List of PC games with features removed compared to their console versions
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This list is to compile major features, content, and changes that are not in the PC versions of games, even though they are present in the console versions of the games. This list is about native support, and will not list if the game has a mod to restore these features.
Multiple things missing
- Bejeweled 2 - Missing achievements, online leaderboards, and lacks a 16:9 option compared to the Xbox Live version.
- Bully: Scholarship Edition - No local multi-player mini-games, and class ability bonuses have been replaced with themed clothing items.
- Burnout Paradise - Missing updates, and missing Cops 'n Robbers, and Big Surf Island DLC.
- Cave Story+ - No local multi-player, missing the Switch-exclusive Sand Pit mode, that version's alternate soundtracks, and its graphical enhancements.
- Dangerous Driving - No HDR support, leaderboards and achievements are missing.
- Dead or Alive 5 Last Round - Missing Soft Engine, enhanced particle effects, various online modes, and extra stages added in the PS4/Xbox One version.
- Diablo 3 - No local multi-player, no controller support, and missing Zelda-themed cosmetics exclusively from the Switch version.
- F.E.A.R. - Missing additional weapons, instant action levels, a bonus mission (which is different for each console version), and some content added for the expansion packs.
- FlatOut 2 - No splitscreen support, and missing two songs only present in the Xbox release, Nine Black Alps - Cosmopolitan, and AFI - Rabbits Are Roadkill On Rt. 37.
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved - Missing retro game style, achievements, and leaderboards are only local, no online leaderboards like on the Xbox 360.
- Halo 2 - No splitscreen support, missing Blastacular pack DLC content.
- Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - Missing widescreen support, and missing splitscreen support.
- Need for Speed: Carbon - No splitscreen support, missing DLC, and missing widescreen support.
- Pac-Man World Rally - Missing 2-player modes from the console versions, along with 2 new playable characters and game modes exclusively in the PSP version.
- Rayman Raving Rabbids - Missing the Xbox 360 version's exclusive minigames, as well as graphical enhancements.
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 - Missing the character X-Ray Skater and a level Oil Rig exclusively from the Xbox version.
- Red Faction - Missing bot and splitscreen support for multiplayer.
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Missing the Cursed Sands prequel mission from the console versions alongside new weapons (one exclusively on the Xbox Version: the Shotgun), two new enemies, and DLC Maps.
- Saints Row 2 - Missing all updates and DLC.
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing - Missing Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone DLC, as well as console-exclusive characters like Banjo-Kazooie. Windows version is also missing online play support and Ryo Hazuki - Forklift Truck DLC.
- Sonic Lost World - Missing several Wii U-exclusive features such as 2-player modes, Nintendo-themed DLC stages, bonus minigames, etc.
- Split Second - Missing all the updates, and DLC.
- Star Wars: Battlefront II - Missing Xbox DLCs and Title Updates.
- Stranglehold - No controller support, missing an update, and Map Pack DLC.
Missing levels
- Batman: Arkham Asylum - Windows version is missing Joker challenge maps.
- Eragon - Missing 360 exclusive levels and boss battles.
- No One Lives Forever - Missing the singleplayer mission exclusive to the subsequent PlayStation 2 port.
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - Missing one mission exclusively from the PlayStation 2 version.
- Spider-Man (2002) - Missing 2 Kraven levels found exclusively in the Xbox version.
- Portal - Missing 14 levels that were present in the Xbox Live arcade version.
- Rabbids Go Home - Only contains a quarter of the Wii version's minigames.
- Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 - Only contains a quarter of the Wii version's minigames.
- Yakuza 4 Remastered - Missing the Pachinko mini-game.
- Yakuza 5 Remastered - Missing the Pachinko mini-game.
Missing game modes
- Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath - Missing the Kane's Challenge mode from the subsequent Xbox 360 port.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - Missing multiple modes from the subsequent Xbox 360 port.
Missing multiplayer features
- Borderlands 3 - No splitscreen support.
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - No splitscreen support.
- Call of Duty: World at War - No splitscreen support.
