My pick of the best anime games of 2023 (so far) offers Triple-A tie-ins that ambitiously adapt awesome arcs, plus remade classics boasting bags of anime-style and free anime games to play for less. If you love bright and colourful fantasy worlds, or are looking for something a bit darker, you’ll find your next favourite here.
As the games editor for PLAY magazine, I play a lot of games. Unfortunately for Team PLAY, I’m also their resident anime nerd - if the Miku Hatsune figurines around my desk aren’t a dead giveaway, then the stacks of Sailor Moon manga definitely are. PLAY is a dedicated PlayStation focussed magazine so you’ll find plenty of the best anime games on PS5 below, but my list also offers action, role playing and strategy anime games for Switch and anime games for PC nerds too. After all, this art form welcomes all.
