Game Developers Choice Awards: Game of the Year winners

The Game Developers Choice Awards named 26 Games of the Year on record here, 2000–2025; the latest is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025). In the 14 census seasons it has judged, its pick was the game the whole field rewarded most 9 times (64.3%). In the season calendar it comes 8 of 10: March, during GDC.

Awarded at the Game Developers Conference by the development community.

The most recent winners: 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; 2024, Balatro; 2023, Baldur's Gate 3; 2022, Elden Ring; 2021, Inscryption.

WhenMarch, during GDC
Who votesPeer vote by game developers
First edition2001
CountryUnited States

26Winners listed
2000–2025Years verified
26Different winners

Every Game Developers Choice Awards Game of the Year

Year	Game of the Year
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2024	Balatro
2023	Baldur's Gate 3
2022	Elden Ring
2021	Inscryption
2020	Hades
2019	Untitled Goose Game
2018	God of War
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2016	Overwatch
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2014	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2013	The Last of Us
2012	Journey
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2010	Red Dead Redemption
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2008	Fallout 3
2007	Portal
2006	Gears of War
2005	Shadow of the Colossus
2004	Half-Life 2
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2002	Metroid Prime
2001	Grand Theft Auto III
2000	The Sims

Winner list from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.