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Visit the GOTY Awards Tracker website by a0mineda1k1 for more details and previous GOTY winners [work in progress]:
Game of the Year - Award Tracker
Here you can see the awards for the best game of the year according to different media
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Special Thanks to all the contributors who make all of this happen!
Overall Game of the Year
Baldur's Gate III (53%)
Baldur's Gate III (53%)
Runners-Up
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (21%) and Alan Wake II (12%)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (21%) and Alan Wake II (12%)
General Categories
| Overall Winner | Runners-Up | |
| Best Original Game: | Hi-Fi Rush - 7 (32%) | Atomic Heart, Dredge, Lies of P & Venba - 2 (10%) |
| Best Independent Game: | Sea of Stars - 41 (45%) | Dave the Diver - 13 (14%) |
| Best Expansion/DLC: | Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 31 (78%) | Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed - 5 (13%) |
| Best Multiplayer: | Baldur's Gate 3 - 23 (32%) | Diablo IV - 15 (21%) |
| Best Ongoing/Evolving Game: | Cyberpunk 2077 - 10 (30%) | Fortnite - 7 (22%) |
| Best Remake/Remaster: | Resident Evil 4 (2023) - 32 (65%) | Dead Space (2023) - 7 (14%) |
| Best Gaming Hardware: | PlayStation VR 2 - 5 (38%) | ROG Ally - 3 (23%) |
| Best Game Adaptation: | HBO's The Last of Us - 10 (63%) | The Super Mario Bros. Movie - 7 (44%) |
| Disappointment of the Year: | The Day Before - 13 (37%) | Starfield - 6 (17%) |
| Most Anticipated: | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - 27 (52%) | Grand Theft Auto VI - 6 (12%) |
Developer Categories
| Overall Winner | Runners-Up | |
| Best Developer/Studio: | Larian Studios - 10 (56%) | Nintendo EPD - 4 (22%) |
| Best Art Direction/Visual Design: | Alan Wake 2 - 27 (39%) | Hi-Fi Rush - 10 (14%) |
| Best Game Design: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 8 (44%) | Baldur's Gate 3 - 3 (17%) |
| Best Narrative/Story: | Alan Wake 2 - 38 (46%) | Baldur's Gate 3 - 30 (36%) |
| Best Game Direction: | Alan Wake 2 - 10 (55%) | Baldur's Gate 3 - 4 (22%) |
| Best Audio/Sound: | Hi-Fi Rush - 12 (33%) | Alan Wake 2 - 7 (21%) |
| Best Animation: | Hi-Fi Rush & Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 3 (50%) | |
| Best Music: | Final Fantasy XVI - 31 (38%) | Hi-Fi Rush - 12 (14%) |
| Best Technology/Graphics: | Alan Wake 2 - 20 (51%) | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 8 (21%) |
| Best Accessibility: | Forza Motorsport (2023) - 3 (60%) | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 2 (40%) |
| Best Performance(s): | Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 - 8 (20%) | Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI - 6 (15%) |
| Best Community Support: | Baldur's Gate 3 - 3 (75%) | Deep Rock Galactic - 1 (25%) |
| Best Innovation/Breakthrough: | Hi-Fi Rush - 4 (33%) | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 2 (17%) |
| Best Social Impact: | Venba - 3 (43%) | Multiple Runners-Up with single wins. |
| Best Publisher: | Nintendo - 6 (67%) | Capcom - 2 (22%) |
Genre Categories
| Overall Winner | Runners-Up | |
| Best Action Game: | Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon - 10 (29%) | Hi-Fi Rush - 7 (21%) |
| Best Action-Adventure Game: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 31 (40%) | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 21 (27%) |
| Best Adventure Game: | Dredge - 4 (17%) | Cocoon, Sea of Stars, The Talos Principle II and Chants of Sennar - 2 (8%) |
| Best ESports Game: | League of Legends - 7 (54%) | Valorant - 3 (23%) |
| Best Family/Casual/Party Game: | Super Mario Bros. Wonder - 20 (65%) | Disney Dreamlight Valley, Fae Farm & Party Animals - 2 (6%) |
| Best Fighting Game: | Street Fighter 6 - 36 (68%) | Mortal Kombat 1 - 17 (32%) |
| Best Horror: | Alan Wake 2 - 26 (70%) | Resident Evil 4 - 6 (16%) |
| Best World: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 6 (50%) | Alan Wake 2 - 2 (17%) |
| Best Platformer: | Super Mario Bros. Wonder - 23 (85%) | Multiple Runners-Up with single wins. |
| Best Puzzle Game: | The Talos Principle II - 8 (57%) | Cocoon & Humanity - 2 (14%) |
| Best Racing Game: | Forza Motorsport (2023) - 42 (79%) | The Crew Motorfest - 7 (13%) |
| Best Role Playing Game: | Baldur's Gate 3 - 73 (92%) | Octopath Traveller II - 3 (3%) |
| Best Shooter: | Atomic Heart - 12 (32%) | Counter Strike 2 and Robocop Rogue City - 5 (14%) |
| Best Simulator: | Cities: Skylines II - 4 (26%) | Forza Motorsport (2023) - 2 (13%) |
| Best Souls-like/Rogue: | Lies of P - 5 (63%) | Multiple Runners-Up with single wins. |
| Best Sports Game: | EA Sports FC 24 - 11 (46%) | Football Manager 2024 & MLB The Show 23 - 5 (21%) |
| Best Strategy Game: | Pikmin 4 - 13 (24%) | Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - 7 (13%) |
Platform Categories
| Overall Winner | Runners-Up | |
| Best Mobile Game: | Honkai: Star Rail - 18 (49%) | Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis - 7 (19%) |
| Best Nintendo Game: | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 34 (97%) | Super Mario Bros. Wonder - 1 (3%) |
| Best PC Game: | Baldur's Gate 3 - 25 (78%) | Multiple Runners-Up with single wins. |
| Best PlayStation Game: | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 23 (70%) | Baldur's Gate 3 - 3 (9%) |
| Best VR Game: | Resident Evil Village VR Mode - 9 (25%) | Horizon Call of the Mountain and Resident Evil 4 VR Mode - 5 (14%) |
| Best XBOX Game: | Starfield - 16 (41%) | Hi-Fi Rush - 9 (23%) |
To see the full tallies for each category, see the google doc link below:
List of Sub-Category Awards - 2023
docs.google.com
Game of the Year Winners Tally
GOTY Tally Updated 04/11/24 - Categories 04/12/24
Baldur's Gate III - 284
Larian Studios - PS5, Xbox Series & PC/Mac
Media Outlets: 195 | Reader's Choice: 89
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - 114
Nintendo EPD / Nintendo - Switch
Media Outlets: 86 | Reader's Choice: 28
Alan Wake II - 62
Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games Publishing - PS5, Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 56 | Reader's Choice: 6
Resident Evil 4 (2023) - 16
Capcom - PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, PC & iOS/macOS/iPadOS
Media Outlets: 14 | Reader's Choice: 2
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - 13
Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment - PS5
Media Outlets: 6 | Reader's Choice: 7
Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon - 8
From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment - PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 7 | Reader's Choice: 1
Super Mario Bros. Wonder - 7
Nintendo EPD / Nintendo - Switch
Media Outlets: 7 | Reader's Choice: 0
Hogwarts Legacy - 5
Avalanche Software / Warner Bros. Games - PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 4
Sea of Stars - 3
Sabotage Studio - PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 3 | Reader's Choice: 0
Final Fantasy XVI - 3
SE Creative Business Unit III / Square Enix - PS5
Media Outlets: 2 | Reader's Choice: 1
Lies of P - 3
Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio - PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC & macOS
Media Outlets: 2 | Reader's Choice: 1
A Space for The Unbound - 2
Mojikan Studio / Toge Productions & Chorus Worldwide - PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 2 | Reader's Choice: 0
Starfield - 2
Bethesda Games Studios / Bethesda Softworks - Xbox Series & PC
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Media Outlets: 2 | Reader's Choice: 0
Octopath Traveler II - 2
Square Enix & Acquire / Square Enix - PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 1
Amnesia: The Bunker - 1
Frictional Games - PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Atomic Heart - 1
Mundfish / Focus Entertainment - PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 0 | Reader's Choice: 1
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 1
CD Projekt Red / CD Projekt - PS5, Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Cocoon - 1
Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive - PS5, PS4, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Dave the Diver - 1
Mintrocket - Switch, PC & macOS
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Diablo IV - 1
Blizzard Entertainment - PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Disney Illusion Island - 1
Dlala Studios / Disney Games - Switch
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Hi-Fi Rush - 1
Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks - Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Remnant II - 1
Gunfire Games / Gearbox Publishing - PS5, Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - 1
Black Tabby Games - PC, Linux & macOS
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Slay The Princess - 1
Mimimi Games - PS5, Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
The Talos Principle 2 - 1
Croteam / Devolver Digital - PS5, Xbox Series & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Venba - 1
Visai Games - PS5, Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One & PC
Media Outlets: 1 | Reader's Choice: 0
Total of Awards so far (including ties): 537
List of Game of the Year Winners:
*Highlighted outlets with sub-category awards [see below]
Media Outlets:
- Trusted Reviews (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Golden Joystick Awards (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Stuff.tv (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- EE Pocket-lint Awards (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- TIGA Awards (UK): Disney Illusion Island
- WatchMojo (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gaming.net (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Nacao Tech (BR): Alan Wake 2
- Xataka (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- TechTudo (BR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Paste Magazine (US): Alan Wake 2
- 3DJuegos (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- TrueGaming (SA): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Augustman (SG): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- WhatCulture (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- Equinox LATAM Game Awards (MX): Baldur's Gate 3
- Overplay (BR): Alan Wake 2 (tie)
- Overplay (BR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- UAGNA (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Slant Magazine (US): Alan Wake 2
