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Game of the Year

Video game entity

Received Game of the Year award from any notable publication, awarded to single game of any genre each year.

59
games
17
platforms

Name variations: GotY

Knights of the Old Republic (Windows)
Knights of the Old Republic
WIN 2003-11-19
Psychonauts (Windows)
Psychonauts
WIN 2005-04
Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
Chrono Trigger
NDS 2008-11-20
Final Fantasy V Advance (Game Boy Advance)
Final Fantasy V Advance
GBA 2006-10-12
Resident Evil 4 (Windows)
Resident Evil 4
WIN 2007-03-01
Diablo (Macintosh OS Classic)
Diablo
MAC 1996-12
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)
Resident Evil 4
GC 2005-01-11
Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
Knights of the Old Republic
XBOX 2003-07-16
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
NDS 2007-06-23
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops (PlayStation Portable)
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
PSP 2006-12-05
BioShock (PlayStation 3)
BioShock
PS3 2008-10-17
Psychonauts (PlayStation 2)
Psychonauts
PS2 2005-06
Any significant jumps in the graph would indicate that critics do not agree on what should deserve the GotY award, nothing more.

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Awards

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Metacritic's 'Best game of the year' Award

Games by year

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The first Game of the Year video game was released on December 1996.

Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment and Rockstar Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 13
PS3 9
PS2 5
X360 5
Wii 4
GameCube 3
Xbox 3
Nintendo DS 3
PSP 3
Switch 2
Mac OS Classic 2
Mac OS X 2
Wii U 1
Android 1
PS4 1
GBA 1
Linux 1