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The best games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores

We rounded up the best games of 2023 according to Metacritic user scores, and the results were surprising

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We can talk about our Alan Wakes and Baldur’s Gates all we want, but the best video games of 2023 according to Metacritic Scores don’t quite match up with what you might expect. Metacritic is the people’s forum, the place where they can give whatever they want a 10 out of 10 and explain just what makes it so great – or leave a “game good” and nothing more. Some of the usual suspects are there – Mario Wonder, for example – but several that flew under the mainstream radar showed up as well. The variety makes it all the more interesting, so we scoured the platform and picked which Metacritic scores soared above the rest.

Pikmin 4 fans were so delighted to see Captain Olimar twerking on a big screen in Times Square

Captain Olimar has some slick dance moves!

For over two decades, Nintendo has used the Pikmin franchise to captivate us with a cutesy “expedition” look at the lives of micro-beings on Earth.

You are Captain Olimar. You are exploring a strange planet (Earth). And you get the help of the half-plant, half-animal eponymous Pikmin with various elemental abilities. It doesn’t get any better (or weirder) than that for a Nintendo game’s concept.

With the release of Pikmin 4 on the way later this month, there was a rather special way of promoting the game in the heart of the Big Apple. Any pedestrians walking in Times Square could’ve had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Olimar … twerk on screen.

Yes, really:

For a game marketed to children (and nostalgic adults), I honestly can’t think of a better way to sell it with one virtual stone. Why yes, I just might buy Pikmin 4 if I can make Olimar dance like that. And even if I can’t, I appreciate the nerve to make him do it in an unofficial commercial.