2023 Has Been The Best Year For Games In Two Decades
Gamers have been eating well throughout 2023, as it seems like the industry is pumping out an almost never-ending supply of quality titles. We've been handed some of the best reviewed games ever in recent months, thanks to Baldur's Gate 3 becoming a surprise smash hit, Nintendo knocking it out of the park with both Mario and Zelda, and Insomniac delivering arguably the best superhero game ever made.
Most of us have a general feeling that 2023 is up there as one of the best years in gaming ever, and we now have the facts to back that up. According to stats put together by Axios Gaming, this year has seen more games launch to a Metacritic score of over 90 than any year in the past two decades, as 25 titles have received Metacritic's top billing since the start of the year.
If even Xbox is killing it with great exclusives like Hi-Fi Rush and Starfield, you know it's been a pretty good year.
Comparatively, the average count of games getting higher than 90 each year over the past decade has been roughly half of that. The last year to see so many 90+ rated titles released in a single year was 2011, which saw the launches of huge titles like Portal 2, Dark Souls, Batman: Arkham City, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Infamous 2, Uncharted 3, and so on.
2023's staggering total of 25 games with a score of 90+ doesn't paint the whole picture though. There are several absolutely incredible titles that have just missed out on the 90+ threshold this year, including Hi-Fi Rush, Armored Core 6, Alan Wake 2, the Dead Space remake, and indie gem Pizza Tower. It's been a fantastic year, and threatens to get even better with titles like Persona 5 Tactica and Like a Dragon: Gaiden yet to release.
However, despite it being such a
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