Best of 2024: Game of the Year Awards Tracker
Recent updates:
April 9: Added BAFTA winners (final update for year)
March 20: Added GDC winners
March 4: Added BAFTA nominees
February 14: Added DICE winners and GDC finalists
January 22: Added NY Game Awards winners
January 10: Added DICE nominees
January 7: Added NY Game Awards nominees
January 3, 2025: Added Metacritic Game of the Year winner
December 20: Added Indie Game Awards winners.
December 13: Added The Game Awards winners.
November 19, 2024: Scorecard launched with this year's The Game Awards and Indie Game Award nominees.
Key to awards:
[BAFTA] BAFTA Games Awards
[DICE] D.I.C.E. Awards
[GDC] Game Developers Choice Awards
[IND] Indie Game Awards
[MC] Metacritic Game of the Year (overall highest Metascore)
[NY] New York Game Awards
[TGA] The Game Awards
★ Wins in bold and starred / nominations in regular text
Game of the Year
tbd 1000xRESIST - NY
tbd Astro Bot - ★BAFTA, ★DICE, GDC, ★MC, ★NY, ★TGA
tbd Balatro - BAFTA, DICE, ★GDC, NY, TGA
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - BAFTA, DICE, GDC, TGA
tbd EA Sports College Football 25 - NY
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - TGA
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - GDC, NY, TGA
tbd Helldivers 2 - BAFTA, DICE, GDC
tbd Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - DICE, NY
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - BAFTA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - GDC, NY, TGA
tbd Thank Goodness You're Here! - BAFTA
Indie Game of the Year
tbd 1000xRESIST - IND, NY
tbd Animal Well - DICE, IND, TGA
tbd Balatro - ★DICE, ★IND, NY, ★TGA
tbd Crypt Custodian - IND
tbd I Am Your Beast - NY
tbd Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - IND, NY, TGA
tbd Mouthwashing - DICE, IND
tbd Tales of Kenzera: ZAU - NY
tbd Thank Goodness You're Here! - NY
Debut Game of the Year
tbd 1000xRESIST - GDC
tbd Animal Well - BAFTA, GDC, TGA
tbd Balatro - ★BAFTA, ★GDC, ★TGA
tbd Lil' Guardsman - IND
tbd Little Kitty, Big City - ★IND
tbd Manor Lords - TGA
tbd Mullet Madjack - IND
tbd Pacific Drive - BAFTA, GDC, TGA
tbd The Plucky Squire - BAFTA, TGA
tbd Tales of Kenzera: ZAU - BAFTA
tbd Thank Goodness You're Here! - BAFTA
tbd Tiny Glade - GDC
AR/VR/IR Game of the Year *
tbd Alien: Rogue Incursion - DICE
tbd Arizona Sunshine Remake - TGA
tbd Asgard's Wrath 2 - TGA
tbd Batman: Arkham Shadow - ★DICE, ★NY, ★TGA
tbd Escaping Wonderland - DICE
tbd Metal: Hellsinger VR - TGA
tbd Metro Awakening - TGA
tbd Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire - NY
tbd Skydance's Behemoth - DICE, NY
tbd Umurangi Generation VR - NY
* Note: In cases where a game is playable on both VR and non-VR devices, the Metascore displayed above is for the general version of the game and not specifically the VR version.
