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Forums - Gaming Discussion - VGChartz Official Game of the Year Awards 2023 - Results Thread

Machina on 09 January 2024

Hey everyone. We've started posting the results of the site's 18th annual Game of the Year Awards.

Starting tomorrow, we'll be posting 2-3 a day until the winners (and runners-up) of all categories are revealed. I'll link to each one with a post in this thread (often with some interesting stats from the voting process) and also collect them together in this OP, so you can easily find them all.

This year's articles:

FAQs:

Q – How is the winner in each category determined?
A – By a mixture of community and staff voting, weighted 50/50. On the community side we used a Google Form that was posted in an article on the front page, a highlighted thread, and posted on our social media channels. On the staff side we vote individually on the staff forums. The average of the two determines both the final Shortlist of games to be featured in each award article and the Winners themselves.

Q - I didn't get chance to vote - is it too late?
A - I'm afraid so. Final voting opened on 20th Dec and closed on 31st Dec.

Q - Why did game xxxxx win Best Action/Adventure Game but not Best Action Game?
A - Games are only ever able to win (and be nominated for) one genre award, to prevent a single game sweeping half a dozen categories (yes, that used to happen in the early days).

Q - Why do you spoil the results on the front page with the banner?
A - The banner only really reveals that the game in question made the Shortlist; it's not a guarantee it won the award. On average the banner image will only feature the winner about 20-25% of the time.

 

Past VGChartz Overall Game of the Year Winners:


Elden Ring
  

Metroid Dread



The Last of Us Part II



Resident Evil 2



God of War



The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild



Uncharted 4: A Thief's End



Rocket League



Super Smash Bros. for Wii U



Super Mario 3D World

  

Journey



The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim



Mass Effect 2



Uncharted 2: Among Thieves



LittleBigPlanet



BioShock

Last edited by Machina - on 25 January 2024

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Machina on 09 January 2024

We kick things off with Best Shooter, which was quite a close one; the lead changed hands several times during voting. Ultimately just 0.9% of the vote separate first from second on the community side, although this gap widened when the staff votes were added into the mix.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was the game in third place, which managed almost a fifth of the vote, despite being one of the most critically eviscerated games of the year.



coolbeans on 09 January 2024
Machina said:

We kick things off with Best Shooter, which was quite a close one; the lead changed hands several times during voting. Ultimately just 0.9% of the vote separate first from second on the community side, although this gap widened when the staff votes were added into the mix.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was the game in third place, which managed almost a fifth of the vote, despite being one of the most critically eviscerated games of the year.

Probably a record for "lowest-rated game to make our a GOTY category shortlist."  I'm setting new records!  lol

I was relieved I didn't have to write a Runner-up/Winner blurb for MW III. 



April 2024 Articles:

Mediterranea Inferno (XS) Review -- 6/10 | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (XS) Review -- 5.5/10 | Melatonin (PS5) Review -- 7/10 | Alone in the Dark (XS) Review -- 6.5/10 |

Machina on 10 January 2024

Best Puzzle Game of 2023

A strong year for puzzle games is reflected in four of the final five each getting almost 20% of the vote, which was well deserved I think. There was a fairly clear winner despite that though.



Machina on 10 January 2024

Best Racing Game of 2023

The winner managed almost half of the vote here (49.955%), but the runner-up and third place also managed a solid 23.305% and 17.835% respectively. The rest were left in the dust.



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Jpcc86 on 10 January 2024

We gotta redo these cause I forgot to vote.



UnderwaterFunktown on 10 January 2024
Jpcc86 said:

We gotta redo these cause I forgot to vote.

Stop the count!



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Machina on 10 January 2024

Best Platformer of 2023

The single most one-sided contest this year. No surprise which game came out on top - it did so with over 80% of the community vote, easily the most of any nominee for any award this year. The rest scrabbled over the scraps and none came close to even 10% of the vote.



axumblade on 10 January 2024
Machina said:

Best Platformer of 2023

The single most one-sided contest this year. No surprise which game came out on top - it did so with over 80% of the community vote, easily the most of any nominee for any award this year. The rest scrabbled over the scraps and none came close to even 10% of the vote.

Just curious, how close were number 2 and 3?




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coolbeans on 10 January 2024
Machina said:

Best Platformer of 2023

The single most one-sided contest this year. No surprise which game came out on top - it did so with over 80% of the community vote, easily the most of any nominee for any award this year. The rest scrabbled over the scraps and none came close to even 10% of the vote.

The story of the review/GOTY shortlist disparity with MW III is even more exacerbated in Best Platformer.  

Daniel hated Sonic Superstars. lol

https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459077/sonic-superstars-pc/



April 2024 Articles:

Mediterranea Inferno (XS) Review -- 6/10 | Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (XS) Review -- 5.5/10 | Melatonin (PS5) Review -- 7/10 | Alone in the Dark (XS) Review -- 6.5/10 |