- NME (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Polygon (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Dexerto (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Brazil Game Awards (BR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Vulture (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Den of Geek (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Standard (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameSpot (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Giant Bomb (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- The Game Awards (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Excelsior (MX): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamingGravity (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Ringer (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN Japan (JP): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- IGN Portugal (PT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Xataka Mexico (MX): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Flow Games (BR): Alan Wake 2
- Vigiato (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- De Standaard (DE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Way Too Many Games (BR): Octopath Traveler 2
- Digital Trends (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- VidaExtra (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamesRadar+ (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- But Why Tho? (US): Baldur's Gate 3 & The People Who Make The Games Industry
- GameDivision (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Root Nation (UA): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Mashable (US): Alan Wake 2
- Esquire (US): Alan Wake 2
- GameLuster (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Alfa Beta (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamesHub (AU): Alan Wake 2
- Complex (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameTyrant (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- 3DJuegos LATAM (LATAM): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Checkpoint Gaming (AU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamingbible (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Gfinity (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- VGC (UK): Alan Wake 2
- NexoGeek (PT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Fextralife (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- GEEKSandCOM (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- GGRECON (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameHall (BR): Baldur's Gate 3
- El País (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 (tie)
- El País (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- Clubic (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Titanium Awards (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- NaviGames (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- Je Suis un Gameur (FR): Sea of Stars
- GQ Magazine (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamingBolt (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Lowcy Gier (PL): Baldur's Gate 3
- FZ (SE): Baldur's Gate 3
- Helden der Freizeit (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- RollingStone (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Inven (KR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Fire Escape (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [7:11:00]
- The Geekly Grind (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Pixel Bandits (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- ABPLive (IN): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- TierraGamer (MX): Alan Wake 2
- Topal Games (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [198:00]
- NRC (NL): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Entertainium (BR): Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
- TheGamer (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Screen Rant (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- Empire (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- TechRadar (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Inverse (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Guardian (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GameWatcher (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN Benelux (NL): Baldur's Gate 3
- mxdwn (US): Alan Wake 2
- Game Informer (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- The Outerhaven (US): Final Fantasy XVI
- The AU Review (AU): Baldur's Gate 3
- The A.V. Club (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Game Rant (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Hardcore Gamer (US): Alan Wake 2
- Nerd Stash (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Zing.cz (CZ): Baldur's Gate 3 (voted by the site editors of Zing, Hrej, Spite, PCTuning and Grunex)
- Mobile Syrup (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Computer Games Show (UK): Alan Wake 2 [03:40:00]
- Les Inrockuptibles (FR): A Space for the Unbound
- Digital Spy (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gaming Age (US): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Gazettely (AE): Alan Wake 2
- Power Praat (NL): Baldur's Gate 3 [03:41:18]
- God Is a Geek (UK): Sea of Stars [03:19:00]
- Kotaku (US): Alan Wake 2
- GameSpew (UK): Diablo 4
- Destructoid (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamerGen (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- EDGE Magazine (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GameXplain (US): Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [29:41]
- Prima Games (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Eurogamer (UK): Cocoon
- La Orden del Pixel (AR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Good Vibes Gaming (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Metro (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- VideoGamesGood (US): Alan Wake 2
- The Sun (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Mirror (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamerNL (NL): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- The Loadout (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Tom's Guide (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Fortress of Solitude (ZA): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Money Control (IN): Baldur's Gate 3
- Ars Technica (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- 8bit/Digi (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Quest Daily (AU): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Nerdando (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameWorld (GR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Level Up (NO): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:38:00]
- GamePro (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- CentrumHer (SK): Baldur's Gate 3
- ITHardware (PL): Baldur's Gate 3
- WASD (PT): Baldur's Gate 3
- What to Play (PH): Baldur's Gate 3
- Unboxholics (GR): Baldur's Gate 3 [42:23]
- IGN Hungary (HU): Alan Wake 2
- Refresher (CZ): Alan Wake 2
- Hobby Consolas (ES): Alan Wake 2 [07:00]
- Eurogamer Poland (PL): Alan Wake 2
- Console Creatures (CA): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Kinopoisk (RU): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Stevivor (AU): Alan Wake 2
- CerealKillerz (DE): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
- Side Mission (US): Lies of P [01:23:00]
- GameGrin (UK): Lies of P [02:15:00]
- Game-News (UK): Amnesia: The Bunker
- Twisted Voxel (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Into The Aether (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [05:44:27]
- The Podcast of Social Research (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- VideoTime (HN): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamingTrend (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- PC Invasion (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Indiependent (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Eurogamer Germany (DE): Dave the Diver
- Freaking News (IT): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
- Laptop Mag (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Game+ (ES): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Techprincess (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamerMatters (MY): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
- Lords of Gaming (US): Starfield
- Twinfinite (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Geek Ireland (IE): Baldur's Gate 3
- COGConnected (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- Skillbox Media (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamereactor Sweden (SE): Baldur's Gate 3
- SpazioGames (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gameranx (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [13:25]
- GamAlive (FR): Alan Wake 2 (tie)
- GamAlive (FR): Baldur's Gate 3 (tie)
- Meristation (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- The Bonus Points (UK): Alan Wake 2 [54:00]
- PlayerInside (IT): Baldur's Gate 3 [17:42]
- Game Craves (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Siliconera (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Power Unlimited (NL): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [04:25]
- ILVideogiocatore (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- MP1st (US): Alan Wake 2
- The Games Machine (IT): Alan Wake 2
- 99Vidas (BR): Super Mario Bros. Wonder [02:55:40]
- Final Weapon (US): Resident Evil 4
- Akihabara Blues (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game Two (DE): Baldur's Gate 3 [29:59]
- TheGeek (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Roundabout Cast (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [03:54:00]
- GamesWelt (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- Atomix (MX): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Mirror Gaming (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [08:21]
- Pure Dead Gaming (UK): Alan Wake 2 [01:51:00]
- Back Pocket (AU): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:03:10]
- Geek to Geek Media (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameCrate (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game8 (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Attack of the Fanboy (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Entertainment.ie (IE): Baldur's Gate 3
- NovaStream (AU): Hogwarts Legacy
- DualShockers (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- TheSixthAxis (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamesource (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamereactor Denmark (DK): Alan Wake 2
- Shacknews (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Press Start (AU): Alan Wake 2
- Gamereactor Spain (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Dot ESports (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Exputer (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Rural Tex (VE): Remnant 2
- CGMagazine (CA): Baldur's Gate 3
