After finalizing the genre categories for the best games of 2022 and the most anticipated ones of 2023, it's time for the Wccftech community to select their favorite one out of the five nominees in each category (Shooter, Action, RPG, Horror, Adventure, Platform, Indie, Strategy & Simulation, Sports & Racing, Multiplayer, and Overall).
Go ahead and vote in the polls below, which will close on Saturday, January 28th. The following day, we'll announce the winners of the Wccftech Community and Staff Awards.
Best Shooter Game of 2022
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 26%, 98 votes98 votes 26%98 votes - 26% of all votes
- Evil West 20%, 75 votes75 votes 20%75 votes - 20% of all votes
- Splatoon 3 19%, 73 votes73 votes 19%73 votes - 19% of all votes
- Metal: Hellsinger 19%, 71 vote71 vote 19%71 vote - 19% of all votes
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction 16%, 61 vote61 vote 16%61 vote - 16% of all votes
Total Votes: 378
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Best Roleplaying Game of 2022
- Elden Ring 81%, 398 votes398 votes 81%398 votes - 81% of all votes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 10%, 47 votes47 votes 10%47 votes - 10% of all votes
- Weird West 7%, 32 votes32 votes 7%32 votes - 7% of all votes
- Star Ocean: The Divine Force 2%, 10 votes10 votes 2%10 votes - 2% of all votes
- Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin 1%, 5 votes5 votes 1%5 votes - 1% of all votes
Total Votes: 492
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Best Action Game of 2022
- God of War Ragnarok 54%, 269 votes269 votes 54%269 votes - 54% of all votes
- Horizon Forbidden West 21%, 106 votes106 votes 21%106 votes - 21% of all votes
- A Plague Tale: Requiem 15%, 76 votes76 votes 15%76 votes - 15% of all votes
- Bayonetta 3 7%, 33 votes33 votes 7%33 votes - 7% of all votes
- Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga 3%, 17 votes17 votes 3%17 votes - 3% of all votes
Total Votes: 501
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Best Horror Game of 2022
- The Last of Us Part I 32%, 145 votes145 votes 32%145 votes - 32% of all votes
- Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose 27%, 124 votes124 votes 27%124 votes - 27% of all votes
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human 22%, 100 votes100 votes 22%100 votes - 22% of all votes
- The Quarry 10%, 48 votes48 votes 10%48 votes - 10% of all votes
- Martha Is Dead 9%, 43 votes43 votes 9%43 votes - 9% of all votes
Total Votes: 460
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Best Adventure Game of 2022
- Return to Monkey Island 36%, 121 vote121 vote 36%121 vote - 36% of all votes
- As Dusk Falls 18%, 61 vote61 vote 18%61 vote - 18% of all votes
- Pentiment 18%, 60 votes60 votes 18%60 votes - 18% of all votes
- Syberia: The World Before 15%, 50 votes50 votes 15%50 votes - 15% of all votes
- Immortality 12%, 40 votes40 votes 12%40 votes - 12% of all votes
Total Votes: 332
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Best Platform Game of 2022
- Stray 50%, 175 votes175 votes 50%175 votes - 50% of all votes
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land 23%, 80 votes80 votes 23%80 votes - 23% of all votes
- Sonic Frontiers 18%, 62 votes62 votes 18%62 votes - 18% of all votes
- OlliOlli World 6%, 22 votes22 votes 6%22 votes - 6% of all votes
- Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series 3%, 11 votes11 votes 3%11 votes - 3% of all votes
Total Votes: 350
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Best Fighting Game of 2022
- Sifu 44%, 142 votes142 votes 44%142 votes - 44% of all votes
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge 31%, 100 votes100 votes 31%100 votes - 31% of all votes
- The King of Fighters XV 14%, 44 votes44 votes 14%44 votes - 14% of all votes
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax 7%, 23 votes23 votes 7%23 votes - 7% of all votes
- DNF Duel 4%, 12 votes12 votes 4%12 votes - 4% of all votes
Total Votes: 321
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Best Indie Game of 2022
- Vampire Survivors 37%, 117 votes117 votes 37%117 votes - 37% of all votes
- Tunic 23%, 72 votes72 votes 23%72 votes - 23% of all votes
- Dwarf Fortress 19%, 60 votes60 votes 19%60 votes - 19% of all votes
- Neon White 11%, 34 votes34 votes 11%34 votes - 11% of all votes
