TIME: 19 Game of the Year awards

TIME is a print magazine from United States, founded in 1923. It appears in this database with 19 Game of the Year picks across 19 award seasons (2003–2025); its most frequent pick was 80 Days.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 3 of its 19 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 2025.

TIME publishes an annual ranked '10 Best Video Games'; its number one is its game of the year.

What "2003–2025" 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
2022	God of War Ragnarök	Editorial
2021	Metroid Dread	Editorial
2020	Hades	Editorial
2018	God of War	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2016	The Witness	Editorial
2015	Prune	Editorial
2014	80 Days	Editorial
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Editorial
2012	Guild Wars 2	Editorial
2011	Minecraft	Editorial
2010	Alan Wake	Editorial
2009	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Editorial
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Editorial
2007	Halo 3	Editorial
2006	Wii Sports	Editorial
2004	The Sims 2	Editorial
2003	Karaoke Revolution	Editorial

References

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

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