Celebrate TapTap's Game of the Year 2023 top ten picks

This has been a tremendous year for good games, with more than enough bangers to guarantee nobody has been able to play all of them. That’s certainly true for me: I still haven’t gotten around to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or Jusant, for example. So while this is my top ten list for 2023, it might be better to think of it as the ten games that had the most impact on me this year. Deal? Okay, great, that makes me feel a lot better. Please share your own picks for Game of the Year in the comments or by making a post with the tag #TapTap GOTY 2023. We can't wait to check out your choices and see what we missed!

A lot of bad things have happened in 2023, but you know what's been good? Video games! While the games industry has seen a frustrating amount of instability for developers, the actual games they've put out have been incredible. In fact, we'd argue this has been one of the best years for new games in the past decade—maybe ever! With all that in mind, narrowing down our favorites wasn't easy. Last week, TapTap's editors and other staff members put our heads together and voted on the games we absolutely couldn't forget and felt deserved special honors, even in a year full of amazing releases.

Wow, 2023 was overwhelming when it comes to great games. Our official TapTap Game of the Year 2023 list could only fit so many entries—ten, to be exact—so this week each of the editors on TapTap's North American team will be posting our personal picks as well. Starting with me! One caveat: Because so many awesome games were released this year, there are some that I haven't had the chance to play yet but I'm fairly confident would make my list if I had. For example, I haven't even started Baldur's Gate 3. I know, I know! I'm hoping to play it over the holidays! But since I haven't touched it yet, I kept it off my personal list...for now.