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What occurs each December? Christmas Day. New 12 months’s Eve. A bunch of gross sales as we strategy the tip of the yr. Oh, and our year-end online game wrap-ups.
Nintendo Swap 12 months in Evaluate 2023 is formally out there, that means you may scour over each single second of your online game habits for the yr. The stats vary from the three most-played video games of the yr to your style preferences. Head on over to the official Nintendo web site to get your stats now — all you want to do is bounce into the hyperlink under and register, and tah-dah!
Earlier than we share our 12 months in Evaluate stats, boy, what a yr for online game releases it has been, hey? We anticipate quite a lot of selection in your gaming habits — and quite a lot of Zelda, too.
We at Nintendo Life are wanting to share personal personal stats with you, the beautiful readers. Which of us has performed too many RPGs? And who’s put essentially the most time into that brand-new Zelda sport?
Have a learn by way of our yr’s stats and share your most performed video games within the feedback under. Take pleasure in!
Jim Norman, Workers Author
![Fire Emblem Engage](https://images.nintendolife.com/2c5b68bde2d95/fire-emblem-engage.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
Shock, shock, Tears of the Kingdom takes the highest spot for me (you higher get used to that shock). It solely sits on the 81-hour mark — a small week’s price in comparison with a few of us — however my aim was to go for story before everything after which decide it up once more at a later date to mop up all the things else. It simply so occurs that ‘all the things else‘ was quite quite a bit this yr, so returning to Hyrule hasn’t been prime of my to-do record…
I’m barely shocked to see Hearth Emblem Have interaction in second place with 50 hours logged — and that got here from January and February alone. And my beloved Sea of Stars lands at quantity three. I solely had 35 hours logged on this one (what can I say? I unfold my time round), however what a 35 hours they had been!
I put a complete of 405 hours into my Swap this yr throughout 44 completely different video games. Neatly, I wrapped up most of those within the 10 to 20-hour bracket (*cough* the perfect size for a sport *cough*), although the likes of Hole Knight and Pikmin 4 took up a little bit extra of my time and narrowly missed out on the rostrum. Perhaps subsequent yr for Silksong, eh?
Ollie Reynolds, Workers Author
![Prime Remastered](https://images.nintendolife.com/cf8c803259f78/prime-remastered.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
I’ve struggled with Tears of the Kingdom since its launch. Provided that Breath of the Wild is one among my all-time favourites, the direct sequel actually ought to have been a slam dunk for me. Sadly, each try to get into it has resulted in boredom creeping in, finally leading to me shutting it all the way down to play one thing fully completely different. But at 66 hours of complete playtime, nobody can accuse me of not attempting – so there.
Metroid Prime Remastered is predictably very shut behind at 59 hours; I can beat this sport in only a handful at this level, so my time spent with this one has consisted of a number of playthroughs and meticulous merchandise trying to find our information. It is pure consolation meals for me, so I think it might nicely find yourself as one among my most performed video games of 2024, too.
I am a little bit shocked that I solely managed to build up a complete of 40 hours on Persona 4 Golden; I actually treasure this sport and I assumed I spent for much longer on it. However gosh, there have been so many nice video games this yr, I assume it actually should not shock me.
Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor
![Octopath Traveler II Hikari](https://images.nintendolife.com/9c5a306447715/octopath-traveler-ii-hikari.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
Okay, so, I would have to exit a little bit bit extra: I performed my Swap for practically 1,200 hours in 2023. Eep.
My primary was assured — I spent a whopping 284 hours on Tears of the Kingdom which should not be shocking provided that I reviewed and guided it. I am additionally not shocked to see Octopath Traveler II right here, both, as a result of I did completely all the things in that sport — a number of save scumming for steals and lots of superboss makes an attempt and deaths till I lastly felled it. 88 hours is about what I anticipated given how dense that sport is.
The largest shock right here is Animal Crossing. I completely forgot I slipped again into that sport within the spring throughout the pre-TOTK lull. I have not touched it since Might and someway I managed to place 128 hours into it. Good lord. Mainly, I spent over 40 hours on 9 completely different video games, and nearly all of them had been RPGs: Trails into Reverie, Trails to Azure, Star Ocean The Second Story R, Disco Elysium, Sea of Stars, Theatrhythm… busy yr for the style, huh?
Gavin Lane, Editor
![Tunic](https://images.nintendolife.com/90cbc2518c882/tunic.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
No surprises with primary. With 111 hours on the clock, I solely just lately beelined to the Lightning Temple after which onto Hyrule Citadel for the ultimate showdown in an effort to trounce Ganondorf earlier than 2024 arrives. I might say there’s at the least one other 100 hours of noodling earlier than I am completed in Hyrule.
