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Every Game of the Year winner, 1990–2025

The game that collected the most Game of the Year awards in each season — counted across every outlet we track, not picked by one ceremony — with its share of the season, the runner-up, and what The Game Awards chose.

Latest complete season: 2025, won by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 544 awards.

2026 is still being counted. Its awards arrive through the winter; the 2026 season page shows the running tally.

Season	Winner	Awards	Share	Runner-up	The Game Awards	Coverage
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	544	71.1%	Kingdom Come: Deliverance II	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Census
2024	Astro Bot	185	36.3%	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	Astro Bot	Census
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	292	53.5%	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Baldur's Gate 3	Census
2022	Elden Ring	438	72.3%	God of War Ragnarök	Elden Ring	Census
2021	It Takes Two	89	19.7%	Resident Evil Village	It Takes Two	Census
2020	The Last of Us Part II	325	49.5%	Ghost of Tsushima	The Last of Us Part II	Census
2019	Death Stranding	118	24.9%	Resident Evil 2	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Census
2018	God of War	264	50.7%	Red Dead Redemption 2	God of War	Census
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	265	57.0%	Horizon: Zero Dawn	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Census
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	191	39.5%	Overwatch	Overwatch	Census
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	281	58.3%	Fallout 4	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Census
2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	139	31.5%	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Census
2013	The Last of Us	257	47.1%	Grand Theft Auto V	—	Census
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	75	18.7%	Journey	—	Census
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	230	55.2%	Portal 2	—	Census
2010	Red Dead Redemption	112	36.7%	Mass Effect 2	—	Census
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	117	51.3%	Batman: Arkham Asylum	—	Census
2008	Fallout 3	69	31.8%	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	—	Census
2007	BioShock	48	28.4%	Super Mario Galaxy	—	Census
2006	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion	42	33.9%	Gears of War	—	Census
2005	Resident Evil 4	38	53.5%	Shadow of the Colossus	—	Census
2004	Half-Life 2	26	40.0%	Halo 2	—	Census
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	18	40.9%	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	—	Census
2002	Metroid Prime	5	—	Battlefield 1942	—	Partial
2001	Tie: Halo: Combat Evolved / Grand Theft Auto III	3	—	—	—	Partial
2000	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	3	—	Deus Ex	—	Partial
1999	Tie: The Sims / Gran Turismo 2 / Soulcalibur / Final Fantasy VIII	1	—	—	—	Partial
1998	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	2	—	—	—	Partial
1997	GoldenEye 007	2	—	Total Annihilation	—	Partial
1996	Super Mario 64	2	—	Diablo	—	Partial
1995	Twisted Metal	1	—	—	—	Partial
1994	Donkey Kong Country	1	—	—	—	Partial
1993	Samurai Shodown	1	—	—	—	Partial
1992	Street Fighter II	1	—	—	—	Partial
1991	Sonic the Hedgehog	2	—	Final Fantasy IV	—	Partial
1990	Tie: Strider / Dragon Quest IV	1	—	—	—	Partial

How to read this list

Census seasons (2003–2025) were tracked across hundreds of outlets. Their shares compare across years.
Partial seasons hold the handful of awards that could still be sourced one by one. The winner there is a record, not a verdict, and no share is given — see the decade that went unrecorded.
A tie means two games finished level at the top. The site names no winner rather than picking one.
The Game Awards has existed since 2014. In the census seasons since then, its pick matched the field's winner 10 times out of 12 — how the big ceremonies compare.