- Cadena SER (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- Cadena SER (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 (tie)
- NewGame+ (AR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Video Games 2 the MAX (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023) [02:01:40]
- Gamereactor Norway (NO): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Popaco (DK): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:33:00]
- Game Chronicles (US): Alan Wake 2
- Eurogamer Spain (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 [07:10]
- XGN (NL): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameRevolution (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Playground (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Svet Kompjutera (SK): Baldur's Gate 3
- WebTekno (TR): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN Turkey (TR): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamesVillage (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Bazi Center (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- 3DNews (RU): Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty + Patch 2.0
- UltimaGame (ES): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- VideoGamer (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Ruliweb (KR): Baldur's Gate 3
- This is Game (KR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamefa (IR): Alan Wake 2
- Metacritic (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Smash Hit Chronicles (US): Alan Wake 2
- GamesCreed (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Noobfeed (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- CD-Action (PL): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Nextlander (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [04:09:00]
- MinnMax (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [03:43:00]
- Log On Games (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:12:00]
- ILVideogioco (IT): The Talos Principle 2
- NexoPlay (CL): Baldur's Gate 3
- Level Up (MX): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Habibis (AE): Venba [27:00]
- VG24 (GR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Par30Games (IR): Alan Wake 2
- Konzolista (CZ): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamesBeat (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [51:00]
- Liberation (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Cybersport (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Busch League Gaming (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:19:00]
- Cinelinx (US): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Multiplayer.it (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- StopGame (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- SomHráč (SK): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Gamers Lucky (IT): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- DarkZero (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Triple Jump (UK): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:31:00]
- Analog Stick Gaming (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Igromania (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- GSTV (UZ): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:26:30]
- GeekVilág (HU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Dropped Frames (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:47:25]
- BitCast (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (tie)
- BitCast (US): Alan Wake 2 (tie)
- Everyeye (IT): Alan Wake 2
- Noisy Pixel (US): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
- HITBOX! (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [02:19:00]
- The Besties (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:09:00]
- Geeks Under Grace (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- Geeks Under Grace (US): Sea of Stars (tie)
- TLG (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:58:00]
- Game Ex Machina (CZ): Baldur's Gate 3 [17:21]
- AltChar (UK): Alan Wake 2
- Kinda Funny (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [02:23:54]
- NewGameNetwork (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- ESTNN (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- PodCavern (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Level1 (EE): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:11:00]
- Goha.ru (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Zone of Games (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- GRYOnline (PL): Baldur's Gate 3
- Sidequesting (US): Alan Wake 2
- Games.CZ (CZ): Baldur's Gate 3
- Champ.Play (RU): Alan Wake 2
- Chiclana & Friends (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Explosion Network (AU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Sector (SK): Alan Wake 2
- XDlate (RU): Baldur's Gate 3 [15:00]
- Saate7 (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Hey Poor Player (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- New Game Plus (AUS): Baldur's Gate 3
- Digikala Mag (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Cubiq (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Forecast (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- NordLiv (SE): Baldur's Gate 3
- Eskapisterne (DK): Alan Wake 2 [01:20:00]
- Well Played (AU): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamersGlobal (DE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Game Vicio (BR): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Geek Culture (SG): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Kakuchopurei (MY): A Space for the Unbound
- LaScimmiaPensa (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- TechRaptor (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Games-Galaxy.it (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- Nerdlicious (BR): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Magazyn T3 (PL): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Easy Allies (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- 13th New York Game Awards (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Wccftech (AE): Baldur's Gate 3
- BadEnd (US): Armored Core IV Fires of Rubicon [01:19:00]
- Gamers with Jobs (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Magic Rain (MY): Baldur's Gate 3
- Viejos Payasos (MX): Super Mario Bros. Wonder [01:29:00]
- Vodafone (DE): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Comicbook.com (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Save the Game (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:50:00]
- Síntesis del Golfo (MX): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- PowerWave (IT): Baldur's Gate 3
- AllGamersIn (ES): Starfield
- Save the Game (GR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- MovieZine (SE): Alan Wake 2
- Itzine (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Mirf.ru (RU): Alan Wake 2 (tie)
- Mirf.ru (RU): Baldur's Gate 3 (tie)
- Mirf.ru (RU): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- ActuGaming (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- Comenian (US): Alan Wake 2
- VGChartz (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Triple Click (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Saudi Gamer (SA): Alan Wake 2
- NPR (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Algeria Game Awards (DZ): Alan Wake 2
- Arab Game Awards (SA): Alan Wake 2
- XTgamer (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- WorthPlaying (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- That Nerd Show (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- RDV Jeux (FR): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:19:00]
- Gamefinity (ID): Baldur's Gate 3
- JV le mag(FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameShot (KR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Cafe Bazi (IR): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Short Game (US): Slay The Princess [05:40]
- No Soy Gamer (PE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Konnektor.org Podcast (HU): Alan Wake 2
- Ali213 (CN): Baldur's Gate 3
- Todas Gamers (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- ElderPlayers (AR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- MonsterVine (US): Alan Wake 2
- DTF (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- SUMP (MX): Baldur's Gate 3
- Varvat (SE): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Grumpy Gamers (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:56:00]
- GameMAG.ru (RU): Alan Wake 2
- TiltCast (US): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:35:00]
- Hit Kill (BR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:12:00]
- GigaBoots (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [02:48:00]
- 1Upsmanship (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [50:00]
- Hopped up Gaming: East (CA): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:57:00]
- The Inner Gamer (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- PCB (FI): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- RadCrew (NO): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- LOS40 México (MX): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameOne (FR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Link To The Cast (UK): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [02:15:00]
- FlipScreen Games (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [02:36:00]
- CooldownTime (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:50:00]
- Cyber.Sports (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- PC Guru (HU): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Beauty and the Gamer (FR): Baldur's Gate 3
- SvamPriket (SE): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- TopGear (UK): Alan Wake 2
- The Famicast (JP): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- NPlusX (DE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Nos Dicen Gamers (PE): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:06:00]
- 4Player Network (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- A Winner is You (UK): Alan Wake 2 [03:09:00]
- Niewsblad (BE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Insert Credit (CA): Final Fantasy XVI
- StarGamers (PE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Silicon Sasquatch (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Hot Button (US): Hi-Fi Rush [03:19:00]
- Game Mess (US): Resident Evil 4 (2023) [02:00:00]
- 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamika (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:12:00]
- Pragalicious (NL): Alan Wake 2
- InReview (US): Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- El Complejo Lambda (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:00:00]
- Oyungezer Magazine (TR): Baldur's Gate 3
