Game of the Year 2023 country by country

Baldur's Gate 3 won 2023 with 292 of 546 tracked Game of the Year awards — 53.5%, and the top spot in 36 of 49 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 13 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 8 different games won at least one country outright. In Japan and Saudi Arabia, Baldur's Gate 3 did not receive a single award.

• 53%Baldur's Gate 3 worldwide
• 49Countries with data
• 13Backed someone else
• 8Games that won a country

Where the winner was strong, and where it was not

Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote Baldur's Gate 3 took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.

The countries that picked something else

13 of 49 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Baldur's Gate 3: Netherlands, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Norway. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

Netherlands: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

14 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Baldur's Gate 3 took 4 of them (29%).

1. 7× The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
   Gameliner (readers), Gamer.nl (readers), NRC, Power Unlimited, Power Unlimited (readers), StarGamers, StarGamers (readers)
2. 4× Baldur's Gate 3
   IGN Benelux, Power Unlimited, Pragalicious (readers), XGN
3. 1× Super Mario Bros. Wonder
   Gamer.nl
4. 1× Hogwarts Legacy
   NWTV (readers)
5. 1× Alan Wake 2
   Pragalicious

Japan: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

9 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Baldur's Gate 3 took 0 of them (0%).

1. 5× The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
   Famitsu (readers), Game*Spark (readers), IGN Japan, IGN Japan (readers), The Famicast
2. 1× Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
   Continue Magazine
3. 1× Final Fantasy XVI
   Hokanko-Alt (readers)
4. 1× Hogwarts Legacy
   Hokanko-Alt (readers)
5. 1× Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
   Japan Game Awards

Saudi Arabia: Alan Wake 2

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Baldur's Gate 3 took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Alan Wake 2
   Arab Game Awards, Saudi Gamer
2. 1× Resident Evil 4 (2023)
   Arab Game Awards (readers)
3. 1× The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
   TrueGaming

Denmark: Alan Wake 2

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Baldur's Gate 3 took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× Alan Wake 2
   Eskapisterne, Gamereactor Denmark
2. 1× Baldur's Gate 3
   Popaco

Norway: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Baldur's Gate 3 took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
   Gamereactor Norway, RadCrew
2. 1× Baldur's Gate 3
   VGTV – LEVEL UP

Every game that won at least one country

All 49 countries