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S.Peelman said:
Mano777 said:

no surprise, from what I noticed on this site Nintendo games are favorites in most polls

Breath of the Wild would probably win such a contest on most sites.

First result in Google

https://navgtr.org/games-of-the-decade-2010-2019-winners/

The winner of Game of the Decade is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game beat fellow nominees God of War, Minecraft, Red Dead Redemption, and The Last of Us.

New intellectual properties accounted for the majority (53.3%, or 32 of 60) of all winners, up 6.8 points from 46.5% in the previous decade. Newer games dominated the winners as well, as only a quarter of the wins (25%, or 15 of 60) went to older games from the first half of the decade.

The games with the most wins for best of the decade in their respective categories are:

06 Cuphead
05 The Last of Us
04 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

03 Super Mario Odyssey
03 Death Stranding
03 Alien: Isolation

02 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
02 Persona 5
02 Marvel’s Spider-Man
02 Borderlands 2

Cuphead (2017) led all other games with 6 victories, winning in the following best of decade categories:

• Animation, Artistic
• Art Direction, Period Influence
• Character Design
• Control Precision
• Original Family Game
• Original Light Mix Score, New IP (a music category)

The Last of Us (2013) won five categories:

• Camera Direction in a Game Engine
• Gameplay Design, New IP
• Direction in a Game Cinema
• Lead Performance in a Drama
• Writing in a Drama

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) rounded the top three games with wins in four categories:

• Animation, Technical
• Franchise Role Playing Game
• Original Dramatic Score, Franchise
• Game of the Decade

Second hit

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/sep/07/the-15-greatest-games-of-the-2010s-ranked

1. Dark Souls
2. Breath of the Wild
3. Minecraft


It depends on who you poll. BotW deserves the win anyway, The last of Us, Dark Souls, TW3 as well, all doing their own part to advance games to new heights.