- Citizen Sleeper 10%, 32 votes32 votes 10%32 votes - 10% of all votes
Total Votes: 315
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Best Strategy/Simulation Game of 2022
- Total War: Warhammer III 44%, 145 votes145 votes 44%145 votes - 44% of all votes
- Marvel's Midnight Suns 18%, 59 votes59 votes 18%59 votes - 18% of all votes
- Hardspace: Shipbreaker 18%, 58 votes58 votes 18%58 votes - 18% of all votes
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope 15%, 48 votes48 votes 15%48 votes - 15% of all votes
- Two Point Campus 6%, 21 vote21 vote 6%21 vote - 6% of all votes
Total Votes: 331
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Best Sports/Racing Game of 2022
- Gran Turismo 7 49%, 153 votes153 votes 49%153 votes - 49% of all votes
- Need for Speed Unbound 21%, 64 votes64 votes 21%64 votes - 21% of all votes
- Football Manager 2023 12%, 38 votes38 votes 12%38 votes - 12% of all votes
- Grid Legends 11%, 33 votes33 votes 11%33 votes - 11% of all votes
- NBA 2K23 7%, 23 votes23 votes 7%23 votes - 7% of all votes
Total Votes: 311
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Best Multiplayer Game of 2022
- Elden Ring 38%, 130 votes130 votes 38%130 votes - 38% of all votes
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II/Warzone 2.0 37%, 127 votes127 votes 37%127 votes - 37% of all votes
- Lost Ark 11%, 38 votes38 votes 11%38 votes - 11% of all votes
- Splatoon 3 10%, 34 votes34 votes 10%34 votes - 10% of all votes
- Multiversus 4%, 14 votes14 votes 4%14 votes - 4% of all votes
Total Votes: 343
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Best Game of 2022
- Elden Ring 51%, 246 votes246 votes 51%246 votes - 51% of all votes
- God of War Ragnarok 22%, 108 votes108 votes 22%108 votes - 22% of all votes
- Horizon Forbidden West 9%, 45 votes45 votes 9%45 votes - 9% of all votes
- A Plague Tale: Requiem 5%, 23 votes23 votes 5%23 votes - 5% of all votes
- The Last of Us Part I 4%, 20 votes20 votes 4%20 votes - 4% of all votes
- Pentiment 3%, 14 votes14 votes 3%14 votes - 3% of all votes
- Gran Turismo 7 2%, 10 votes10 votes 2%10 votes - 2% of all votes
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 2%, 9 votes9 votes 2%9 votes - 2% of all votes
- Total War: Warhammer III 1%, 7 votes7 votes 1%7 votes - 1% of all votes
- Bayonetta 3 1%, 4 votes4 votes 1%4 votes - 1% of all votes
Total Votes: 486
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Most Anticipated Shooter Game of 2023
- STALKER 2 44%, 191 vote191 vote 44%191 vote - 44% of all votes
- Atomic Heart 23%, 99 votes99 votes 23%99 votes - 23% of all votes
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 16%, 71 vote71 vote 16%71 vote - 16% of all votes
- Redfall 13%, 59 votes59 votes 13%59 votes - 13% of all votes
- Remnant 2 4%, 19 votes19 votes 4%19 votes - 4% of all votes
Total Votes: 439
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Most Anticipated Roleplaying Game of 2023
- Starfield 39%, 205 votes205 votes 39%205 votes - 39% of all votes
- Diablo IV 19%, 99 votes99 votes 19%99 votes - 19% of all votes
- Hogwarts Legacy 18%, 94 votes94 votes 18%94 votes - 18% of all votes
- Baldur's Gate III 13%, 69 votes69 votes 13%69 votes - 13% of all votes
- Final Fantasy XVI 11%, 56 votes56 votes 11%56 votes - 11% of all votes
Total Votes: 523
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Most Anticipated Action Game of 2023
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 31%, 150 votes150 votes 31%150 votes - 31% of all votes
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 29%, 138 votes138 votes 29%138 votes - 29% of all votes
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 18%, 87 votes87 votes 18%87 votes - 18% of all votes
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon 12%, 56 votes56 votes 12%56 votes - 12% of all votes
- Stellar Blade 11%, 52 votes52 votes 11%52 votes - 11% of all votes
Total Votes: 483
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Most Anticipated Horror Game of 2023
- Resident Evil 4 36%, 145 votes145 votes 36%145 votes - 36% of all votes
- Dead Space 33%, 133 votes133 votes 33%133 votes - 33% of all votes
- Alan Wake 2 27%, 109 votes109 votes 27%109 votes - 27% of all votes
- Ad Infinitum 2%, 9 votes9 votes 2%9 votes - 2% of all votes
- Unholy 2%, 8 votes8 votes 2%8 votes - 2% of all votes
Total Votes: 404