- NAVGTR Awards (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Continue Magazine (JP): Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- Game Developers Choice Awards (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- BAFTA Game Awards (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game Channel (HU): The Last of Us Part I (added to 2022's tally)
- Japan Game Awards (JP): Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (added to 2022's tally)
- Hardware Zone (SG): ??? (Check back in April)
Reader's Choice:
- Golden Joystick Awards (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Nacao Tech (BR, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2
- TechTudo (BR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- 3DJuegos (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Overplay (BR, Readers Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Youtube Game Awards (ES, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- OTK Video Game Awards (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Game Awards (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamescom (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Vigiato (IR, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2
- Lowcy Gier (PL, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game Informer (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN (US, Reader's Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Digital Foundry (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamerNL (NL, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [01:18:00]
- Famitsu (JP, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Nerdando (IT, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- FZ (SE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gepigeny (HU, Reader's Choice): Hogwarts Legacy
- Eurogamer Portugal (PT, Readers' Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Backlog Battle (US, Reader's Choice): Octopath Traveller 2 [22:23]
- Into The Aether (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [04:51:00]
- Chile Tech Awards (CL, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [32:00]
- Digitec (CH, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamePro (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- SpazioGames (IT, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Mature Gamers Podcast (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Avocado (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Power Unlimited (NL, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [05:50]
- Einfach Gaming (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gamer365 (HU, Readers' Choice): Alan Wake 2
- Akihabara Blues (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- JeuxVideo (FR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Comunidad Mega Drive (BR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Eurogamer (UK, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Backloggd (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- CentrumHer (SK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Multiplayer.it (IT, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- El Otro Lado (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GeekTown (UK, Reader's Choice): Hogwarts Legacy
- Pragalicious (NL, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamePod (HU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- 3DNews (RU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Ruliweb (KR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Journal du Geek (FR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Playground (RU, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Pelaaja (FI, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2
- GameStar Hungary (HU, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Kit & Krysta (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Eurogamer Germany (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Konzolista (CZ, Readers' Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Rozetked (UAE, Reader's Choice): Atomic Heart
- StopGame (RU, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game*Spark (JP, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Triple Jump (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Konsolentreff (DE, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2
- Igromania (RU, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- iDNES.cz Magazine (CZ, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GeekVilág (HU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Metacritic (US, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gaming in the Wild (IS, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [59:40]
- Everyeye (IT, Readers Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GRCade (UK, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Noisy Pixel (US, Readers' Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Giant Bomb (US, Readers' Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- 360GamerCast (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:05:30]
- Reconectados (ES, Reader's Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2 [03:37:00]
- MinnMax (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [29:30]
- Spawn Wave (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Level1 (EE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:12:00]
- Goha.ru (RU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Zone of Games (RU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameKapocs (HU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GRYOnline (PL, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- DTF (RU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Games Letter (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Something Awful Forums (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- NWTV (NL, Reader's Choice): Hogwarts Legacy
- Chiclana & Friends (ES, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- XDlate (RU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Saate7 (IR, Reader's Choice): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Dropped Frames (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:46:00]
- Waypoint (US, Reader's Choice): Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (tie)
- Waypoint (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (tie)
- PPE (PL, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- JeuxOnline (FR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Kakuchopurei (MY, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Game Vicio (BR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- ShortList (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Wccftech (AE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamerChile (CL, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Rocket Beans Gaming (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [03:08:44]
- 4Gamers (BE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- MovieZine (SE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameDev.tv (UK, Reader's Choice): Hogwarts Legacy
- Games.CZ (CZ, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- ActuGaming (FR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Gameover (GR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Save the Game (GR, Reader's Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Old Site (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- ResetEra (US, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Swapping Joysticks (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- GameStar (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Computer Base (DE, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- SvamPriket (SE, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GameWorld (GR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- RDV Jeux (FR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [02:20:00]
- Arab Game Awards (SA, Reader's Choice): Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- Ali213 (CN, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- ElderPlayers (AR, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2
- Metro (UK, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Filthy Casuals (AU, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [20:00]
- El Batallón Pluto (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:42:00]
- Multiplayer (TR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- NCR (IT, Reader's Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- Senscritique (FR, Readers' Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- What to Play (PH, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Inven (KOR, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Minimap (KR, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- IGN Japan (JP, Readers' Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Zing (CZ, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Press Start 2 Play (IN, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- MMOChampion (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- HCL (CR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Unboxholics (GR, Readers' Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- GoodGame.HR (HR, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Hokanko-Alt (JP, Reader's Choice): Final Fantasy XVI
- Gameliner (NL, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GamerSky (CN, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- MediaVida (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- ConsoleWars (DE, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Game Erauntsia (EU, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- cohost! (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- StarGamers (PE, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Oyun Gunlugu (TR, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Hooked (DE, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- Algeria Game Awards (DZ, Reader's Choice): Lies of P
- El Complejo Lambda (ES, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 [01:55:00]
- Hobby Consolas (ES, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Colemono (CH, Reader's Choice): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Game Developers Choice Awards (US, Readers' Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
- BAFTA Game Awards (UK, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3
Personal Lists and Solo Operated Outlets: Per the rules, more than one staff member must be involved in the selection process of a GOTY. If the outlet doesn't make it clear that the selection is not personal, the outlet must visibly have other staff members involved on the gaming side of the site for a selection to be eligible.
- TIME (US): Alan Wake 2 (Author previously confirmed 2022's choices as a personal list.)
