The Game Award for Game of the Year
The Game Awards · 68 nominations across 12 ceremonies · 12 wins
The Game Awards 2025 · 2025
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
- Nominee Kingdom Come: Deliverance II · Warhorse Studios
- Nominee Donkey Kong Bananza · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
The Game Awards 2024 · 2024
- Winner Astro Bot · Team Asobi
- Nominee Balatro · LocalThunk
- Nominee Black Myth: Wukong · Game Science
- Nominee Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree · FromSoftware
- Nominee Metaphor: ReFantazio · Atlus, Studio Zero
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Rebirth · Square Enix
The Game Awards 2023 · 2023
- Winner Baldur's Gate 3 · Larian Studios
- Nominee Resident Evil 4 · Capcom
- Nominee Alan Wake 2 · Remedy Entertainment
- Nominee Spider-Man 2 · Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software
- Nominee Super Mario Bros. Wonder · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
The Game Awards 2022 · 2022
- Winner Elden Ring · FromSoftware
- Nominee Stray · BlueTwelve Studio
- Nominee A Plague Tale: Requiem · Asobo Studio
- Nominee God of War Ragnarök · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Xenoblade Chronicles 3 · Monolith Soft Inc.
- Nominee Horizon Forbidden West · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Game Awards 2021 · 2021
- Winner It Takes Two · Hazelight Studios
- Nominee Metroid Dread · MercurySteam, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Deathloop · Arkane Studios
- Nominee Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart · Insomniac Games
- Nominee Resident Evil Village · Capcom
- Nominee Psychonauts 2 · Double Fine
The Game Awards 2020 · 2020
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
The Game Awards 2019 · 2019
- Winner Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice · FromSoftware
- Nominee Super Smash Bros. Ultimate · Bandai Namco Studios, Sora Ltd.
- Nominee The Outer Worlds · Obsidian Entertainment
- Nominee Control · Remedy Entertainment
- Nominee Resident Evil 2 · Capcom
- Nominee Death Stranding · Guerrilla Games, Kojima Productions
The Game Awards 2018 · 2018
- Winner God of War · Jetpack Interactive, Santa Monica Studio
- Nominee Monster Hunter: World · Capcom
- Nominee Spider-Man · Insomniac Games
- Nominee Celeste · Maddy Makes Games
- Nominee Red Dead Redemption 2 · Rockstar San Diego
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Odyssey · Ubisoft Quebec
The Game Awards 2017 · 2017
- Winner The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild · Monolith Soft Inc., Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee PUBG: Battlegrounds · PUBG Studios
- Nominee Horizon Zero Dawn · Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Super Mario Odyssey · Nintendo
- Nominee Persona 5 · Atlus
The Game Awards 2016 · 2016
- Winner Overwatch · Blizzard Entertainment
- Nominee Doom · Bethesda Game Studios, id Software
- Nominee INSIDE · Playdead
- Nominee Uncharted 4: A Thief's End · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Titanfall 2 · Respawn Entertainment
The Game Awards 2015 · 2015
- Winner The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt · CD Projekt RED
- Nominee Fallout 4 · Bethesda Game Studios
- Nominee Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Bloodborne · FromSoftware, Japan Studio
- Nominee Super Mario Maker · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
The Game Awards 2014 · 2014
- Winner Dragon Age: Inquisition · BioWare
- Nominee Dark Souls II · FromSoftware
- Nominee Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor · Feral Interactive, Monolith Productions
- Nominee Bayonetta 2 · PlatinumGames
- Nominee Hearthstone · Blizzard Entertainment