Welcome to PC Gamer's annual Game of the Year awards. It's been a big year for PC gaming—surprising at times, disappointing at others. Throughout, though, there's been a wealth of excellent games. For the rest of the month, we'll be running through the best games of 2023, culminating in our official Game of the Year pick on December 30.
To reach this list, we asked each of PC Gamer's editorial team to nominate up to six games released this year—plus an extra vote for the ongoing game that had the best 2023. With those nominations in hand, we gathered together in a global group call to argue over which games deserve their place in our awards. Once we choose the games, we assign each an award category to fit it. This is why the categories are slightly different each year.
In addition to our main awards, each PC Gamer writer has also picked one of their personal favourites to showcase. We'll be updating this page with both our main awards and our personal picks throughout the rest of the month.
The Awards
Best Ongoing Game: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Best Stealth: Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Best Remake: System Shock
Best Fighting Game: Street Fighter 6
Best Action: Armored Core 6
Best Open World: Tchia
Best Setting: Dredge
Best Design: Dave the Diver
Best Shooter: Remnant 2
Best Adventure: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Best Story: Alan Wake 2
Best Expansion: Cyberpunk 2077 – Phantom Liberty
Game of the Year: Baldur's Gate 3
Personal Picks
Robin Valentine: Viewfinder
Tyler Colp: Honkai: Star Rail
Fraser Brown: Age of Wonders 4
Tyler Wilde: Undisputed
Tim Clark: Diablo 4
Lauren Morton: Chants of Sennaar
Ted Litchfield: Amnesia: The Bunker
Phil Savage: Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure
Morgan Park: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Sean Martin: Dead Space
Robert Jones: Sigil 2
Andy Chalk: Atomic Heart
Harvey Randall: Hi-Fi Rush
Sarah James: Sons of the Forest
Jacob Ridley: Lethal Company
Christopher Livingston: Stranded: Alien Dawn
Wes Fenlon: MyHouse.wad
Mollie Taylor: Rhythm Sprout—Sick Beats and Bad Sweets
Jody Macgregor: Thirsty Suitors
Rich Stanton: Counter-Strike 2
Joshua Wolens: Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator
Andy Edser: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Past Awards
Game of the Year Awards 2022
Game of the Year Awards 2021
Game of the Year Awards 2020
Game of the Year Awards 2019
Game of the Year Awards 2018
Game of the Year Awards 2017
Game of the Year Awards 2016
Game of the Year Awards 2015
Game of the Year Awards 2014
Game of the Year Awards 2013