- GateCrashers (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Forbes (US): Cyberpunk 2077
- The Washington Post (US): Alan Wake 2
- GQ Magazine (US): Alan Wake 2
- Associated Press (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Great Pop Culture Debate (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- UPROXX (US): Street Fighter 6
- Cultured Vultures (US): Hi-Fi Rush
- Planeta Gracza (PL): Alan Wake 2
- Le Monde (FR): N/A
- GamesIndustry.biz (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Jimquisition (US): N/A
- Mystification Zine (US): Final Fantasy XVI
- Daily Sundial (US): Alan Wake 2
- Kyle Bosman [Former staff of Easy Allies/GameTrailers] (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom [06:55]
- Josh Sawyer [Director at Obsidian Entertainment] (US): Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- RageGamingVideos (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Digg (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- John Linneman [Editor at Digital Foundry] (UK): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon [40:49]
- Tom Morgan [Editor at Digital Foundry] (UK): Street Fighter 6 [10:12]
- Oliver Mackenzie [Editor at Digital Foundry] (UK): Final Fantasy XVI [10:31]
- Spider's Web (PL): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Jeff Grubb [Producer at Giantbomb] (US): Pikmin 4
- The Mary Sue (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- EMP (DE): Assassin's Creed Mirage
- NZZ Magazine (DE): Diablo 4
- Maximilian Dood (US): Lies of P [31:45]
- Good Game Have Fun (US): Vertigo 2 [41:32]
- Nerd Cubed (UK): Tchia
- TopTech (PL): Alan Wake 2
- Ircha Gaming (NO): Forspoken
- 1UP vs CPU (US): Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Fully Ramblomatic (US): Hi-Fi Rush
- Girlfriend Reviews (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- SRSLY (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Marca Gaming (ES): Baldur's Gate 3
- Writing on Games (UK): Armored Core 6 Fires of Rubicon
- Gaming in the Wild (IS): Starfield [01:03:00]
- Skill Up (AU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Cohh Carnage [Streamer/Game Producer] (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- Cannot be Tamed (US): Alan Wake 2
- Progress Bar (AU): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- GameCritics (US): Alan Wake 2
- Binary Messiah (US): Alan Wake 2
- Polityka (PL): Baldur's Gate 3
- Hit Site (PT): Baldur's Gate 3 (Gaming articles written by a single individual)
- Game Fera (PR): Baldur's Gate 3 (Solo Operated)
- Teknoteket (NO): Baldur's Gate 3 (Site seems predominantly operated by a single individual, also only a few months old.)
- Radionica (CO): Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (No indication of other staff member involved in the site.)
- Reno Gazette Journal (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (Gaming articles written by a single individual)
- The Mercury News (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (Gaming articles written by a single individual)
- Savis Game (IR): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Gaming articles written by a single individual, also seems more like personal article about the game itself.)
- thatHITBOX (UK): Alan Wake 2 (Gaming articles written by a single individual)
- Telangala Today (IN): Baldur's Gate 3 (Gaming articles written by a single individual)
- Honest Gamer (UK): Baldur's Gate 3
- Pants Off Gaming (SE): Baldur's Gate 3
- Best Indie Games (SG): Dave the Diver (Solo operated)
- WatchMojo Italia (IT): Pentiment (Personal list per description.)
- GQ Magazine (MX): Baldur's Gate 3 (Translation of the GQ US article)
- Jagat Play (IT): Baldur's Gate 3 (Solo operated)
No Overall Winner: The Outlet did not decide on an overall GOTY or a choice was not specified as the GOTY.
No GOTY specified:
No GOTY specified:
- noclip (US): N/A
- BuzzFeed (US): N/A
- Ouest France (FR): N/A
- VG247 (UK): N/A
- MilleniumGG (BR): N/A
- Goomba Stomp (CA): N/A
- Man of Many (AU): N/A
- SUPERJUMP (US): N/A
- Wired Italy (IT): N/A
- Artribune (IT): N/A
- Wired (US): N/A
- tuttoteK (IT): N/A
- Alza (CZ): N/A
- Lifehacker (RU): N/A
- Vandal (ES): N/A
- TEC (ES): N/A
- Rozetked (UAE): N/A
- IGN India (IN): N/A
- Hynerd.it (IT): N/A
- Milenio (MX): N/A
- StarGamers (NL): N/A
- Review de Jogos (BR): N/A
- Tportal (HR): N/A
- Nerd Out (US): N/A
- Ukie (UK): N/A
- Naughty Dog [Developer] (US): N/A
- Thunder Lotus [Developer] (CA): N/A
- Splash Damage [Developer] (UK): N/A
- 4Players (DE): N/A
- Playzine (SE): N/A
- iDNES.cz Magazine (CZ): N/A
- Kit & Krysta (US): N/A
- VGames (IL): N/A
- The So Videogames (US): N/A
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamers (US): N/A
- AnaitGames (ES): N/A
- ntower (DE): N/A
- Goonhammer (US): N/A
- GameList (US): N/A
- GameKapocs (HU): N/A
- Moyens I/O (UK): N/A
- CHIP (DE): N/A
- Filmweb (PL): N/A
- Gamer.No (NO): N/A
- Gamertag Radio (US): N/A
- Outcast (IT): N/A
- Pfangirl.com (US): N/A
- The Telegraph (UK): N/A
- Phenixx Gaming (US): N/A
- ErrekGamer (ES): N/A
- Tabletowo (PL): N/A
- Seriously Average Gamers (UK): N/A
- Eurogamer Benelux (NL): N/A
- IGN Israel (IL): N/A
- Filthy Casuals (AU): N/A
- Infinite Scale (US): N/A [01:50:00]
- Gaming illuminaughty (US): N/A
- Disgusting Men (RU): N/A
- MKAU Gaming (US): N/A
- Bitwares (AR): N/A
- AIPT Comics (US): N/A
- Nexus Hub (SA): N/A
- Automaton Media (JP): N/A
- Gaming Professors (CZ): N/A
- Orgullo Gamers (ES): N/A
Lack of Gaming Content: An outlet needs to consistently produce gaming related content all throughout the current year. Newer Outlets will be added to the tally once they continue to produce gaming related content after a year.
- Lunch Break Games (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Pixel Dive (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (Outlet is just a few months old.)
- Hot Press (IE): Starfield
- Blog For Life (RU): Baldur's Gate 3
- Boston Globe (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- HitRadio (DE): Baldur's Gate 3
- The Game Nomad (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (Outlet is just a few months old.)
- TweedUp! (US): Final Fantasy XVI
- Game One (PH): Baldur's Gate 3
- Beyond The Pixel (CA): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Nuevarioja (ES): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Maxim (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Rolling Stone India (IN): Baldur's Gate 3
- Apple App Store Awards (US): Honkai: Star Rail, Lost in Play and Lies of P (Apple-centric Awards - added to Best Mobile category)
- Xboxygen (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 (Xbox-centric awards voted by the public.)
- PlayStation.Blog (US, Reader's Choice): N/A (PlayStation-centric awards voted by the public.)
- Rock Paper Shotgun (UK): Baldur's Gate 3 (PC-centric selection)
- Overclockers (UK): Baldur's Gate 3 (PC-centric selection)
- German Developer Award (DE): Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew (German-centric awards)
- PCGamer (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (PC-centric outlet)
- MANIAC (DE): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Site divided awards between physical and digital releases, creating restrictive scope.)
- PlayStation LifeStyle (US): Alan Wake 2 (PlayStation-centric outlet)
- TrueAchivements (US, Reader's Choice): Alan Wake 2 (Xbox-centric outlet)
- The Steam Awards (US, Reader's Choice): Baldur's Gate 3 (PC-centric awards)
- India Game Developer Conference Awards (IN): 1971: Indian Naval Front (Indian-centric awards)
- Tehran Video Game Festival (IR): Sargozasht / Beyond the Rain (tie) (Iran-centric awards)
- Games Industry Africa Awards (ZA): Terra Nil
- VideoChums (US): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (The site divided awards between AAA and Indies, creating restrictive scope.)
- PLAY Magazine (UK): Alan Wake 2 (PlayStation-centric magazine)
- PLAY Magazine (UK, Reader's Choice): Marvel's Spider-Man 2
- tvgry+GOL (PL): Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (the award is called "The best game of the year-that-isn't- Baldur's-Gate-3".)
