TL;DR

12 - Resident Evil 4 remake

11 - Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

10 - Dave the Diver

9 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

8 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

7 - Diablo IV

6 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

5 - Armored Core VI

4 - Street Fighter 6

3 - Baldur’s Gate 3

2 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

1 - Alan Wake II

It’s just a shitty summary of a great article in this Month’s Edge. I’d recommend reading that instead.

Onboarding. The fact that you have to choose an instance to join while creating an account is essentially forcing people to make a decision for which, unless they’ve done some reading, they’ll have no idea of the implications. It’s such a weird concept for new users - they have to know about a thing before they’ve had experience with a thing.

Even if it doesn’t really matter which instance you begin with, the experience will be different, and there’s a sense of “pressure” at the point of signup, which doesn’t exist outside of the Fediverse.