Things to look forward to this year

Now that the bulk of the 2023 end of year lists out of the way, what's next for Acclaimed Video Games? Will we sit and twiddle out thumbs until the end of year lists for 2024 start to come in? Ha! Of course not! Here are some of the improvements that we're currently working on, and which should be implemented in the next couple of months:

• The list expanding to 1000 games.
• An improved filter system that allows custom release year ranges, and for multiple platforms and genres to be selected.
• An greatly expanded genre list, with Horror, Open World, Stealth, and Survival finally being added (among others).
• The addition of the first platform exclusive lists.

Watch this space.

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2023 games added!

Games released in 2023 have finally been added to the list! Understand that these rankings are currently based on very limited data, and will likely change significantly as more lists come in.

This update also adds an additional 270 lists to the database, bringing the total to just over 700, and the ranking algorithm has been improved so that it more sensibly places games based on limited data.

Games from 2023 will not be added until next year

It has become clear that the end of year lists alone will not be sufficient to give games from 2023 sensible all time rankings. There are currently very few lists comparing games from 2023 to games released earlier, and the algorithm struggles to make sense of this. The few lists that do exist are having a disproportionate effect on the final rankings.

That said, the data comparing 2023 games to each other is already excellent. So, if there is interest in seeing a definitive "Best games of 2023" list, I will put one together (once all of the end of year lists are in).