- GameSailors.it (IT): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Awards divided between AAA and Indies.)
- Italian Video Game Awards (IT): Terrorbane (Italian centric)
- Pégases Ceremony (FR): Chants of Sennaar (France centric)
- German Computer Game Awards (DE): Everspace 2 (German centric)
- Mega64 (US): Mortal Kombat 1
- Aftermath (US): Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man with No Name
- Girlfriend Reviews (US): Baldur's Gate 3
- GamingDeputy (FR): Baldur's Gate 3 (The site seems to be plagiarizing articles from COGConnected & Xboxygen.)
- iGamesNews (US): N/A (Copied and pasted article, no source found.)
- Euro.ESEuro (ES): N/A (Copied and pasted article, no source found.)
- Bullfrag (US): N/A (Copied and pasted article, no source found.)
- Hipertextual (ES): N/A (Copied and pasted article, no source found.)
- Afisha (RU): Alan Wake 2 (They used TIME's ranking this year "top 10 games according to the editors of Time".)
- Moyens (FR): N/A (A repost of the outlet Dot's article.)
- Richmond (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (For some reason it's the same article written by AP.)
- Jovemnerd (BR): Baldur's Gate 3 (Used Metacritic to rank.)
- CNN Español (ES): Baldur's Gate 3 (Used Metacritic to rank.)
- Gamers Week Podcast (US): Baldur's Gate 3 (Used Metacritic to rank.)
- Expansion-Pack (MX): The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Used Metacritic to rank.)
Guidelines & Rules
Originally Created by gotyblog & gameawards.net
Updated - 12/11/2023
Any console, PC, handheld or mobile video game is included, provided that it is named the overall Game of the Year (GOTY) from an eligible media outlet.
- "Expansions"/DLC, whether standalone or add-ons, to otherwise eligible titles are included.
- All "Remake" versions are included from 2019 onward.
- Votes awarded to non-remastered or non-remade "ports" (i.e. a game re-released on new platforms in largely the same state) will be counted toward the totals in the year of the title's initial U.S. release date.
- To be eligible, the awarded title needs to have been released in the country of the media outlet. For media outlet critics, the title needs to have been released for review to critics before the publication of the award. For "readers' choice" votes, the title needs to have been released to the public before voting begins.
"Media outlets" include websites, magazines, newspapers, radio, TV broadcasts, podcasts, industry ceremonies, and online entertainment companies.
- Media Outlets must be active for more than a year and consistently produce gaming related articles, videos or content.
- Award results from the outlets may be announced on any platform, including social media.
- If a previously ineligible outlet provides more than a year of content, their current and previous GOTY will be added to the tally as long as they still meet the required criteria below.
- Outlets with ties of toxic behavior, discriminatory articles or considered as a bad influence to the gaming community are not eligible.
- Outlets that are suspected to have AI created content are not eligible.
- Outlets that appears to be predominantly operated by a single individual/staff member will be not be eligible.
- There must be more than 1 working staff who consistently contribute to the outlet, specifically the outlet's gaming related content.
- At least two staff members need to be part of the award selection process.
- If the Outlet's winner is posted by an individual rather than multiple staff members, it can still be eligible as long as they indicate that it is not a personal/individual list.
- Student-operated newspapers are counted provided that they are from a college or university and they regularly write content for the majority of the year and they meet all of the other criteria.
- Outlets with an overly restrictive scope—focusing on a particular region, genre, or concept to the exclusion of most games—are not eligible.
- To avoid platform bias, votes from media outlets that are exclusively focused on a single platform or family of platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, etc.) are not eligible.
- Only overall GOTY awards are eligible. Individual genre, platform and technical achievement awards do not count toward a title's total GOTY awards.
- An outlet's 'overall GOTY' is the single title to which they give their highest award of the year, except in the case of a tie/draw vote.
- If a tie occurs, then all winners will be counted.
- The number of titles awarded needs to be fewer than the number of staff on the voting team. For example, an outlet with three voting staff members cannot simply name each of their separate, personal favorites as the three different winners and call that a draw; if those three staff members have two titles tie as the result of a points system however, those two titles would be eligible. A maximum of three titles will be accepted as a points-based draw.
- "Best of the year" lists are counted as a media outlet's overall GOTY if the top choice is clearly communicated and the site does not have a separate formal GOTY award selection.
- Inherently excluding any category of games from the GOTY awards, including indie titles, means that the main award is not actually an "overall" award, as it is not open to nominating games overall but only a certain subset of them.
- A site can separately recognize any categories that they wish ("best AAA games," "best indies," etc), and they do not need to nominate all types of games every year, but their highest award needs to at least, in principle, be open to games from all categories.
- If a site has strict rules, such as excluding DLCs and Remakes, they will be counted just as long as it within reason.
- Retrospective awards are only accepted for years that the media outlet actually existed, produced regular content for more than half of the year, and did not originally give out an award for the year in question.
- "Retrospective" refers to any awards not given during the original year or subsequent year of the award title (for example, giving an award for 2016 in 2018 or later.)
Notable Awards Ceremonies:
Voted by Gaming Industry Representatives
- 27th Design Innovate Communicate Entertain (DICE) Awards
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 24th Game Developers Conference (GDC) Awards
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- Audience Award - Baldur's Gate 3
- 20th British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA)
- Best Game - Baldur's Gate 3
- EE Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 16th German Computer Game Awards (GCGA)
- Best International Game - Baldur's Gate 3
- 14th Titanium Awards (TITAN)
- Game of the Year - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- 13th New York Game Awards (NYGA)
- Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 41st Golden Joystick Awards (GOJO)
- Critic's Choice Award - Alan Wake 2
- Ultimate Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 23rd National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Awards
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 10th The Game Awards (TGA) - previous known as the Video Game Awards (VGA)
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- Players Choice - Baldur's Gate 3
- 9th Brazil Game Awards (BGA)
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- Player's Choice - Lies of P
- 4th Arab Game Awards (AGA)
- Best Game - Alan Wake 2
- Fan's Favorite Game - Resident Evil 4 (2023)
- 3rd Equinox LATAM Game Awards (LATAM)
- Game of the Year - Baldur's Gate 3
- 2nd Algeria Game Awards (ALGA)
- Game of the Year - Alan Wake 2
- Italian Video Game Awards - Previously known as the Golden Dragon Awards (GDA)
- Video Game of the Year - Category Discontinued as of 2020.
- 27th Japan Game Awards (JGA)
- Grand Award - Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (added to 2022 tally)
- 12th TIGA Games Industry Awards (TIGA)
- Game of the Year - Disney Illusion Island
- South by Southwest Game Awards (SXSW)
- Ceremony Discontinued as of 2023.
