There’s just a couple of winners left to announce as Destructoid’s GOTY awards wrap up for the year, and that includes our staff pick for the Best PC Game of 2023.
This year offered a healthy spread of genres, and studios big and small wound up making our cut. Some of our favorite indies that didn’t wind up competing for that genre’s award wound up here, as Slay the Princess, Cocoon, and BattleBit Remastered compete for a spot among PC greats.
Starfield is competing here too — there’s no reality in which I’m playing that on consoles without mods, and it seems a lot of us are in the same boat. There’s also Baldur’s Gate 3, Dave the Diver, and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty on our nominees list, but Larian’s brain tadpoles ultimately win here.
That is to say, Baldur’s Gate 3 is Destructoid’s Best PC Game of 2023. It’s one of the games that, even in a year of heavy hitters, stands out as a must-play.
Our review, handled by senior editor Eric Van Allen, echoes many of my own sentiments about the RPG as he praises its storytelling, visual scale, and strategic combat. I’ve spent more than my fair share of time troubleshooting it, especially into Act 3. But that I can still enjoy it this much this speaks to the quality of both what’s already there and the continued update support from Larian. Even at its ugliest, Baldur’s Gate 3 is a gem.
I’m stuck in a constant loop replaying BG3, so it’ll probably wind up my pick for 2024, 2025, and so on. The romances are just too good, and when I’m not poking around in Faerun, I’m busy modding it. Either way, thanks to the folks at Larian for pulling this together. It’s a special game with a development tale I’m endlessly curious about, and I’m not sure if I’ll ever play another like it.
Destructoid’s Best PC Games of 2023, nominees:
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Starfield
- Cocoon
- Slay the Princess
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- BattleBit Remastered
- Dave the Diver
