Honkai: Star Rail Crowned Google Play's Top Game of 2023

Google has unveiled its annual lineup of top-rated apps and games, with Honkai: Star Rail being selected as the Best Game of 2023 by Google Play's editorial team. In a separate category, Scopley's Monopoly Go received the User's Choice Game award for the year. Additionally, Poncle's Vampire Survivors was recognized as a standout title in the indie games segment. Other notable mentions include Roto Force, Song of Bloom, Super Meat Boy Forever, and Underground Blossom. Farlight Games' Farlight 84 took home the award for Best Multiplayer experience, while Monopoly Go was named Best for Pick-up & Play. Stumble Guys, developed by Scopely, earned the Best Ongoing title, and Very Magic Rampage, a platformer by Asantee Games, was named Best on Play Pass. This year's awards introduced new categories, including Best Game for Good, which was awarded to Pokémon Sleep. Outside of the gaming sphere, Imprint: Learn Visually by Polywise was voted Best App by Google's editorial team, and ChapGPT won the users' choice award. The comprehensive list of winners in the gaming categories includes: Best Game - Honkai: Star Rail, Best Multi-device Game - Outerplane – Strategy Anime, Users' Choice Game - Monopoly Go, Best Multiplayer - Farlight 84, Best Pick Up & Play - Monopoly Go, Best Indies - Vampire Survivors, Best Story - Honkai: Star Rail, Best Ongoing - Stumble Guys, Best Games for Good - Pokémon Sleep, Best on Play Pass - Magic Rampage, Best for Tablets - Honkai: Star Rail, Best for Chromebooks - Minecraft, and Best for Google Play Games on PC - Arknights.