We’ve already published our staff-wide list of the best games of 2023, but every editor had a few games they wish could have received some praise. This is where we have the opportunity to shout out some of those games. Below, you’ll see each individual Game Informer editor’s personal top 10 list for 2023. Check out each editor’s list and let us know in the comments section which editor you most align with!

Matt Miller

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  2. Baldur’s Gate 3
  3. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  4. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  5. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  6. Final Fantasy XVI
  7. Dave the Diver
  8. Jusant
  9. Destiny 2: Lightfall
  10. Tchia

Kyle Hilliard

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  2. Resident Evil 4
  3. Sea of Stars
  4. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  5. Pikmin 4
  6. Dead Space
  7. Tchia
  8. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
  9. Cocoon
  10. Jusant

Brian Shea

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  2. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  3. Alan Wake 2
  4. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  5. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  6. Baldur’s Gate 3
  7. Street Fighter 6
  8. Dave the Diver
  9. Mortal Kombat 1
  10. Sonic Superstars

Blake Hester

  1. Alan Wake 2
  2. Resident Evil 4
  3. Jusant
  4. Humanity
  5. Nour: Play With Your Food
  6. VR Skater
  7. Hi-Fi Rush
  8. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  9. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
  10. Fortnite

Marcus Stewart

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  2. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  3. Resident Evil 4
  4. Baldur’s Gate 3
  5. Jusant
  6. Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon
  7. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  8. Sea of Stars
  9. Hi-Fi Rush
  10. Street Fighter 6

Wesley LeBlanc

  1. Alan Wake 2
  2. Lies of P
  3. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  4. Final Fantasy XVI
  5. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
  6. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  7. Sea of Stars
  8. Resident Evil 4
  9. Fire Emblem Engage
  10. Fortnite

Charles Harte

  1. Baldur’s Gate 3
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  3. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  4. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  5. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  6. Lies of P
  7. Fire Emblem Engage
  8. Chants of Sennaar
  9. Hi-Fi Rush
  10. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Alex Van Aken

  1. Baldur’s Gate 3
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  3. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
  4. Friends Vs. Friends
  5. Alan Wake 2
  6. Jusant
  7. The Finals
  8. Fortnite
  9. Coral Island
  10. Final Fantasy XVI

For more on the best that 2023 had to offer, check out Game Informer‘s official Top 10 Games of 2023 here, as well as our list of category winners here.

This article originally appeared in Issue 362 of Game Informer.

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