🏅 Game of the Year 2023: The Best Games

2023 delivered so much so quickly that plenty of excellent games got buried under the giants. These are the year's highest-rated releases, ranked by combined critic and player scores — a good place to find what you missed.

1. 1

   Baldur's Gate III2023

   95 / 100Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)🛋️ Split-screen up to 2
2. 2

   The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom2023

   94 / 100PuzzleAdventure
3. 3

   Super Mario Bros. Wonder2023

   91 / 100Platform
4. 4

   Alan Wake II2023

   90 / 100ShooterAdventure
5. 5

   The Talos Principle II2023

   89 / 100PuzzleAdventureIndie
6. 6

   Final Fantasy XVI2023

   87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)Adventure
7. 7

   Dave the Diver2023

   87 / 100Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorAdventure
8. 8

   Against the Storm2023

   87 / 100Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy
9. 9

   Blasphemous II2023

   87 / 100PlatformRole-playing (RPG)Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
10. 10

    Pizza Tower2023

    87 / 100PlatformAdventureIndie
11. 11

    Street Fighter 62023

    86 / 100FightingArcade
12. 12

    Cocoon2023

    86 / 100PuzzleAdventureIndie