The Best Games of the First Half of 2023 on Metacritic

In the first months of this year, several extremely promising productions debuted on various platforms, however, Nintendo can boast of two best-rated debuts. Metacritic shared an interesting summary.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Metroid Prime Remastered are the two best-received games of 2023 listed by Metacritic. However, it should be noted that as many as four new products in the past six months managed to achieve an average of over 90%, which clearly shows the high level of recent months.

Capcom (Resident Evil 4 Remake, Street Fighter 6) has had a great start to the year, but Square Enix has also launched two successful titles (Final Fantasy XVI, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line).

Sony (Final Fantasy XVI) and Microsoft (Hi-Fi Rush) each have one exclusive game, which will probably not be available on competitor consoles – we can suspect that Humanity, like Tetris Effect, will debut on other platforms after some time.

The list illustrates one more intriguing matter – Electronic Arts offered two single-player productions (Dead Space, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor), which were appreciated by journalists. In recent years, the producer and publisher approached single-player fictional positions differently, for a moment focusing primarily on online games, but fortunately, we have observed a certain change in strategy.

In the list below, I marked exclusive games, but I took into account console exclusivity with the possibility of a simultaneous debut on PC, because Microsoft does not release its productions otherwise, while Sony often reaches for third-party items, allowing them to be released simultaneously on personal computers. What’s more, the Metacritic summary takes into account the highest averages for a given platform.

The best games of the first half of 2023 on Metacritic

[96%] – The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch – exclusive game),
[94%] – Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch – exclusive game),
[93%] – Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5 – platform with the highest average),
[92%] – Street Fighter 6 (PS5),
[89%] – Dead Space (PS5),
[88%] – Final Fantasy XVI (PS5 – Exclusive Game),
[87%] – Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (Switch),
[87%] – Hi-Fi Rush (Xbox Series X – Exclusive Game),
[87%] – Diablo IV (PC),
[85%] – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5),
[85%] – Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Switch),
[85%] – Humanity (PS5 – Exclusive Game),
[85%] – A Space For The Unbound (Switch),
[84%] – Octopath Traveler II (Switch),
[84%] – The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC – exclusive game),
[84%] – Hogwarts Legacy (PS5),
[84%] – Cassette Beasts (PC),
[83%] – Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society (Switch),
[83%] – Age of Wonders 4 (PC),
[83%] – DOOMBLADE (PC – exclusive game),
2023-07-03 07:57:31
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