What Are Your Favourite PS5, PS4 Games of 2023 So Far? | Push Square

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We don't know about you, but we think 2023 has been an amazing year for PlayStation gaming thus far. We've had highly rated blockbusters, we've had smaller hits, and perhaps most importantly, we had a lot of variety.

Of course, the year is far from over — and the second half of 2023 has serious potential as well — but now that we're in July, we wanted to offer a look back at the last six months or so. We've gathered together the editorial team to list their favourite PS5 and PS4 games of 2023 so far, and we'd love to hear about your own picks once you're done reading.

Miasma Chronicles is a really exciting next step for developer The Bearded Ladies and shows how far the studio has come since Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, which is a shame as it seems to have come and gone rather quietly. It tells another compelling sci-fi tale in a post-post-apocalyptic world and smartly evolves the fusion of narrative, stealth, exploration, and turn-based combat while introducing a whole new cast of weird and wonderful characters. I'm still holding out hope for DLC, as this is one world I'd like an excuse to return to.

Diablo 4 is an endless black hole of content that corrects my biggest issues with Diablo 3 and, I think, sets a new benchmark for service games moving forward. The combat is incredible, and it just offers so much variety in terms of playstyle, builds, theory-crafting, and lore. More than any of that, though, it finally feels like a service game that's for me. I've bounced off virtually every other game to bear that moniker (with Destiny 2 getting the most consistent attention), and Diablo 4 finally feels like something worth keeping on a slow burn. I'm looking forward to the expansions already and have so much left to do