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Kotaku chose their top 12 RPGs of 2023:

The Best RPGs Of 2023

It was another great year for making the numbers go up and romancing our favorite NPCs

The last few years have been full of amazing RPGs, but 2023 took things to a whole new level. It was the year we got Final Fantasy XVI, Diablo 4, and Bethesda’s long awaited Starfield. It was also the year Baldur’s Gate 3 appeared and blew them all out of the water. Fans of stat-based combat, meandering side-quests, and spending way too much time navigating menu systems are eating well.

Not everything that may have deserved a spot on this list made the final cut. If you feel there’s a deserving game that’s not recognized here, more likely than not it was because we simply did not have the time to get to it. 2023 was a packed year, especially for games that take dozens of hours to complete. Honkai: Star Rail, The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed are three releases that are noticeably absent from the below. I plan to make more time for each of them heading into the new year. For now, here are our 12 favorite RPGs from 2023.

• Final Fantasy XVI
• Fire Emblem Engage
• Like a Dragon: Ishin!
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Persona 5 Tactica
• Octopath Traveler II
• Asgard’s Wrath 2
• Sea of Stars
• Starfield
• Diablo IV
• Star Ocean: Second Story R

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