Japanese developers reveal what were the best games of this year - Ultimate Guide

128 Japanese developers tell us what video games they have enjoyed the most in 2018, according to the information provided by Weekly Famitsu magazine. Every year the Japanese magazine Famitsu takes advantage of the December dates to publish the results of a survey among the main Japanese video game developers and professionals. This popular survey focuses on the games they have spent time with in 2018. Each game receives a number of points, and with that information the media publishes a list of the preferred releases by these Japanese creators. The portal Twinfinite, was in charge of disseminating the list of the best games of this year for Japanese developers, in this list appear titles that have not been released this year, but have been included since the developers have played them during the last 12 years.


Leading the list, we find Spider-Man, a Western development that is imposed on Monster Hunter World, leaving it in second place, while the science fiction story of Detroit: Become Human is the third favorite.   But that's not all, we'll show you the Top 30 of the best games of 2018 for Japanese developers. Considering that there is a lot of multiplatform games, in Japan they are basically played on PS4 given the small market of systems like Xbox or Steam. It should be noted that there is also a place in the top positions for Nintendo Switch games, such as Octopath Traveler, which occupies the sixth place and in the 14th place we find Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which seems to have affected him to take so few days in the market to be taken into account in the voting. Without more to add let's start.

1. Marvel's Spider-Man

2. Monster Hunter: World

3. Detroit: Become Human

4. Red Dead Redemption 2

5. God of War

6. Octopath Traveler

7. Assassin's Creed Odyssey

8. Fortnite

9. Conan Exiles

10. Splatoon 2

11. Astro Bot: Rescue Mission

12. Dead by Daylight

13. Fate / Grand Order

14. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

15. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

16. Cities: Skylines

17. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

18. Dragon Quest Rivals

19. Dungeon Maker

20. Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman

21. Zanki Zero: Last Beginning

22. Super Mario Party

23. Border Break

24. Teku-Teku Teku-Teku

25. NieR Automata

26. Assassin's Creed Origins

27. Clash Royale

28. Dead Cells

29. FarCry 5

30. Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle

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On the other hand, we will also show you the favorites of some of the most prestigious creatives and producers in the country, responsible for sagas such as Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, Yakuza, NieR or Layton.

- Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy).

- Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman.

- Final Fantasy VI (SNES Classic).

- Yoshinori Kitase (Final Fantasy).

- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission.

- Shinji Hashimoto (Final Fantasy).

- NieR: Automata.

- Akihiro Hino (Level-5).

- Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

- Keiji Inafune (Comcept).

- Detroit: Become Human.

- Spider-Man.

- Yoko Taro (NieR).

- Tiny Arcade.

- Capcom Beat 'Em Up.

- Hideki Kamiya (Platinum Games).

- Shanghai Refresh.

- Arcade Archives Urban Campion.

- Sega Ages Phantasy Star.

- Keiichiro Toyama (Gravity Rush).

- Friday 13th: The Game.

- FIFA 18

And in this way we conclude the list of the best games of 2018 according to the votes of the Japanese developers. Without a doubt this year was full of success, we hope that this 2019 will be even more extraordinary!