Through the Years

Games / Game Design

Recent Winners

2026
Winner

Blue Prince

Tonda Ros
Game Design
2025
Winner

Astro Bot

Development Team
Game Design
2024
Winner

DAVE THE DIVER

Development Team
Game Design
2023
Winner

Vampire Survivors

Development Team
Game Design
2022
Winner

Inscryption

Development Team
Game Design
2021
Winner

Hades

Development Team
Game Design
2020
Winner

Outer Wilds

Development Team
Game Design
2019
Winner

Return of the Obra Dinn

Lucas Pope
Game Design

Through The Years

  • Winner

    Blue Prince

    Tonda Ros
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Ball X Pit

    Kenny Sun
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Ghost of Yōtei

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Hades II

    • Amir Rao
    • Gavin Simon
    • Greg Kasavin
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Split Fiction

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Astro Bot

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    ANIMAL WELL

    Billy Basso
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Balatro

    LocalThunk
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Helldivers 2

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Tactical Breach Wizards

    • Tom Francis
    • Steve Lee
    • John Roberts
    Game Design
  • Winner

    DAVE THE DIVER

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    DREDGE

    • Joel Mason
    • Alex Ritchie
    • Nadia Thorne
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Marvel's Spider-Man 2

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Viewfinder

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    COCOON

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Vampire Survivors

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    TUNIC

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Cult of the Lamb

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    ELDEN RING

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    God of War Ragnarök

    • Jason McDonald
    • Andrew Chrysafidis
    • Luis Sanchez
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Horizon Forbidden West

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Inscryption

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    DEATHLOOP

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Forza Horizon 5

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    It Takes Two

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Returnal

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Hades

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Ghost of Tsushima

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Half-Life: Alyx

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Last of Us Part II

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Animal Crossing: New Horizons

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Astro's Playroom

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Outer Wilds

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Baba is You

    Arvi Teikari
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Control

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Disco Elysium

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Wattam

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Return of the Obra Dinn

    Lucas Pope
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Into the Breach

    • Justin Ma
    • Matthew Davis
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Minit

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Astro Bot Rescue Mission

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Celeste

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    God of War

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Super Mario Odyssey

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    What Remains of Edith Finch

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Assassin's Creed Origins

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Horizon Zero Dawn

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    NieR: Automata

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Inside

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Overwatch

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Titanfall 2

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Witness

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Battlefield 1

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Dishonored 2

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Bloodborne

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Grow Home

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Her Story

    Sam Barlow
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

    • Matt Hammill
    • Jamie Tucker
    • Adam Winkels
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Rocket League

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Threes

    • Asher Vollmer
    • Greg Wohlwend
    • Jimmy Hinson
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Far Cry 4

    • Patrik Methe
    • Hugo Desmeules
    • Andrea Zanini
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Destiny

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Alien: Isolation

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Grand Theft Auto V

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Tomb Raider

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Tearaway

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Papers, Please

    Lucas Pope
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Last of Us

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

    Development Team
    Game Design
  • Winner

    Journey

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Borderlands 2

    • Randy Pitchford
    • Paul Hellquist
    • Jeramy Cooke
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Dishonored

    Development Team
    Game Design
    Nominee

    Far Cry 3

    • Patrick Methè
    • Jamie Keen
    Game Design
    Nominee

    The Walking Dead

    • Dan Connors
    • Kevin Bruner
    • Kevin Boyle
    Game Design
    Nominee

    XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    Development Team
    Game Design