- Crash Time 5: Undercover - Missing online multiplayer
- Dark Sector - No online multiplayer.
- Disney Universe - Only allows 2-players instead of 4-players.
- Driver: San Francisco - No splitscreen support.
- Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - No online multiplayer.
- Fable 3 - No splitscreen support.
- Far Cry 3 - No splitscreen support.
- FlatOut - No splitscreen support.
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - No splitscreen support.
- Gears of War - No splitscreen support.
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game - No online multiplayer.
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - No splitscreen support.
- Halo: Combat Evolved - No splitscreen support.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - No multiplayer.
- Juiced - No splitscreen support.
- Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - No splitscreen support.
- L.A. Rush - No local multiplayer.
- Midnight Club II - No splitscreen support.
- Monster Jam - No splitscreen support, even though the box, and Steam page claimed it has support.
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit II - No splitscreen support.
- Need for Speed: Most Wanted - No splitscreen support.
- Need for Speed: Underground 2 - No splitscreen support.
- Need for Speed: Underground - No splitscreen support.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - No local and online multiplayer.
- One Piece: Unlimited World Red Deluxe Edition - No local multiplayer.
- Rayman M - Only has 2-player splitscreen instead of 4-player.
- Sonic Riders - Only allows 2-players instead of 4-players.
- Sunset Overdrive - Missing multiplayer.
- The Club - No splitscreen support.
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - No splitscreen support.
Missing characters
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Amended by its short-lived 2016 version.
- Rayman Legends - Missing the Wii U version's ability to take control of Murfy in certain levels, as well as console-exclusive characters.
Missing graphical features
- A Plague Tale: Innocence - No HDR support.
- Disneyland Adventures - No HDR support.
- G-Force - No 3D support.
- Just Cause 4 - No HDR support.
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 - No widescreen support.
- Cricket 07 - No widescreen support.
Missing control features
- Mega Man X5 - No controller vibration support.
- Ultimate Spider-Man - No controller vibration support.
Missing audio
- Call of Duty: WWII - No Latin American Spanish translation (unlike console versions).
- Metal Gear Solid: Integral - No Spanish translation (unlike the PlayStation version).
- Rayman - Missing some of the OST tracks from the console versions.
Missing bonus material
- Bayonetta - Missing 4 Switch & Wii U-exclusive Nintendo-themed costumes.
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Missing unlockable Prince of Persia (1989).
- Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Missing 3 GameCube-exclusive unlockable bonus minigames.
- Sonic Generations - Missing unlockable Sonic the Hedgehog (1991).
Missing ability to buy DLC
- 007: Quantum of Solace - Missing Camille Map Pack DLC.
- Batman: Arkham Knight - Missing PS4-exclusive DLCs.
- Batman: Arkham Origins - Missing PS3-exclusive Knightfall Pack DLC.
- BioShock - Missing Challenge Rooms DLC.
- Dead Space 2 - Missing Severed DLC.
- Death Track: Resurrection - Missing Hari 108 vehicle DLC.
- FlatOut 4: Total Insanity - Missing Docks and Roll DLC
- Heavy Rain - Missing Taxidermist DLC available on PS3 but not PS4.
- Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Missing Total Payback DLC, and Blow It Up Again DLC Pack
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - Missing all DLC.
- Need for Speed: ProStreet - Missing all DLC.
- Need for Speed: Shift - Missing all DLC.
- Need for Speed: The Run - Missing the Italian Pack, and Heroes and Villains Pack DLCs, with the Supercars pack locked away in the game files.
- Need for Speed: Undercover - Missing all DLC.
- Prince of Persia (2008) - Missing Epilogue DLC.
- Prototype 2 - Missing several DLCs.
- Ridge Racer Unbounded - Royal Purple Exclusive Skin can't be purchased for the PC version.
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II - Missing all DLC.
- TimeShift - Missing the Urban ReDuel Multiplayer Map Pack DLC, and Futures-Past Multiplayer Map Pack DLC.
- Tomb Raider: Underworld - Missing all DLC.
- WWE 2K15 - Missing Paige DLC.
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Missing DLCs.