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We did like a whole thread series about this a little over a year ago so I mostly just went back and copied my answers.

  • 1994 - Super Metroid
  • 1995 - Chrono Trigger
  • 1996 - Pokémon Gen 1
  • 1997 - Final Fantasy VII
  • 1998 - Half-Life
  • 1999 - Pokémon Gen 2
  • 2000 - Majora's Mask
  • 2001 - MGS2: Sons of Liberty
  • 2002 - Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
  • 2003 - Tales of Symphonia
  • 2004 - Half-Life 2/World of Warcraft
  • 2005 - Resident Evil 4
  • 2006 - Twilight Princess
  • 2007 - Super Mario Galaxy
  • 2008 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • 2009 - Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
  • 2010 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
  • 2011 - Portal 2
  • 2012 - Diablo III
  • 2013 - The Stanley Parable
  • 2014 - The Talos Principle
  • 2015 - The Witcher 3
  • 2016 - Persona 5
  • 2017 - Doki Doki Literature Club!
  • 2018 - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
  • 2019 - Astral Chain
  • 2020 - Black Mesa/Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • 2021 - Metroid Dread
  • 2022 - God of War: Ragnarök
  • 2023 - Tears of the Kingdom
  • 2024 - Persona 3 Reload

For the record I think the best years were 2017 and 2020, they both have multiple games that would have made GOTY in most other years (Breath of the Wild, Odyssey, OMORI, Will of the Wisps).



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