Tunic was in my backlog from final yr and scratched a pre-TOTK itch very nicely (though I by no means really beat the ultimate boss), as did Skyward Sword — a shock entry sneaking into third place simply forward of Vampire Survivors! Once more, I used to be jonesing for Zelda whereas awaiting TOTK’s arrival and I ended up going again to at least one that I picked up at launch however solely performed for a number of hours.
Elsewhere, I touched a complete swathe of video games — 48 in complete — for a number of hours every; it has been a bitty yr for one motive or one other, a number of half-finished adventures. My first sport of 2023 was the superb Rogue Legacy 2, which I used to be nonetheless hooked on, and 1% of my style developments this yr had been taken up by pinball, thanks completely to the Star Trek: The Subsequent Era desk added to Pinball FX.
Kate Grey, Contributor
![Slay the Spire](https://images.nintendolife.com/15a4f926a1d39/slay-the-spire.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
A yr is a surprisingly very long time in video games! I truthfully forgot that I might had a Stardew part within the earlier half of the yr, largely taking part in with my associate on a shared farm. It was his first time taking part in, and my seventy millionth, so it was largely an train in me being Chill and Not Telling Him That We Want To Full The Group Heart ASAP. Did I succeed? Ha, no.
Unsurprisingly, Zelda is there — do not kill me, however I really have not completed it but — and Slay the Spire, which I jumped again into just lately. I’m a little bit shocked that it is solely 88 hours, really.
I additionally had 53 hours of Fae Farm, 49 hours of A Fantastic Life, 33 hours of The Winds of Anthos, and 24 hours of Pikmin, so no prizes for guessing what my most performed style was this yr. And a wonderful 11 hours replaying my beloved Ghost Trick. What a yr.
PJ O’Reilly, Workers Author
![Mario Wonder](https://images.nintendolife.com/cde5ffa55e44d/mario-wonder.900x.jpg)
Most performed video games 2023:
After all Tears of the Kingdom is my primary Swap sport this yr by way of each hours performed and the way a lot I loved it general. There’s simply no getting round it, it’s one among Nintendo’s most interesting hours and a sport that’s actually left me questioning the place Group Zelda can go together with the collection after such an awe-inspiring, all-encompassing journey (I’ll take a return to basic dungeons if that’s happy with everybody else).
Elsewhere, and apart from massive evaluation video games which I are likely to spend far an excessive amount of time with – I’m speaking in regards to the likes of Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise and Hearth Emblem Have interaction particularly, my different most performed titles on a purely private stage this yr have been Dave The Diver and Dredge. We’ve had some actual doozies this yr on the indie entrance, however these two actually do spotlight the countless creativity and selection of experiences that indie video games convey to the desk on Swap. What’s that? Dave the Diver is not an indie? However Geoff mentioned so!
Outdoors of my prime three, there’s all kinds within the combine. I took a severe shine to Sea of Stars, Pikmin 4, and a complete bunch of different stuff this yr and, general, I really reckon Swap has had its finest yr to this point in 2023, which is simply mad actually. I haven’t even talked about my amorous affairs with Octopath Traveller 2, Tremendous Mega Baseball 4 or PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, these have all accrued hefty playtimes too, however yeah, this yr belongs to Zelda, with a fats diver (to not be confused with chubby plumber) and a few eldritch fish scooping up the quantity 2 and three spots.
Gonçalo Lopes, Contributor
![Red Dead Redemption](https://images.nintendolife.com/1157204d7f8a1/red-dead-redemption.900x.jpg)
Most-played video games 2023:
The story of 1 John Marston took the bronze this yr. It is a bit foolish since I had already accomplished the sport again on PS3 a number of years again, however the attract of returning to a digital, now transportable Wild West proved an excessive amount of to cross on. I nonetheless plan to come back again and end the enlargement Undead Nightmare later down the road.
The silver medal goes to the very first Nintendo launch of 2023: the exceptional Hearth Emblem Have interaction. Skipping on the heavier social elements of the earlier entry, this technique RPG received me hooked from day one due to its relatable characters and intelligent mechanics which are used as an excuse to convey again heroes from earlier entries.
No actual shock for the one touchdown on prime of the rostrum: identical to the earlier sport, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will probably stay the topic of many conversations for years, for being a template for open-world adventuring video video games, the quantity of lore it provides to the already-complex Zelda canon, the unbelievable plot, and the large quantity of tiny little touches that make this such an unforgettable masterpiece. Simply writing about it makes me need to return to it and wander again into this unbelievable redemption of Hyrule. Perhaps some DLC subsequent yr will let me just do that (not taking place, sorry – Ed).
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