Metacritic has pulled back the curtain to give us a glimpse of the highest-rated games of 2023 thus far.
Games released between 1st January and 30th June 2023 have been ranked by their Metascores “prior to rounding” and must have received a “minimum of seven reviews from professional critics to be eligible for inclusion”.
The full top 20 list can be found below, with all scores marked out of a possible 100 points:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch) – 96Metroid Prime Remastered (Switch) – 94Resident Evil 4 remake (PS5) – 93Street Fighter 6 (PS5) – 92Dead Space (PS5) – 89Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) – 88Theatrhythm Final Bar Line (Switch) – 87Hi-Fi Rush (Xbox Series X) – 87Diablo IV (PC) – 87Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (PS5) – 85Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo (Switch) – 85Humanity (PS5) – 85A Space For The Unbound (Switch) – 85Octopath Traveler II (Switch) – 84The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (PC) – 84Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) – 84Cassette Beasts (PC) – 84Labyrinth of Galleria: The Moon Society (Switch) – 83Age of Wonders 4 (PC) – 83Doomblade (PC) – 83
As spotted by Destructoid, seven of these entrants were given the highest scores on PS5 and on Switch, five on PC, and just one, Hi-Fi Rush, on Xbox Series X. However, this is because “if a game was released on multiple platforms, [Metacritic] included only the version receiving the largest total number of reviews”, which was “usually, but not always” the PS5 or PS4 version.