13:
2023 - Baldur's Gate III (Joystick (U), LATAM, Brazil, TGA, TGA (PC), NYGA, DICE, NAVGTR, GDC, GDC (AA), BAFTA, BAFTA (EE), GCGA)
12:
2022 - Elden Ring (DICE, GDC, TGA, Joystick (CC), Joystick (U), NAVGTR, NYGA, JGA, BGA, ELGA, AGA, GCGA)
11:
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (DICE, GDC, TGA, Joystick (CC), Joystick (U), NYGA, SXSW, JGA, TITAN, GCGA, IVGA)
9:
2015 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (GDC, TGA, Joystick (U), NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, TITAN, GCGA, GDA)
8:
2018 - God of War (2018) (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, TGA, NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, GCGA)
7:
2013 - The Last of Us (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, GDA)
6:
2020 - Hades (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, Joystick (CC), NYGA, SXSW)
2020 - The Last of Us Part II (Joystick (U), BAFTA (EE), TGA, BGA, TITAN, GCGA)
5:
2011 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (DICE, GDC, Joystick, VGA, NYGA)
2020 - Ghost of Tsushima (GDC (A), TGA (PC), JGA, NAVGTR, AGA)
2021 - It Takes Two (DICE, TGA, BGA, AGA, TITAN)
4:
2004 - Hal-Life 2 (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, NAVGTR)
2014 - Dragon Age Inquisition (DICE, TGA, NAVGTR, SXSW)
2016 - Overwatch (DICE, GDC, TGA, NAVGTR)
2016 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (BAFTA, NYGA, SXSW, TITAN)
2018 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (TITAN, BGA, IVGA, Joystick (CC))
2019 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (TGA, NAVGTR, SXSW, BGA)
2022 - God of War Raganrok (BAFTA (EE), GDC (A), GCGA, ALGE)
3:
1998 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (BAFTA, DICE, JGA)
2001 - Grand Theft Auto III (GDC, Joystick, NAVGTR)
2006 - Gears of War (DICE, GDC, Joystick)
2007 - Bioshock (BAFTA, VGA, NAVGTR)
2008 - LittleBigPlanet (GCGA, DICE, NAVGTR)
2009 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (DICE, GDC, VGA)
2010 - Mass Effect 2 (DICE, BAFTA, Joystick)
2010 - Red Dead Redemption (GDC, VGA, NAVGTR)
2012 - Journey (DICE, GDC, NAVGTR)
2013 - Grand Theft Auto V (VGA, TITAN, Joystick)
2023 - Alan Wake 2 (Joystick (CC), ARAB, ALG)
2:
1997 - Goldeneye 007 (DICE, BAFTA)
2000 - The Sims (DICE, GDC)
2001 - Halo CE (DICE, BAFTA)
2002 - Grand Theft Auto Vice City (Joystick, NAVGTR)
2003 - Call of Duty (DICE, BAFTA)
2004 - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (VGA, Joystick)
2005 - Shadow of the Colossus (GDC, NAVGTR)
2006 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Joystick, VGA)
2008 - Fallout 3 (GDC, Joystick)
2009 - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (DICE, Joystick)
2009 - Batman Arkham Asylum (BAFTA, NAVGTR)
2011 - Portal 2 (BAFTA, Joystick)
2012 - The Walking Dead - A Telltale Series (VGA, NYGA)
2014 - Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (GDC, TITAN)
2015 - Fallout 4 (DICE, BAFTA)
2019 - Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (TITAN, GCGA)
2019 - Untitled Goose Game (DICE, GDC)
2021 - Psychonauts 2 (NYGA, TITAN)
2021 - Resident Evil Village (Joystick (U), ELGA)
2023 - Baldur's Gate III (Joystick (U), LATAM, Brazil, TGA, TGA (PC), NYGA, DICE, NAVGTR, GDC, GDC (AA), BAFTA, BAFTA (EE), GCGA)
12:
2022 - Elden Ring (DICE, GDC, TGA, Joystick (CC), Joystick (U), NAVGTR, NYGA, JGA, BGA, ELGA, AGA, GCGA)
11:
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (DICE, GDC, TGA, Joystick (CC), Joystick (U), NYGA, SXSW, JGA, TITAN, GCGA, IVGA)
9:
2015 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (GDC, TGA, Joystick (U), NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, TITAN, GCGA, GDA)
8:
2018 - God of War (2018) (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, TGA, NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, GCGA)
7:
2013 - The Last of Us (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, NAVGTR, NYGA, SXSW, GDA)
6:
2020 - Hades (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, Joystick (CC), NYGA, SXSW)
2020 - The Last of Us Part II (Joystick (U), BAFTA (EE), TGA, BGA, TITAN, GCGA)
5:
2011 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (DICE, GDC, Joystick, VGA, NYGA)
2020 - Ghost of Tsushima (GDC (A), TGA (PC), JGA, NAVGTR, AGA)
2021 - It Takes Two (DICE, TGA, BGA, AGA, TITAN)
4:
2004 - Hal-Life 2 (DICE, GDC, BAFTA, NAVGTR)
2014 - Dragon Age Inquisition (DICE, TGA, NAVGTR, SXSW)
2016 - Overwatch (DICE, GDC, TGA, NAVGTR)
2016 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (BAFTA, NYGA, SXSW, TITAN)
2018 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (TITAN, BGA, IVGA, Joystick (CC))
2019 - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (TGA, NAVGTR, SXSW, BGA)
2022 - God of War Raganrok (BAFTA (EE), GDC (A), GCGA, ALGE)
3:
1998 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (BAFTA, DICE, JGA)
2001 - Grand Theft Auto III (GDC, Joystick, NAVGTR)
2006 - Gears of War (DICE, GDC, Joystick)
2007 - Bioshock (BAFTA, VGA, NAVGTR)
2008 - LittleBigPlanet (GCGA, DICE, NAVGTR)
2009 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (DICE, GDC, VGA)
2010 - Mass Effect 2 (DICE, BAFTA, Joystick)
2010 - Red Dead Redemption (GDC, VGA, NAVGTR)
2012 - Journey (DICE, GDC, NAVGTR)
2013 - Grand Theft Auto V (VGA, TITAN, Joystick)
2023 - Alan Wake 2 (Joystick (CC), ARAB, ALG)
2:
1997 - Goldeneye 007 (DICE, BAFTA)
2000 - The Sims (DICE, GDC)
2001 - Halo CE (DICE, BAFTA)
2002 - Grand Theft Auto Vice City (Joystick, NAVGTR)
2003 - Call of Duty (DICE, BAFTA)
2004 - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (VGA, Joystick)
2005 - Shadow of the Colossus (GDC, NAVGTR)
2006 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Joystick, VGA)
2008 - Fallout 3 (GDC, Joystick)
2009 - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (DICE, Joystick)
2009 - Batman Arkham Asylum (BAFTA, NAVGTR)
2011 - Portal 2 (BAFTA, Joystick)
2012 - The Walking Dead - A Telltale Series (VGA, NYGA)
2014 - Middle-Earth Shadow of Mordor (GDC, TITAN)
2015 - Fallout 4 (DICE, BAFTA)
2019 - Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order (TITAN, GCGA)
2019 - Untitled Goose Game (DICE, GDC)
2021 - Psychonauts 2 (NYGA, TITAN)
2021 - Resident Evil Village (Joystick (U), ELGA)
Previous Overall Game of the Year Award Winners (and Runner Ups):
2023 - Baldur's Gate III | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Alan Wake II
2022 - Elden Ring | God of War Ragnarok | Immortality
2021 - It Takes Two | Resident Evil Village | Forza Horizon 5
2020 - The Last of Us Part II | Ghost of Tsushima | Hades
2019 - Death Stranding | Resident Evil 2 | Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
2018 - God of War (2018) | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Marvel's Spider-Man
2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Horizon Zero Dawn | Super Mario Odyssey
2016 - Uncharted 4: A Thief's End | Overwatch | Doom (2016)
2015 - The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt | Fallout 4 | Bloodborne
2014 - Dragon Age Inquisition | Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor | Mario Kart 8
2013 - The Last of Us | Grand Theft Auto V | Bioshock Infinite
2012 - The Walking Dead: A Telltale Series | Journey | Far Cry 3
2011 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Portal 2 | Batman: Arkham City
2010 - Red Dead Redemption | Mass Effect 2 | Super Mario Galaxy 2
2009 - Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
2008 - Fallout 3 | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Grand Theft Auto IV
2007 - Bioshock | Super Mario Galaxy | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2006 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Gears of War | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2005 - Resident Evil 4 (2005) | Shadow of the Colossus | God of War (2005)
2004 - Half-Life 2 | Halo 2 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2003 - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | Call of Duty
2002 - Metroid Prime | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2001 - Grand Theft Auto III | Halo: Combat Evolved
2000 - Deus Ex | Diablo II | The Sims | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
1999 - Soulcalibur | Unreal Tournament
1998 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1997 - Final Fantasy VII | Goldeneye 007
1996 - Super Mario 64 | Tomb Raider
1995 - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest | Virtua Fighter 2
1994 - Donkey Kong Country
1993 - Samurai Shodown | Disney's Aladdin (Genesis)
1992 - Street Fighter II (SNES)
1991 - Sonic The Hedgehog
*(2002 - 1991) these are years not previously covered by previous tallies but they are part of a recent attempt at creating tallies for those missing years. Given the fact that most gaming outlets were magazines back in the day, they are unfortunately hard to track down. Luckily there are some records and sources that are aiding our findings such as Wikipedia and Wayback Machine. The GOTYs for these years are not to be considered "definitive" but for now it gives us an idea of which game was considered a GOTY back in those days. For more detail see this post.
