This year represented one of the most difficult game of the year discussions we’ve had in some time; 2023 was overflowing with fantastic games. But our opinions are not the only ones (you can read Game Informer’s top 2023 10 list right here). For a few weeks, beginning November 17, we ran a poll online, and readers sent their top five favorite games of 2023. We used ranked positional voting – the Borda count method – to gather the results below. If you have opinions on your opinions, leave us a comment below! But you can’t be mad at us. This is all you.
- Cities: Skylines II
- Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
- Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
- Darkest Dungeon II
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Like A Dragon: Ishin
- Destiny 2: Lightfall
- The Talos Principle II
- Blasphemous 2
- Jusant
- Star Ocean: The Second Story R
- Atomic Heart
- RoboCop: Rogue City
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Forza Motorsport
- The Jackbox Party Pack 10
- Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Lords of the Fallen
- Dead Island 2
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Dredge
- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals
- Dave The Diver
- Cocoon
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Octopath Traveler II
- Pikmin 4
- Super Mario RPG
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon
- Sea of Stars
- Lies of P
- Dead Space (Remake)
- Diablo IV
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Starfield
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Remnant II
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
- Alan Wake 2
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Baldur’s Gate 3