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Most Anticipated Adventure Game of 2023
- The Wolf Among Us 2 33%, 100 votes100 votes 33%100 votes - 33% of all votes
- Deliver Us Mars 22%, 65 votes65 votes 22%65 votes - 22% of all votes
- Star Trek: Resurgence 22%, 65 votes65 votes 22%65 votes - 22% of all votes
- The Expanse: A Telltale Series 20%, 59 votes59 votes 20%59 votes - 20% of all votes
- Season: A Letter to the Future 4%, 12 votes12 votes 4%12 votes - 4% of all votes
Total Votes: 301
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Most Anticipated Platform Game of 2023
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe 38%, 83 votes83 votes 38%83 votes - 38% of all votes
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake 24%, 52 votes52 votes 24%52 votes - 24% of all votes
- Europa 16%, 34 votes34 votes 16%34 votes - 16% of all votes
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 13%, 29 votes29 votes 13%29 votes - 13% of all votes
- Convergence: A League of Legends Story 9%, 19 votes19 votes 9%19 votes - 9% of all votes
Total Votes: 217
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Most Anticipated Fighting Game of 2023
- Street Fighter 6 77%, 186 votes186 votes 77%186 votes - 77% of all votes
- Party Animals 8%, 20 votes20 votes 8%20 votes - 8% of all votes
- Die By The Blade 5%, 13 votes13 votes 5%13 votes - 5% of all votes
- Blazing Strike 5%, 12 votes12 votes 5%12 votes - 5% of all votes
- God of Rock 5%, 11 votes11 votes 5%11 votes - 5% of all votes
Total Votes: 242
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Most Anticipated Indie Game of 2023
- Hollow Knight: Silksong 59%, 137 votes137 votes 59%137 votes - 59% of all votes
- Oxenfree II: Lost Signals 15%, 35 votes35 votes 15%35 votes - 15% of all votes
- Viewfinder 10%, 24 votes24 votes 10%24 votes - 10% of all votes
- Bomb Rush Cyberfunk 10%, 22 votes22 votes 10%22 votes - 10% of all votes
- Tchia 6%, 13 votes13 votes 6%13 votes - 6% of all votes
Total Votes: 231
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Most Anticipated Strategy/Simulation Game of 2023
- Company of Heroes 3 45%, 124 votes124 votes 45%124 votes - 45% of all votes
- Homeworld 3 41%, 113 votes113 votes 41%113 votes - 41% of all votes
- The Great War: Western Front 6%, 18 votes18 votes 6%18 votes - 6% of all votes
- Stranded: Alien Dawn 5%, 15 votes15 votes 5%15 votes - 5% of all votes
- Park Beyond 3%, 7 votes7 votes 3%7 votes - 3% of all votes
Total Votes: 277
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Most Anticipated Sports/Racing Game of 2023
- Forza Motorsport 66%, 169 votes169 votes 66%169 votes - 66% of all votes
- Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown 15%, 39 votes39 votes 15%39 votes - 15% of all votes
- Wreckreation 8%, 21 vote21 vote 8%21 vote - 8% of all votes
- AEW: Fight Forever 6%, 15 votes15 votes 6%15 votes - 6% of all votes
- Football Manager 2024 5%, 12 votes12 votes 5%12 votes - 5% of all votes
Total Votes: 256
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Most Anticipated Multiplayer Game of 2023
- Diablo IV 61%, 185 votes185 votes 61%185 votes - 61% of all votes
- Ark 2 13%, 40 votes40 votes 13%40 votes - 13% of all votes
- Street Fighter 6 13%, 39 votes39 votes 13%39 votes - 13% of all votes
- Blue Protocol 7%, 21 vote21 vote 7%21 vote - 7% of all votes
- Throne and Liberty 5%, 16 votes16 votes 5%16 votes - 5% of all votes
Total Votes: 301
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Most Anticipated Game of 2023
- Starfield 35%, 160 votes160 votes 35%160 votes - 35% of all votes
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom 12%, 53 votes53 votes 12%53 votes - 12% of all votes
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 9%, 41 vote41 vote 9%41 vote - 9% of all votes
- Diablo IV 9%, 40 votes40 votes 9%40 votes - 9% of all votes
- STALKER 2 8%, 37 votes37 votes 8%37 votes - 8% of all votes
- Hogwarts Legacy 7%, 32 votes32 votes 7%32 votes - 7% of all votes
- Baldur's Gate III 7%, 31 vote31 vote 7%31 vote - 7% of all votes
- Final Fantasy XVI 6%, 27 votes27 votes 6%27 votes - 6% of all votes
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor 5%, 23 votes23 votes 5%23 votes - 5% of all votes
- Alan Wake 2 3%, 15 votes15 votes 3%15 votes - 3% of all votes
Total Votes: 459
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