Total GOTY awards per year:
Numbers are constantly being updated as more sites are found. See previous tally site for the old list and previous threads for new finds.
- 2023 - 537
- 2022 - 615
- 2021 - 443
- 2020 - 648
- 2019 - 467
- 2018 - 518
- 2017 - 463
- 2016 - 480
- 2015 - 476
- 2014 - 433
- 2013 - 540
- 2012 - 395
- 2011 - 410
- 2010 - 297
- 2009 - 220
- 2008 - 210
- 2007 - 162
- 2006 - 113
- 2005 - 61
- 2004 - 55
- 2003 - 40
Games with over 100 awards total:
- Elden Ring (FromSoftware) - 429
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog) - 322
- Baldur's Gate III (Larian Studios) - 284
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red) - 281
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD) - 264
- God of War (2018) (Santa Monica Studio) - 263
- The Last of Us (Naughty Dog) - 257
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda) - 229
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (Naughty Dog) - 190
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) - 178
- Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games) - 163
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware) - 139
- Death Stranding (Kojima Productions) - 118
- God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio) - 118
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog) - 115
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD) - 114
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment) - 114
- Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games) - 111
- Mass Effect 2 (Bioware) -102
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - 87%
- Street Fighter II (SNES) - 80%
- Elden Ring - 70%
- Sonic the Hedgehog - 63%
- The Witcher III: Wild Hunt - 59%
- Resident Evil 4 (2005) / The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 57%
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - 56%
- Baldur's Gate III - 53%
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 52%
- God of War (2018) - 51%
- The Last of Us Part II / Final Fantasy VII / Super Mario 64 - 50%
- The Last of Us - 48%
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 45%
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - 41%
- Donkey Kong Country - 40%
- Metroid Prime - 39%
- Half-Life 2 / Grand Theft Auto III / Halo Combat Evolved - 38%
- Red Dead Redemption - 37%
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - 35%
- Red Dead Redemption 2 / Mass Effect 2 - 34%
- Fallout 3 - 33%
- Dragon Age Inquisition - 32%
- Grand Theft Auto V / Gears of War / Samurai Shodown - 30%
- Bioshock - 29%
- Super Mario Galaxy / Grand Theft Auto Vice City / Goldeneye 007 - 28%
- Soulcalibur - 27%
- Death Stranding / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest / Virtua Fighter II - 25%
- Overwatch / Deus Ex - 24%
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - 23%
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom / Tomb Raider (2016) - 21%
- It Takes Two / Resident Evil 2 (2019) / The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker / Halo 2 / Disney's Aladdin (Genesis) - 20%
- God of War Ragnarök / The Walking Dead S1 / Grand Theft Auto IV / Metal Gear Solid IV Guns of the Patriots - 19%
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice / Unreal Tournament / Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 / Diablo II / The Sims - 18%
- God of War Ragnarök - 17%
- Grand Theft Auto San Andreas - 16%
- Horizon Zero Dawn / Journey - 15%
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / Portal 2 / Resident Evil Village - 14%
- Far Cry 3 / Fallout 4 / Batman Arkham Asylum / Dishonored - 13%
- Shadow of Mordor / LittleBigPlanet /Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 / Ghost of Tsushima / Forza Horizon 5 - 12%
- Hades - 11%
- Batman Arkham City - 10%
- Nintendo EPD: 10 - [1996, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2017, 2023]
- Rockstar Games: 7 - [2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018]
- Naughty Dog: 4 - [2009, 2013, 2016, 2020]
- Bethesda Games Studios: 4 - [2006, 2008, 2011, 2015]
- Capcom: 4 [1992, 2005, 2019, 2021]
- Bioware: 3 [2003, 2010, 2014]
- Rare: 3 [1994, 1995, 1997]
- FromSoftware: 3 [2015, 2019, 2022]
- Santa Monica Studio: 3 [2005, 2018, 2022]
- Infinity Ward: 3 [2003, 2007, 2009]
- Bungie: 2 [2001, 2004]
- Kojima Productions: 2 [2008, 2019]
- Valve: 2 [2004, 2011]
- Irrational Games: 2 [2008, 2013]
- Blizzard Entertainment: 2 [2000, 2016]
- Epic Games: 2 [1999, 2006]
- Rocksteady: 2 [2009, 2011]
- CD Projekt Red: 1 [2015]
- Hazelight: 1 [2021]
- Ion Storm: 1 [2000]
- Project Soul: 1 [1999]
- Retro Studios: 1 [2002]
- SEGA AM2: 1 [1995]
- SNK: 1 [1993]
- Square: 1 [1997]
- Sonic Team: 1 [1991]
- Telltale Games: 1 [2012]
- Core Design: 1 [1996]
- Digital Extremes: 1 [1999]
- GenDesign (formerly Team Ico): 1 [2005]
- Guerrilla Games: 1 [2017]
- id Software: 1 [2016]
- Insomniac Games: 1 [2018]
- Larian Studios: 1 [2023]
- Maxis: 1 [2000]
- Midway: 1 [1993]
- Monolith Productions: 1 [2014]
- Neversoft: 1 [2000]
- Playground Games: 1 [2021]
- Remedy Entertainment: 1 [2023]
- Sam Barlow: 1 [2022]
- Sucker Punch: 1 [2020]
- Supergiant Games: 1 [2020]
- Thagamecompany: 1 [2012]
- Ubisoft Montreal: 1 [2012]
- Virgin Games USA: 1 [1993]
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