2013 in video games
Numerous games were released in 2013, including new installments for well-received franchises, such as Ace Attorney, Army of Two, Assassin's Creed, ', Battlefield, BioShock, Call of Duty, Crysis, Dead Rising, Dead Space, Devil May Cry, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Forza Motorsport, God of War, Gears of War, Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Killer Instinct, Killzone, Lost Planet, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Party, Metal Gear, Metro, Need for Speed, Pokémon, Rayman, Pikmin, Saints Row, SimCity, Sly Cooper, Sonic The Hedgehog, StarCraft, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Tomb Raider, Total War and Zoo Tycoon. In addition, it saw the release of many new intellectual properties, such as ', Papers, Please, Tearaway, The Wonderful 101 and The Last of Us. Many awards went to games such as BioShock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto V, The Last of Us and . New video game consoles were also released in 2013 with the PlayStation 4 from Sony Computer Entertainment and the Xbox One from Microsoft.
Major awards
1 These awards are sometimes given as one or two awards.2 Awarded separately as Best Voice Actor and Best Voice Actress.
Events
Console releases
The list of game consoles released in 2013 in North America.| Month | Day | Console |
| June | 10 | Xbox 360 E |
| June | 25 | Ouya |
| July | 31 | Nvidia Shield |
| October | 12 | Nintendo 2DS |
| November | 15 | GameStick |
| November | 15 | PlayStation 4 |
| November | 22 | Xbox One |
| December | 10 | MOJO |
Game releases
The list of games released in 2013 in North America.January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Titles with notable critical reception
and GameRankings are aggregators of video game journalism reviews.Critically acclaimed titles
Critically panned titles
Highest-grossing games
The following were 2013's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide revenue across all platforms.| Game | Revenue | Publisher | Genre | Platform | Business model | ||
| 1 | Puzzle & Dragons | GungHo Online Entertainment / SoftBank Group | Puzzle | Mobile | Free-to-play | ||
| 2 | Candy Crush Saga | $1,460,000,000 | King Digital Entertainment | Puzzle | Mobile | Free-to-play | |
| 3 | $1,000,000,000 | Activision / Activision Blizzard | First-person shooter | Multi-platform | Buy-to-play | ||
| 3 | CrossFire | $1,000,000,000 | Smilegate / Tencent | First-person shooter | Windows | Free-to-play | |
| 3 | Grand Theft Auto V | $1,000,000,000 | Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive | Action-adventure | Multi-platform | Buy-to-play | |
| 6 | World of Warcraft | $912,000,000 | Blizzard Entertainment / Activision Blizzard | MMORPG | PC | Subscription | |
| 7 | League of Legends | $624,000,000 | Riot Games / Tencent | MOBA | PC | Free-to-play | |
| 8 | Pokémon X / Y | Nintendo / The Pokémon Company | RPG | 3DS | Buy-to-play | ||
| 9 | Dungeon Fighter Online | $426,000,000 | Neople / Nexon | Beat 'em up | Windows | Free-to-play | |
| 10 | World of Tanks | $372,000,000 | Wargaming.net | Vehicular combat | Windows | Free-to-play |