GameSpot: 26 Game of the Year awards

GameSpot is a website from United States. It appears in this database with 26 Game of the Year picks across 26 award seasons (1996–2025); its most frequent pick was Baldur's Gate 3.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 8 of its 23 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 2025.

Recent-season picks added from the outlet's own year-end article.

What "1996–2025" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Editorial
2024	Metaphor: ReFantazio	Editorial
2023	Baldur's Gate 3	Editorial
2022	Elden Ring	Editorial
2021	Deathloop	Editorial
2020	Half Life: Alyx	Editorial
2019	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Editorial
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2016	Overwatch	Editorial
2015	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	Editorial
2014	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Editorial
2013	The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds	Editorial
2012	Journey	Editorial
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Editorial
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Editorial
2009	Demon's Souls	Editorial
2008	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Editorial
2007	Super Mario Galaxy	Editorial
2006	Gears of War	Editorial
2005	Resident Evil 4	Editorial
2004	World of Warcraft	Editorial
2003	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker	Editorial
2002	Metroid Prime	Editorial
1997	Total Annihilation	Editorial
1996	Diablo	Editorial

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

1.https://www.gamespot.com/articles/metaphor-refantazio-is-gamespots-game-of-the-year-2024/1100-6528323/

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