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Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year winners

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Grand Theft Auto III
2001 open world action-adventure video game
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011 open world action role-playing video game
Half-Life 2
2004 first-person shooter video game
The Last of Us
2013 action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog
Portal
2007 first-person puzzle video game
The Sims
2000 video game
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015 action role-playing video game
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017 action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo
Red Dead Redemption
2010 action-adventure video game
Elden Ring
2022 action role-playing video game developed by FromSoftware
Overwatch
2016 multiplayer first-person shooter video game
Fallout 3
2008 action role-playing video game
Q18345138
2018 action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio
Q17146
2009 video game
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2003 video game
Q64441774
2023 role-playing video game developed by Larian Studios
Gears of War
2006 video game
Shadow of the Colossus
2005 video game
Hades
2020 action role-playing game developed by Supergiant Games
Metroid Prime
2002 video game
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014 video game
Journey
2012 video game
Untitled Goose Game
2019 video game
Balatro
Balatro is a poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by solo developer LocalThunk, and published by Playstack, rated PEGI 3 as of 2026. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February 20, 2024, with a port to macOS on March 1. Ports for Android and iOS were released on September 26, 2024. A dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 version was released on February 25, 2026. In the game, the player must score points by playing poker hands from a starting 52-card deck, with a limited number of hands and discards each round.
Inscryption
Inscryption is a 2021 roguelike deck-building game developed by Daniel Mullins Games and published by Devolver Digital. Directed by Daniel Mullins, it was originally released for Windows on October 19, 2021, and on Linux, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S over the following two years. The game puts the player in a cabin where a mysterious gamemaster makes them play a tabletop game.