But that doesn’t festivities are over!
Below, you’ll find our 24 games of 2023, as voted for by the RPS editorial team.
Our personalRPS Selection Boxesare returning for 2023, celebrating even more games we loved over the last 12 months.
For now, though, welcome to our 24 Game Of The Year picks for 2023.
Remnant II
Ed: Former RPS vidbud Liam and I used to work together a fair bit.
It was a heady time!
And we are absolutely smitten with it.
Funny thing is, there aren’t a bucket load of guns to loot like say, Borderlands.
Interesting environments and gunfeel keep things plenty engaging.
Damn are they inventive.
The boss wasn’t so much an enemy, but a nerve-shredder of a scenario.
Sure, Remnant 2 isn’t without its flaws.
In the midst of lots of 120-hour monsters, Remnant 2 is a pleasant surprise.
The Making Of Karateka
Jeremy:The gaming industry is rubbish at chronicling its own history.
They’re all present.
That’s here too.
What’s next - The Making OfKing’s Quest?
Ultima V?Flashback?
The possibilities are endless, and I eagerly await them with bated breath.
Neyasnoe
Alice0:It’s your big night out!
You’ve seen so much!
Been so many places!
Found so many curiosities as you poked about!
Talked with so many people!
So why does your life feel so empty?
Neyasnoe is a livelier slice of post-Soviet life but not a much cheerier one.
It’s not a cheery game.
It’s exciting to explore as a player but everywhere feels tired and desperate for our character.
It’s an unchanging grimness.
Also, Neyasnoe has a feature I want in every game: auto-dancing.
It has some of the most alarmingly authentic first-person drunkness too, really nailing that feeling of lurching inertia.
Pretty game, too.
Through careful environmental cues and subtle gating, the game steers you towards simple solutions through your orb dips.
That’s what I like about Cocoon, I think.
But I don’t think that’s what the game sets out to do.
Unfurling the world is the real treat.
It’ll add some nice relaxing energy to your Christmas.
It starts to get confusing if you think too hard about it.
(Yes, that’s one of mine.)
There’s never been anything quite like this, for my money.
I hope there will be in future.
