The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – $70
The biggest game of 2023 for the Switch was easily The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and anyone who somehow didn’t buy the game in the past six months will be overjoyed to see it under the tree come Christmas morning. Link and Zelda’s latest adventure is huge in scope, designed around experimentation and creativity, and has some really affecting story moments that rank among the series’ best. It’s a lovely next step in Breath of the Wild’s open-world evolution of the series and remains one of the most frequent mentions in conversations about what deserves to be 2023’s Game of the Year. If your loved one hasn’t played it and owns a Switch, this is the kind of game that makes a holiday morning memorable.