Multiplayer/Online Game of the Year
tbd Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - BAFTA, DICE, TGA
tbd Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred - DICE
tbd Helldivers 2 - ★BAFTA, ★DICE, ★TGA
tbd LEGO Horizon Adventures - BAFTA
tbd Marvel Rivals - DICE
tbd Super Mario Party Jamboree - BAFTA, TGA
tbd Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - BAFTA, DICE, TGA
Ongoing/Evolving Game of the Year
Games first released in or prior to 2024 with post-release content added in 2024
Destiny 2 - TGA
Diablo IV - BAFTA, TGA
Final Fantasy XIV - BAFTA, TGA
Fortnite - TGA
Helldivers 2 - ★TGA
No Man's Sky - BAFTA
Sea of Thieves - BAFTA
Vampire Survivors - ★BAFTA
World of Warcraft - BAFTA
Mobile Game of the Year
tbd AFK Journey - TGA
tbd Halls of Torment - DICE
tbd Monument Valley 3 - DICE
tbd Paper Trail - DICE
tbd Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket - NY, TGA
tbd Rabbids: Legends of the Multiverse - NY
tbd Wuthering Waves - DICE, NY, TGA
tbd Zenless Zone Zero - ★NY, TGA
Best Narrative/Story/Writing
tbd 1000xRESIST - DICE, GDC, ★IND, NY
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - BAFTA, GDC
tbd Caravan SandWitch - IND
tbd Dragon Age: The Veilguard - BAFTA
tbd Fear the Spotlight - IND
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - BAFTA, TGA
tbd Harold Halibut - NY
tbd Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - ★DICE, NY
tbd Last Time I Saw You - IND
tbd Life is Strange: Double Exposure - NY
tbd Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - GDC, TGA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - ★BAFTA, DICE, ★GDC, ★NY, ★TGA
tbd Mouthwashing - GDC, IND
tbd Phoenix Springs - NY
tbd Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - BAFTA, TGA
tbd Silent Hill 2 - TGA
tbd Still Wakes the Deep - BAFTA, DICE
tbd Thank Goodness You're Here! - DICE
Best Art Direction/Visual Design
tbd Animal Well - GDC
tbd Astro Bot - BAFTA, GDC, TGA
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - BAFTA, ★DICE, ★GDC, TGA
tbd Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus - IND
tbd Crow Country - IND
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - TGA
tbd Harold Halibut - BAFTA, ★IND
tbd Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - DICE
tbd LEGO Horizon Adventures - DICE
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - GDC, ★TGA
tbd The Plucky Squire - DICE, IND
tbd Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - BAFTA, DICE
tbd Still Wakes the Deep - BAFTA
Genre-Specific Awards
Action Game of the Year
tbd Batman: Arkham Shadow - DICE
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - DICE, ★TGA
tbd Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - DICE, TGA
tbd Helldivers 2 - ★DICE, TGA
tbd Stellar Blade - DICE, TGA
tbd Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - TGA
Adventure (or Action-Adventure) Game of the Year
tbd 1000xRESIST - DICE
tbd Animal Well - DICE
tbd Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - ★DICE
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - DICE, TGA
tbd Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - DICE, TGA
tbd Silent Hill 2 - TGA
tbd Star Wars Outlaws - TGA
Fighting Game of the Year
tbd Blazing Strike - DICE
tbd Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero - DICE, TGA
tbd Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - TGA
tbd Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics - TGA
tbd Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns - DICE
tbd MultiVersus - TGA
Role-Playing Game of the Year
tbd Dragon Age: The Veilguard - DICE
tbd Dragon's Dogma 2 - TGA
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - DICE, TGA
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - DICE. TGA
tbd Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - DICE, TGA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - ★DICE, ★TGA
Simulation/Strategy Game of the Year
tbd Age of Mythology: Retold - TGA
tbd Caves of Qud - DICE
tbd Frostpunk 2 - DICE, ★TGA
tbd Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - TGA
tbd Manor Lords - TGA
tbd Satisfactory - DICE
tbd Tactical Breach Wizards - DICE
tbd Unicorn Overlord - TGA
Sports/Racing Game of the Year
tbd EA Sports College Football 25 - DICE
tbd EA Sports FC 25 - DICE, ★TGA
tbd MLB The Show 24 - ★DICE
tbd Night-Runners Prologue - DICE
tbd TopSpin 2K25 - TGA
Note that most awards organizations also honor games and creators in additional categories not listed above. We opted to concentrate on those categories that tend to recur most frequently among the different awards groups. In addition, we have omitted awards and organizations (such as the Golden Joystick Awards) that are determined solely by public voting, as well as any awards (like those theoretically handed out in the summer at E3) that don't primarliy correspond to the calendar year.