2026 OpenCritic League - DQ7R & Nioh 3 Closing Soon!! VOTE NOW!

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ArtX on 07 January 2026

DQVII: 84
Nioh 3: 86
Mario Tennis Fever: 80
Resident Evil Requiem: 89
Pokemon Pokopia: 82
Saros: 91
007 First Light: 86
Wolverine: 92
GTA 6: 97
Control Resonant: 86
Deltarune: 86
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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave: 84
Halo: 87
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firebush03 on 08 January 2026

The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond the Sky (82 OpenCritic)

Developed by Nihon Falcom (pub. NIS America).

Had this game released a week or two later, the plan was to include this game in the prediction league. I, personally, have never played a game from Falcon, but I’ve only heard good things from them.

Worth checking out if a fan of low budget JRPGs!

Release date is January 15, 2026.

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Shikamo on 08 January 2026

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 84

Nioh 3 - 86

Mario Tennis Fever - 75

Resident Evil Requiem - 93

Pokémon Pokopia - 72

Saros - 84

007 First Light - 83

Marvel's Wolverine - 88

GTA 6 - 96

Control Resonant - 81

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Wman1996 on 08 January 2026

Dragon Quest VII - 85
Nioh 3 - 87
Mario Tennis - 77
RE Requiem - 85
Pokopia - 74
Saros - 82
007 First Light - 84
Wolverine - 89
GTA 6 - 94
Control Resonant - 84
Duskbloods - 89
Fire Emblem - 88
Halo - 86
Pokémon Wind Waves - 82
Rhythm Heaven - 81
Slay the Spire 2 - 84
Tomb Raider - 83
Yoshi - 82

Lifetime Sales Predictions

Switch: 161 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million)

PS5: 122 million (was 105 million, then 115 million) Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)

Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)

PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)

3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)

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shikamaru317 on 09 January 2026

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined- 85
Nioh 3- 87
Mario Tennis- 77
Resident Evil Requiem- 89
Pokemon Pokopia- 73
Saros- 87
007 First Light- 87
Wolverine- 89
GTA 6- 95
Control Resonant- 87
Deltarune Chapter 5- 90
Duskbloods- 82
Fire Emblem- 85
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Pokemon Wind and Waves- 81
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dane007 on 10 January 2026

Dragon quest - 88

Nioh 3 -85

Mario tennis forever -89

Re9 - 90

Poketopia - 82

Saros -75

007 first light -84

Wolverine - 83

GTA 6- 96

Control resonant - 78

Duskbloods : 87

Halo combat evolve remake 87

Tomb raider : 88

Pokemon wind and waves 84

Yoshi -80

Slay the spire - 82

Rhythm heaven - 72

Delta rune : 75

Darwinianevolution said:

Dragon Quest -- 86

Nioh 3 -- 82

Mario Tennis Fever -- 77

Resident Evil 9 -- 79

Poketopia -- 70

Saros --73

007 Daylight -- 69. I have the feeling this is going to flop very hard.

Wolverine -- 80

GTA 6 -- 97

Control Resonant -- 77

Deltarune Ch.5 -- 85

Duskbloods -- 80

Halo -- 88

Pokemon Wind Waves -- 71

Rhythm Heaven - 84

Slay the Spire 2 - 87

Tomb Raider - 84

Yoshi - 79

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firebush03 on 10 January 2026

Code Violet (40 OpenCritic)

On the topic of releases that I had intended to include in the league originally, Code Violet reviews have dropped… and things are looking a but worse than I was expecting. Oomphf. Well, this would’ve at least made for a fun prediction lol.

Release date is January 10, 2026. (Today!)

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firebush03 on 10 January 2026

Reflecting on this list, I realize I made a screw up: Crimson Desert is missing. (As far as Fable & Forza Horizon 6 are concerned, they will be added once we have confirmation of a 2026 release date, presumably following the upcoming Xbox presentation.)

I’ll tag everyone once new games are added. For now, to anybody seeing this post, be thinking on a score.

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firebush03 3 days ago

Dragon Quest VII - 85
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Mario Tennis - 80
RE Requiem - 88
Pokopia - 79
Saros - 85
007 First Light - 86
Wolverine - 90
GTA 6 - 95
Deltarune Chpt 5 - 88
Control Resonant - 83
Duskbloods - 85
Fire Emblem - 84
Halo - 83
Pokemon Wind Waves - 82
Rhythm Heaven - 85
Slay the Spire 2 - 88
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Yoshi - 80

Crimson Desert - 89

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Dragon Quest VII - 83
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Mario Tennis - 79
RE Requiem - 85
Pokopia - 78
Saros - 87
007 First Light - 84
Wolverine - 89
GTA 6 - 95
Deltarune Chpt 5 - 85
Control Resonant - 80
Duskbloods - 78
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Halo - 82
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