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enSun, 24 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000The final RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 24thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-final-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-24thRPSSun, 24 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-final-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-24thStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyFull productMultiplayer CompetitiveRPGXbox Series X/SFantasySingle PlayerStrategyThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCMultiplayer CooperativeAction AdventureLarian StudiosBird view / IsometricBaldur's Gate 3PS5

Alright folks, it's time for our actual Game Of The Year reveal. Do I actually have to do a tease for this? Do we not all know what it is? Fine. Roll for initiative.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 23rdhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-23rdRPSSat, 23 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-23rdStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyMacRPGIndieSingle PlayerHorrorPoint and ClickThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Ysbryd GamesPCAction AdventureWorld of Horror

Christmas is a time for joy and togetherness, yes, but also lends itself to strange spirits, sacrifice, and Old Gods. So if you want the world to still be here in time for you to open your presents and stuff your face with turkey and potatoes, you're going to have to climb that scary lighthouse and open the Advent Calendar door at the top.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 22ndhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-22ndRPSFri, 22 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-22ndRPGLies Of PNeowizSingle PlayerXbox Series X/SXbox OneThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCThird personPS4PS5

Welcome to door 22 of the RPS Advent Calendar. To enter, you must prove your identity by answering a simple question. Who are you? A human... or a puppet?

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 21sthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-21stRPSThu, 21 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-21stShooterRemedy EntertainmentXbox Series X/SAlan Wake 2Single PlayerThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction AdventureThird personEpic GamesPS5

Before you open this door on the Advent Calendar, make sure you have enough batteries for your mega-powered torch. The environment be damned, throw those spent batts on the floor where you stand and open-palm slam the new ones in, because light is the only way you're getting out of here alive.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 20thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-20thRPSWed, 20 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-20thShooterBlockbusterElectronic ArtsSurvival & CraftingXbox Series X/SHorrorThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCMotive StudioDead Space (remake)PS5

Interesting. This door on the Advent Calendar has an instruction scrawled on it in blood: TURN THE DOOR KNOB. There's a remote recorder on the floor there, and if you press play a voice, coughing itself to death, says "You have to turn the door knob!". After a few minutes standing there, you think to yourself, "Maybe I should try turning the door knob?"

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 19thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-19thRPSTue, 19 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-19thShooterFrictional GamesIndieSingle PlayerPuzzleAmnesia: The BunkerFirst personThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction Adventure

Advent calendars are all about opening doors in search of wonderful treats, but you should probably leave this one closed.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 18thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-18thRPSMon, 18 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-18thKowloon NightsRPGIndieShadow Gambit: The Cursed CrewSimulationSingle PlayerStrategy: Real-Time StrategyStealthXbox Series X/SThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCBird view / IsometricStrategyMimimi GamesPS5

We've reached another day on our Advent Calendar, shipmates! Yo ho ho and a bottle of stealth!

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 17thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-17thRPSSun, 17 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-17thBlockbusterSurvival & CraftingHorrorResident Evil 4 RemakeThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Capcom

Time for day seventeen on the 2023 Advent Calendar! What's Christmas without a bit of nostalgia, eh?

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 16thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-16thRPSSat, 16 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-16thJusantFantasyExplorationSingle PlayerPlatformerThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Action AdventureDONTNOD EntertainmentThird person

We come to the sixteenth door of the advent calendar, but unfortunately it's quite far up above you. You're going to have to climb.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 15thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-15thRPSFri, 15 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-15thShooterTrepang StudiosSingle PlayerHorrorThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Team17Trepang2

Gaze down the sights of today's Advent Calendar window and you'll find time is a tricksy, malleable concept that's all slow-motion power slides and extraordinary grenade explosions. Just mind the gibs on the floor there. Wouldn't want to stain your boots.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 14thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-14thRPSThu, 14 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-14thMacIndieSingle PlayerFirst personThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction AdventureBabbdi

We're over halfway through this year's RPS Advent Calendar now, and spoilers, but you can't leave now without seeing it through to the end. We've walled up the Treehouse and everything so you can't escape.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 13thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-13thRPSWed, 13 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-13thBethesda SoftworksSingle PlayerTango GameworksXbox Series X/SPlatformerHi-Fi RushThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Action AdventureHack & SlashRhythmThird person

What's that I hear behind today's Advent Calendar door? A sweet guitar riff and a sick drum beat that makes me want to snap my fingers forevermore? Man, I'm tapping my toes just thinking about it!

