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The best VPNs for gaming are ones that deliver not just a secure and private online experience but are also easy to use. It shouldn't take a computer science or cybersecurity degree to figure out, and perhaps most importantly, you should be able to get started browsing and gaming over a VPN with as little latency as possible.

There are obvious reasons to use a VPN for browsing and video streaming, such as preventing tracking, or bypassing geo-blocking measures by making it seem like you're connecting to a site or service from somewhere else (beware doing this in games as it could be a bannable offence). But there are reasons to use a VPN for gaming, too.

A note on trust

We only recommend VPNs that we would use ourselves and that we feel can be trusted with our data. That means no VPNs with known ties to governments or other state actors.…