Game of the Year 2017

Quick answers

Who won Game of the Year 2017?

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won the 2017 season with 265 Game of the Year awards, 57.0% of the season's awards, ahead of Horizon: Zero Dawn with 69.

What won Game of the Year at the Game Awards 2017?

The Game Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild its Game of the Year for 2017. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.

Which game won the most Game of the Year awards in 2017?

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, with 265 Game of the Year awards - 57.0% of every award tracked that season. Horizon: Zero Dawn was second with 69.

What was the best game of 2017?

Counted across every outlet that gave an award, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 265 awards. 'Best' is each outlet's own judgement; this site adds those judgements up rather than making one of its own.

Did Horizon: Zero Dawn win Game of the Year 2017?

No. Horizon: Zero Dawn finished second in 2017 with 69 awards, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

How many Game of the Year awards were given in 2017?

This site documents 462 Game of the Year awards for 2017, from 447 outlets in 47 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.

Major ceremonies 2017

6 of 7 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →

The players' verdict — 2017

122 of the 2017 awards were readers' and community votes — the public's side of the season, counted separately. Players agreed with the press: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild topped the public vote too.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild56
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn35
3. Assassin's Creed Origins6
4. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds4
5. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus3

When players and critics disagree, across every season →

Best game of 2017, by every award

Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 2017, ranked by wins.

1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildincludes researched awards265
   Media outlets: 201 · Readers' choice: 64
2. Horizon: Zero Dawn69
   Media outlets: 34 · Readers' choice: 35
3. Super Mario Odyssey37
   Media outlets: 34 · Readers' choice: 3
4. NieR: Automata17
   Media outlets: 13 · Readers' choice: 4
5. Persona 5including 2 awards from 201615
   Media outlets: 12 · Readers' choice: 3
6. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds12
   Media outlets: 8 · Readers' choice: 4
7. Assassin's Creed Origins10
   Media outlets: 4 · Readers' choice: 6
8. Divinity: Original Sin II10
   Media outlets: 7 · Readers' choice: 3
9. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard5
10. Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus5
11. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrificeincluding 1 award from 20184
12. Prey4
13. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlandsincludes researched awards2
14. Agents of Mayhem1
15. Cuphead1
16. Dragon Quest XI1
17. Hollow Knight1
18. Night in the Woods1
19. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII1
20. Thimbleweed Park1
21. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy1
22. What Remains of Edith Finch1
23. Yakuza 01

Who voted for what

All 462 tracked awards for 2017, from 47 countries. 122 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.