see when you have a whole universe at your fingertips, and with No Man’s Sky offering you exactly that, it’s hard to deny the benefits of having an ultra-wide monitor when you are playing. It’s especially helpful to make sure you don’t miss any resources while you’re planetside.

But as you can imagine, it’s the landscapes and the starry skies that make the ultra-wide No Man’s Sky experience shine. The views from the ground and from space on your ship are both breathtakingly beautiful.

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Abzu

Abzu has always been a gorgeous game. Stunning underwater landscapes filled with all sorts of aquatic life really are a formula for near-unparalleled aesthetic success. So it might seem obvious that this is a game that benefits hugely from being played on an ultra-wide monitor.

This is simply because you get to see more of the vibrant world as you explore and help restore it to its former glory. As you progress in the game, the fruits of your labor only become more visually stunning, with every inch of the screen filled with mesmerizing colors and creatures.

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Hitman 3

It might not be the first game you think of when you’re looking for ultra-wide support, but given how recent a release Hitman 3 is, it should come as no surprise to find it here. The experience is surprisingly good, considering the field of view has never felt like much of a limit in previous Hitman titles.

Being able to see so much more of the area around Agent 47 makes all those assassination contracts that much easier to pull off, as it helps give you the freakish situational awareness needed by an elite assassin. Plus the graphics are pretty amazing, so it’s always a treat to be able to see more of it.

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Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley is one of the ultimate relaxing games, but playing it on a small screen can be frustrating with even larger regular monitors still unable to display large amounts of the map at once. But ultra-wide monitors fix this problem easily, with some 32:9 monitors even able to show the entirety of the player farm at once, with just your avatar moving around the screen as opposed to a scrolling map.

So if you want a way of leveling up your farming experience, or you just want a nice relaxing way to make use of an ultra-wide monitor, then Stardew Valley makes for a great investment.

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Fortnite

Fortnite takes full advantage of ultrawide monitors, offering an expanded field of view that enhances both immersion and gameplay awareness. The extra screen space makes it easier to spot enemies, track builds, and scan for loot without constantly adjusting the camera.

Additionally, if you’re playing with a friend or loved one on split-screen, the ultrawide setup elevates the experience, allowing both of you to enjoy more space and a better view of the action. It brings back that couch co-op feel that we miss from the good old days.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a stunningly in-depth experience that requires some heavy-duty hardware, even at lower resolutions. However, if you have the equipment to run the game on an ultra-wide monitor, then you are in for a treat as it is one of the most immersive ways to play.

The ultra-wide aspect ratio allows you to see the entire cockpit of their plane without needing to move anything except their head, making for one of the best simulator experiences possible. And even if you don’t play in cockpit view, then you still get to see a huge horizon sprawling across your screen — and who doesn’t want that?

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Batman: Arkham Knight

Batman: Arkham Knight was the final installment in the Batman Trilogy produced by Rocksteady Studios, and despite releasing in 2015 when ultra-wide monitors were still in their infancy as consumer items, the game does now feature ultra-wide support — albeit with cutscenes, unfortunately, stretched without the use of a community-made fix.

But despite the all too common issue of pre-rendered cutscenes not supporting ultra-wide resolutions, Gotham City looks too good in the 21:9 aspect ratio not to include it on this list. Cityscapes are amazing in ultra-wide and Arkham Knight gives you plenty to look at, so don’t miss out on seeing them.