Best of 2023: Game of the Year Awards
Recent updates:
April 11, 2024: Added BAFTA winners.
March 21, 2024: Added Game Developers Choice winners.
March 7, 2024: Added BAFTA nominees.
February 16, 2024: Added DICE winners.
January 24, 2024: Added New York Game Award winners and Game Developers Choice Awards nominees.
January 10, 2024: Added DICE Award nominees.
January 4, 2024: Added New York Game Award nominees.
December 8, 2023: Added winners of The Game Awards.
November 13, 2023: Scorecard launched with this year's TGA nominees.
Key to awards:
[BAFTA] BAFTA Games Awards
[DICE] D.I.C.E. Awards
[GDC] Game Developers Choice Awards
[MC] Metacritic Game of the Year (overall highest Metascore)
[NY] New York Game Awards
[TGA] The Game Awards
★ Wins in bold and starred / nominations in regular text
Game of the Year
tbd Alan Wake II - BAFTA, DICE, NY, TGA
tbd Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon - NY
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - ★BAFTA, ★DICE, ★GDC, ★MC, ★NY, ★TGA
tbd Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - NY
tbd Dave the Diver - BAFTA, GDC
tbd Hi-Fi Rush - NY
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - BAFTA, DICE, GDC, NY, TGA
tbd Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - BAFTA, DICE, GDC, NY, TGA
tbd Resident Evil 4 - TGA
tbd Super Mario Bros. Wonder - BAFTA, TGA
Indie Game of the Year
tbd Chants of Sennaar - ★NY
tbd Dave the Diver - TGA
tbd El Paso Elsewhere - DICE, NY
tbd Pizza Tower - NY
tbd Sea of Stars - NY, ★TGA
tbd A Space for the Unbound - NY
tbd The Talos Principle II - NY
tbd Thirsty Suitors - DICE
tbd Viewfinder - NY, TGA
Debut Game of the Year
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - GDC
tbd Dave the Diver - BAFTA, GDC
tbd Pizza Tower - TGA
tbd Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical - BAFTA
tbd Viewfinder - BAFTA, GDC, TGA
AR/VR/IR Game of the Year *
tbd Asgard's Wrath 2 - ★DICE, ★NY
tbd Assassin's Creed Nexus VR - DICE, NY
Body of Mine - NY
tbd Gran Turismo 7 - TGA
tbd Horizon: Call of the Mountain - DICE, NY, TGA
tbd Resident Evil Village VR Mode - ★TGA
tbd Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice - DICE
tbd We Are One - NY
* Note: In cases where a game is playable on both VR and non-VR devices, the Metascore displayed above is for the general version of the game and not specifically the VR version.
Multiplayer/Online Game of the Year
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - BAFTA, ★TGA
tbd Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III - BAFTA, DICE
tbd Diablo IV - BAFTA, ★DICE, TGA
tbd The Finals - DICE
tbd Forza Motorsport - BAFTA
tbd Omega Strikers - DICE
tbd Party Animals - BAFTA, TGA
tbd Street Fighter 6 - DICE, TGA
tbd Super Mario Bros. Wonder - ★BAFTA, TGA
Ongoing/Evolving Game of the Year
Games first released prior to 2023 with new content added in 2023
Apex Legends - TGA
Cyberpunk 2077 - ★BAFTA, ★TGA
Final Fantasy XIV - BAFTA, TGA
Fortnite - BAFTA, TGA
Forza Horizon 5 - BAFTA
Genshin Impact - BAFTA, TGA
No Man's Sky - BAFTA
Mobile Game of the Year
tbd Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis - TGA
tbd Hello Kitty Island Adventure - DICE, NY, TGA
tbd Honkai: Star Rail - DICE, ★NY, ★TGA
tbd Kimono Cats - NY
tbd Laya's Horizon - NY
tbd Monster Hunter Now - NY, TGA
tbd What the Car? - ★DICE
Best Story/Writing
tbd Alan Wake II - BAFTA, DICE, GDC, NY, ★TGA
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - ★BAFTA, ★DICE, ★GDC, ★NY, TGA
tbd Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - NY, TGA
tbd Dave the Diver - DICE
tbd Final Fantasy XVI - BAFTA, TGA
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - BAFTA, GDC
tbd Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - GDC, TGA
tbd Star Wars: Jedi Survivor - BAFTA
tbd Thirsty Suitors - DICE, NY
Best Art Direction
tbd Alan Wake II - ★BAFTA, ★DICE, ★GDC, ★TGA
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - BAFTA
tbd Final Fantasy XVI - BAFTA, GDC
tbd Hi-Fi Rush - BAFTA, GDC, TGA
tbd Hogwarts Legacy - DICE
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - GDC, TGA
tbd Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - DICE
tbd Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - DICE
tbd Super Mario Bros. Wonder - TGA
Genre-Specific Awards
Action Game of the Year
tbd Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon - DICE, ★TGA
tbd Dead Island 2 - TGA
tbd Dead Space - DICE
tbd Ghostrunner 2 - TGA
tbd Hi-Fi Rush - DICE, TGA
tbd Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - ★DICE
tbd Remnant II - DICE, TGA
Adventure (or Action-Adventure) Game of the Year
tbd Alan Wake II - DICE, TGA
tbd Dave the Diver - DICE
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - ★DICE, ★TGA
tbd Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - TGA
tbd Resident Evil 4 - TGA
tbd Star Wars Jedi: Survivor - DICE, TGA
Fighting Game of the Year
tbd Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - DICE
tbd God of Rock - TGA
tbd Mortal Kombat 1 - DICE, TGA
tbd Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - DICE, TGA
tbd Pocket Bravery - DICE, TGA
tbd Street Fighter 6 - ★DICE, ★TGA
Role-Playing Game of the Year
tbd Baldur's Gate 3 - ★DICE, ★TGA
tbd Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - DICE
tbd Final Fantasy XVI - DICE, TGA
tbd Sea of Stars - TGA
Simulation/Strategy Game of the Year
tbd Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp - TGA
tbd Against the Storm - DICE
tbd Cities: Skylines II - TGA
tbd Cobalt Core - DICE
tbd Company of Heroes 3 - TGA
tbd Dune: Spice Wars - ★DICE
tbd Fire Emblem Engage - TGA
tbd The Last Spell - DICE
Sports/Racing Game of the Year
tbd The Crew Motorfest - TGA
tbd EA Sports FC 24 - DICE, TGA
tbd Forza Motorsport - DICE, ★TGA
tbd Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged - DICE, TGA
tbd LEGO 2K Drive - DICE
tbd MLB The Show 23 - ★DICE
Note that most awards organizations also honor games and creators in additional categories not listed above. We opted to concentrate on those categories that tend to recur most frequently among the different awards groups. In addition, we have omitted awards and organizations (such as the Golden Joystick Awards) that are determined solely by public voting, as well as any awards (like those theoretically handed out in the summer at E3) that don't primarliy correspond to the calendar year.