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 12thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-12thRPSTue, 12 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-12thStreet Fighter 6Multiplayer CompetitiveXbox Series X/SSingle PlayerThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023ArcadePCCapcomFightingSide viewPS4PS5

You'll need to limber up and do some warm-up stretches before attempting to open today's door on the RPS Advent Calendar, otherwise you'll risk getting an instant KO from the burly brawlers waiting inside.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 11thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-11thRPSMon, 11 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-11thShooterMultiplayer CompetitiveCD Projekt REDCyberpunk 2077: Phantom LibertyRPGSingle PlayerXbox Series X/SFirst personThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction AdventureThird personPS5

This door to the RPS Advent Calendar is chrome-plated with a bright neon trim around the edges. It was all lovely and pristine looking until yesterday, when someone rudely broke out the graffiti cans and sprayed a big "Corpo 4 LIFE" tag on the front.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 10thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-10thRPSSun, 10 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-10thStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyOwlcat GamesRPGXbox Series X/SSingle PlayerScience FictionThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Warhammer 40,000: Rogue TraderMultiplayer CooperativePCMacBird view / IsometricPS5

Doors for the door God! Calendars for the calendar throne!

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 9thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-9thRPSSat, 09 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-9thStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyCognosphereMultiplayer CompetitivePS5RPGSingle PlayerAndroidThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023iOSPCAction AdventureThird personAnimeCutesyFree-2-PlayHonkai: Star RailHoYoVerse

Congratulations! You've opened another door on the RPS Advent Calendar! That deserves a reward. Head to our rewards screen to collect it! No, not that one. Not that one either. Look, just follow the exclamation marks.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 8thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-8thRPSFri, 08 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-8thIndieSingle PlayerThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Heretic's ForkArcadePCStrategy

The eighth door on the 2023 RPS Advent Calendar leads, technically, to Hell, but the good news is that you don't have to go through it so much as stop anything coming the other way...

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 7thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-7thRPSThu, 07 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-7thShooterSonyRatchet & Clank: Rift ApartFamily-friendlySingle PlayerPlatformerInsomniac GamesScience FictionThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction AdventureThird personPS5

This door on the RPS Advent Calendar is in fact not a door, but a portal. It could go anywhere - including nostalgia land.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 6thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-6thRPSWed, 06 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-6thThe Talos Principle 2The RPS Advent Calendar 2023

Do you like robots and being given challenges? Then is the sixth door on this year's RPS Advent Calendar is for you!

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 5thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-5thRPSTue, 05 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-5thStory RichVisual Novel & DatingIndieFantasySingle PlayerThe Cosmic Wheel SisterhoodDevolver DigitalThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023DeconstructeamPCAction AdventureTextSide view

The fifth game in our 2023 Advent Calendar is "future-proof" in a different kind of way.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 4thhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-4thRPSMon, 04 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-4thGeometric InteractiveIndieSingle PlayerPuzzleThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023CocoonAction AdventureBird view / Isometric

The fourth game in our 2023 Advent Calendar is really carrying the world on its back.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 3rdhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-3rdRPSSun, 03 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-3rdNeyasnoeSimulationIndieSingle PlayerThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCMac

It's door number three! This one leads to a night out. Can you pet a dog? No. But you can pet the rats.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 2ndhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-2ndRPSSat, 02 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-2ndDigital EclipseThe Making of KaratekaXbox Series X/SSingle PlayerPlatformerXbox OneThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023PCAction AdventureFightingSide view

Time to open the second door on our advent calendar. No doubt some of you will argue this entry is some kind of cheat, but this is our treehouse and you're wrong.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 1sthttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-1stRPSFri, 01 Dec 2023 13:02:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-advent-calendar-2023-december-1stShooterMultiplayer CompetitiveRPGXbox Series X/SSingle PlayerThird personGearbox PublishingThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023Multiplayer CooperativePCAction AdventureRemnant 2PS5

Let's open the first door of this year's calendar. Lock, load, and bring a buddy.

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The bright and beautiful RPS Advent Calendar 2023https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bright-and-beautiful-rps-advent-calendar-2023Alice BellFri, 01 Dec 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bright-and-beautiful-rps-advent-calendar-2023BlockbusterIndieThe RPS Advent Calendar 2023

Let's get ready ready, let's get ready ready, let's get ready to Christmas! Is it just me, or did 2023 seem like it had more games than ever before? But look, don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened - and make the smile extra big, because, as we do basically every year, the RPS staff have worked hard (read: voted and bickered) to bring you our games of the year in beautiful, numerical form. Digitally open a new door each day and enjoy the magnificent The RPS Advent Calendar 2023!

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