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Requiem edged Phantom Blade Zero by 1% at the Golden Joysticks, but does survival horror polish beat 830K-peak kungfupunk action?
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Ranked #1 ahead of #2 Phantom Blade Zero because it won Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2026 Golden Joysticks with 17% of the public vote (vs. 16%), doubled Phantom Blade Zero's unit sales (8M+ vs.
Ranked #2 behind #1 Resident Evil Requiem after finishing 1 percentage point behind in Golden Joystick Ultimate GOTY voting (16% vs. 17%) with lower Metacritic averages (86–88 vs.
Ranked #3 behind #2 Phantom Blade Zero because its 300K Steam concurrent peak and Game Pass-assisted player count carried less late-year awards momentum, while beating #4 Mina the Hollower via 6M players in 2 days and a 100% OpenCritic recommendation rate across 142 reviews. Playground Games moves the open-world racing festival to Japan with 550+ cars and a Tokyo urban zone 5 times larger than prior maps.
Ranked #4 behind #3 Forza Horizon 6 due to a smaller commercial footprint (500K+ vs. 6M players) and 100% vs.
Ranked #5 behind #4 Mina the Hollower because its Switch 2 port dropped to 78 on Metacritic and November LLM debugging backlash triggered 400+ negative Steam reviews, while outranking #6 Pokémon Pokopia via higher PC/PS5 Metacritic scores (91 vs. 89) and a Golden Joystick Critic's Choice win.
Ranked #6 behind #5 Big Walk because Pokopia scored 89 vs. Big Walk's 91 PC/PS5 peak and did not win a Golden Joystick category, while edging #7 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on OpenCritic recommend (98% vs.
Ranked #7 behind #6 Pokémon Pokopia due to lower total sales (1.34M vs. 5M+) and OpenCritic consensus (95% vs.
Ranked #8 behind #7 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave because its PC version dipped to 84 on Metacritic and it lacked Ultimate GOTY traction, while clearing #9 Control Resonant with stronger Metacritic scores (84–88 vs. 81–83), 97% OpenCritic recommend, and 4M units sold.
Ranked #9 behind #8 007 First Light due to lower Metacritic scores (81–83 vs. 84–88) and smaller commercial scale (1M+ vs.
Ranked #10 behind #9 Control Resonant because its 77 Metacritic and 74% OpenCritic scores lag the rest of the top 10, yet its 6M unit sales, Golden Joystick PC Game of the Year win, and 3rd-place Ultimate GOTY finish (15% vote share) keep it ahead of lower-visibility 2026 releases. Pearl Abyss's BlackSpace Engine open-world action-adventure follows Kliff across Pywel.
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