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MANIAC.de: 13 Game of the Year awards

MANIAC.de is a website from Germany, founded in 1993. It appears in this database with 13 Game of the Year picks across 13 award seasons (2009–2021); its most frequent pick was Assassin's Creed II.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 6 of its 13 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was It Takes Two in 2021.

Its pick furthest from the consensus was Forza Horizon 2 in 2014, which finished No. 11 that season with 5 awards in total. Its earliest pick on record is Assassin's Creed II, for 2009.

MANIAC.de is the online publication associated with the long-running MAN!AC/M! Games brand.

The supplied overall year-end record begins in 2009; MANIAC.de's official ranked 'Spiele des Jahres' packages place The Last of Us Part II first in 2020 and It Takes Two first in 2021.

What "2009–2021" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type	Source
2021	It Takes Two	Editorial	maniac.de
2020	The Last of Us Part II	Editorial	maniac.de
2019	Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice	Editorial	Internet Archive
2018	God of War	Editorial	Internet Archive
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial	Internet Archive
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Editorial	Internet Archive
2015	Bloodborne	Editorial	Internet Archive
2014	Forza Horizon 2	Editorial	Internet Archive
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Editorial	Internet Archive
2012	Dishonored	Editorial	Internet Archive
2011	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Editorial	Internet Archive
2010	Red Dead Redemption	Editorial	Internet Archive
2009	Assassin's Creed II	Editorial	Internet Archive

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.