‘Final Fantasy XVI,’ ‘Dredge,’ ‘Hi-Fi Rush’ — Here's list of top 10 games of 2023

Month after month, a new video game established itself as the standard-bearer for its genre, series, or platform. 

The following ten games have left an everlasting imprint on anybody who has touched them throughout this unparalleled release pace as per the Washington Post.

10. Starfield

The aim of Bethesda Game Studios to build a thousand explorable planets cost the firm much of its iconic open-world enchantment. Nonetheless, Xbox's most recent release presented a space exploration journey that delivered on its most tangible promises of inhabiting many different lives amid the stars.

9. Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

The Sega Dreamcast cult classic "Jet Set Radio" served as an obvious inspiration for this sleek action platformer, although the original fared badly owing to difficulties in rendering 3D settings at the time. Team Reptile from the Netherlands appropriately upgraded controls and focused player aims to finally give the concept its well-deserved shine.

8. Final Fantasy XVI

Despite this entry's narrative complexity when dealing with issues of slavery and self-determination, Final Fantasy games are known for delivering emotionally charged moments. This element is nailed by Square Enix's PlayStation 5 exclusive, making it one of the year's most memorable storylines. It's also a fantastic action game.

7. Dredge

The breach of safe zones is where true terror is discovered, and New Zealand company Black Salt Games exhibits their grasp of this notion in one of the great comfort sports, fishing. It's no surprise that the title of this game sounds ominous.

6. Lies of P

Round8 Studio's first foreign release makes a tremendous impression, enhancing and at times transcending the grindingly difficult formula popularised by the "Dark Souls series". A newly awakened puppet navigates a sinister twist on the famous Pinocchio story that is full of shocks.

5. Street Fighter 6

Capcom made the current chapter of the renowned franchise generally accessible with easy controls, quick, sturdy online play, and a fascinating, amusing narrative mode that allows for infinite customisation in order to build a specialised fighting game fanbase.

4. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Nintendo games prioritise the notion of "play" above all else, and the newest Zelda takes it to its logical conclusion. Players may now construct nearly anything, including robots and vehicles driven by quantum physics. It's Zelda for the "Minecraft" generation, and it's a technological marvel on the Switch's aging hardware.

3. Hi-Fi Rush

"Hi-Fi Rush," released by Tango Gameworks in January, remains one of the year's most inventive titles. It's an action game in which every player input and on-screen element moves in sync with the music, creating an unrivalled audiovisual frenzy.

2. Baldur's Gate 3

Larian firms made the finest digital re-creation of a tabletop Dungeons & Dragons game, a goal pursued by hundreds of firms since the games industry's start. The game story spontaneously threads out into untold various permutations, all at the whim of the player's intuition and imagination, which is an Olympian accomplishment. Any individual or phrase of speech might spark another adventure. "Baldur's Gate 3" has become the new standard for computer role-playing games.

1. Alan Wake 2

While other games attempted to push their particular genres ahead, Remedy Entertainment's psychological thriller pushes the medium's bounds entirely. On the surface, it appears to be a standard horror game about an author suffering from writer's block. But it's difficult to predict where this experience will go.