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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.

56
games
15
platforms

Name variations: GotY

Deus Ex (Windows)
Deus Ex
WIN 2000-06-22
BioShock (PlayStation 3)
BioShock
PS3 2008-10-17
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PlayStation Portable)
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
PSP 2007-05-10
Portal (Windows)
Portal
WIN 2007-10
God of War III (PlayStation 3)
God of War III
PS3 2010-03-16
Metroid Prime (GameCube)
Metroid Prime
GC 2002-11-18
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
WIN 2006-03-20
LittleBIGPlanet (PlayStation 3)
LittleBIGPlanet
PS3 2008-10-27
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
WII 2008-01-31
Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
Knights of the Old Republic
XBOX 2003-07-16
Persona 4 (PlayStation 2)
Persona 4
PS2 2008-07-04
Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (Xbox)
Pro Evolution Soccer 5
XBOX 2005-10-21

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

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

Any significant jumps in the graph would indicate that critics do not agree on what should deserve the GotY award, nothing more.

Parent group

Awards

Child group

Metacritic's 'Best game of the year' Award

Platforms

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

By year

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