The humble gaming keyboard is no longer quite so humble. We've come a long way from the bad old days of nought but rubber dome switches as far as the eye could see, or single colour LED backlights, or complete Cherry switch dominance. Today sees a vibrant keyboard market that has seen high-end mechanical switches become everyday and affordable tech, and Yono all app once-enthusiast keeb features filtering into the mainstream.
Hot-swappable switches were barely a thought but a few years ago, and no-one outside of the very enthusiastic enthusiast keyboard community would have considered lubing up individual key switches before. But both are now very much part of standard PC gaming hardware groupthink.
And there have been some genuinely outstanding tippy-tappers released this year, too. And we've had to pick just three for our nominations for the best gaming keyboard of the year—but all are potentially worthy of the title.
Best gaming keyboard 2023: the nominees
The winner of the PC Gamer Hardware Award for the best gaming keyboard will be announced on New Year's Eve. It's all to play for, and go rummy any one of these three is completely deserving of the crown.



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