The RPGWatch visitors have cast their votes for the best RPG of 2023. Check out the details to find out which games made it to the top three.
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Game | Score |
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Baldur's Gate 3 | 376 |
None | 75 |
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | 56 |
Colony Ship - A Post-Earth Role Playing Game | 37 |
Wartales | 35 |
Starfield | 33 |
Jagged Alliance 3 | 32 |
Hogwarts Legacy | 19 |
Sea of Stars | 17 |
Diablo 4 | 14 |
System Shock (Remake) | 12 |
EVERSPACE 2 | 10 |
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo | 10 |
Octopath Traveler II | 9 |
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees | 8 |
Lords of the Fallen (2023) | 8 |
The Iron Oath | 7 |
The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure | 7 |
Caves of Lore | 6 |
Legendary Journeys | 5 |
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew | 5 |
The Editors' Honorable Mentions are:The votes of the editors were conclusive on the first spot and started to vary quite a bit for the other spots, which is why only the first spot could be marked as editors' choice.
@HiddenX, how successful was None, this year? And what were the Editor's 2nd and 3rd choices - did I miss them?
EDIT: I just see your post regarding None. So maybe it wasn't such a good year after all, which was my sentiment lately.
You're getting more RPGWatch-stream, not mainstream.Thanks for the work, Hidden, and nice to see the results!
First time that my personal choice is also the site's choice. Must be getting too mainstream :O
I may have phrased it awkwardly: it's likely a better year than most others, but I think it has often been overstated in the articles and videos. For me, it's mainly been about Baldur's Gate 3; some of the other games were fine but I doubt they'll make history. On the other hand, a game like CP 2077, its DLC, and all the work that has been done to improve it will surely grant this game a spot in the classics.I'm kinda surprised at this. I would've thought there was something excellent for all tastes, this year. Which years did you think were better?
I'm not that surprised tbh. 2023 wasn't the be all and end all year for RPGs that some people made it out to be. *Edit* You ended up saying basically the same thing a few posts later.I'm surprised to see Rogue Trader and Colony Ship up there, to be honest. Not that they're not good, but the first seems to still require a lot of work, and the second may be a little more niche than the usual RPG in comparison to what's down the list.
Feel free not to answer if this ventures into personal territory but: why not? For a lot of RPG fans, 2023 was a huge year. One of the biggest in a while. I'm curious why it was a year you didn't game much.I spent very little time gaming last year. Therefore the only 2023 games I played were BG3, which I've paused since October, and Darkest Dungeon 2, which I play now and again.
So I could only vote for two, and my third was none.
Don't get your hopes too highReally must get around to buying and playing Baldur's Gate 3.