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Game of the Year

Video game entity

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63
games
19
platforms

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

Notable people involved: Tim Schafer, Scott Campbell, Peter McConnell, Ellen McLain and Yoshiaki Koizumi

Name variations: GotY

Grand Theft Auto IV (PlayStation 3)
Grand Theft Auto IV
PS3 2008-04
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt (Windows)
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
WIN 2015-05-19
God of War II (PlayStation 2)
God of War II
PS2 2007-03-13
Resistance: Fall of Man (PlayStation 3)
Resistance: Fall of Man
PS3 2006-11-15
God of War: Chains of Olympus (PlayStation Portable)
God of War: Chains of Olympus
PSP 2008-03-04
Knights of the Old Republic (Xbox)
Knights of the Old Republic
XBOX 2003-07-16
Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS)
Chrono Trigger
NDS 2008-11-20
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
WIN 2006-03-20
Psychonauts (Mac OS X)
Psychonauts
OSX 201109? *
Resident Evil 4 (GameCube)
Resident Evil 4
GC 2005-01-11
Metroid Prime (GameCube)
Metroid Prime
GC 2002-11-18
Red Dead Redemption (PlayStation 3)
Red Dead Redemption
PS3 2010-05-18
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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Parent group

Awards

Child group

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

Platforms

Windows14
PS39
PS25
X3605
Wii4
PSP3
GameCube3
Xbox3
Nintendo DS3
Mac OS Classic2
Mac OS X2
PS42
Switch2
Linux1
Wii U1
Android1
PS51
Xbox Series X1
GBA1

Most common companies

Nintendo9
Capcom9
Rockstar Games7
Sony Computer Entertainment5
2K Games4
Square Enix3
Majesco3
Valve3
LucasArts3
Konami3
Blizzard2
Double Fine Productions2