Best games of 2023

2023 was quite a year for video games. This is the definitive list of the best games released in 2023, ranked by critic and player scores — for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC, with store links.

The 25 best 2023 games

1. 1

   Baldur's Gate III (2023)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   97
2. 2

   The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)

   Nintendo — Nintendo ↗

   96
3. 3

   Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

   Nintendo

   95
4. 4

   Metroid Prime Remastered (2023)

   Nintendo — Nintendo ↗

   94
5. 5

   Chants of Sennaar (2023)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

   93
6. 6

   Pizza Tower (2023)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
7. 7

   Smushi Come Home (2023)

   PC

   93
8. 8

   An Arcade Full of Cats (2023)

   PC

   93
9. 9

   South Scrimshaw, Part One (2023)

   PC

   93
10. 10

    Paper Lily - Chapter 1 (2023)

    PC

    93
11. 11

    Resident Evil 4 (2023)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
12. 12

    Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (2023)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
13. 13

    Hi-Fi Rush (2023)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
14. 14

    Sanabi (2023)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
15. 15

    Lethal Company (2023)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
16. 16

    Loddlenaut (2023)

    PC — Steam ↗

    92
17. 17

    Volcano Princess (2023)

    PC

    92
18. 18

    Underground Blossom (2023)

    PC

    92
19. 19

    A Date with Death (2023)

    PC

    92
20. 20

    100 Asian Cats (2023)

    PC

    92
21. 21

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (2023)

    PC

    92
22. 22

    Bloody Hell (2023)

    PC

    92
23. 23

    Slay the Princess (2023)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    91
24. 24

    Dave the Diver (2023)

    Nintendo · PC — Steam ↗

    91
25. 25

    Dredge (2023)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    91

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.