Nominees for Destructoid’s Best PC game of 2023
As we head into one of the last holiday weekends of the year, we’re wrapping up GOTY-related announcements with more nominees. This time, it’s for Destructoid’s best PC game of 2023, and I reckon you already know it’s a competitive bunch.
We’ve already hit the PlayStation and Xbox consoles, along with more specific categories like best indie and ongoing game. Looking back, I realize 2023 is one of the toughest years for GOTY choices I’ve had in ages, and I’m thankful this was a staff-wide endeavor; otherwise, this list would’ve taken until next year to shape up.
As always, our platform categories don’t mean the game only released on that platform. Plenty of the nominees here launched on both console and PC, but our formula still keeps games limited to one nomination in any given category. In the spirit of PC gaming, we approached this with more of a “Is this the preferred way to play?” — same with consoles. Anyway, here’s some really good games.
Look, as far as I’m concerned, until we get mod support on Xbox then Starfield is a PC-only release. I’m joking (kind of), but Bethesda’s modding community is too damn good to ignore. But on that note, perhaps put the open-world RPG on your wishlist any way you can, as our swiss-army knife of a staff writer Steven Mills gave it the rare 10/10, making it one of Destructoid’s “essentials.”
In his review, Steven concluded:
“I wasn’t sure if it could be done, but Bethesda has managed to raise the bar for sandbox games even higher. In the end, Starfield is an epic sandbox open-world RPG with a beautifully immersive universe, a captivating story, and fun and compelling gameplay the whole way.”
Cocoon is among the year’s major visual delights. Even as someone who long grew tired of
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