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That’s a wrap on 2023, everyone! This list is coming out much later than I would have liked, primarily because 2023 decided to hit me with a nasty cold in the last few days of the year. So it took a few more days of battling the chest congestion demon and my cold meds before I was able to finish the overall rankings. Of course, it didn’t help that I played so many games this year.
2023 was a bountiful year for games, and it showed the longer and longer this list became when I was tallying everything up. Being honest, I liked most of the games this year — well into the 70s on this list, in fact, my feelings go lukewarm at worst. A lot of this list is going to be one big ol’ disgusting lovefest, which is going to make it all the more obvious when we get to the games I really don’t like.
Just to be clear, I didn’t finish every game on this list, but I feel that I at least had enough of an impression of them to put here. Sadly, that means that I didn’t get to every game that came out — in fact, the list of games I didn’t play is as long as this one. Here are some games that, sadly, I either didn’t play or didn’t play enough of to make the list:
Also, here are a few Honorable Mentions:
Without further ado, here’s my year-end ranking for all of my games in 2023. Just as a reminder, I’ve already published my Top 10 games of the year, so this list will start with No. 11 and go down from there. See you all in 2024!
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