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Best Character Design Games By year ↑

By year ↓ By votes ↓

Games recognized for memorable characters, character art, animation, and the design work behind playable or iconic figures.

Ceremony names grouped here include Best Character Design, Original Game Character of the Year.

2000 1 1 1 Seaman
2000 1 3 Giants: Citizen Kabuto
2000 1 1 1 3 No One Lives Forever
2000 1 3 Space Channel 5
2000 1 1 Tamale Loco @ shockwave.com
2001 1 1 3 Jak & Daxter: the Precursor Legacy
2001 1 1 Devil May Cry
2001 1 1 1 5 4 Ico
2001 1 1 1 2 Max Payne
2001 1 1 4 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
2002 1 3 1 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
2002 1 1 Blinx the Time Sweeper
2002 1 1 7 Ratchet & Clank
2002 1 4 The Mark of Kri
2002 1 1 2 7 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2003 1 2 3 5 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2003 1 1 7 Beyond Good & Evil
2003 1 2 Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
2003 1 1 4 Viewtiful Joe
2003 1 1 Voodoo Vince
2004 1 6 12 5 Half-Life 2
2004 1 1 4 3 Katamari Damacy
2004 1 5 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
2004 1 1 4 Sly 2: Band of Thieves
2004 1 1 2 3 World of Warcraft
2005 1 1 7 6 Shadow of the Colossus
2005 1 1 City of Villains
2005 1 2 1 5 15 God of War
2005 1 3 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
2005 1 1 3 3 Psychonauts
2006 1 1 1 4 5 Ōkami
2006 1 1 5 Final Fantasy XII
2006 1 3 9 LocoRoco
2006 1 1 Rayman Raving Rabbids
2006 1 1 9 Viva Piñata
2012 1 3 2 9 9 The Walking Dead
2012 1 9 Borderlands 2
2012 1 2 1 1 13 Far Cry 3
2012 1 2 10 Halo 4
2012 1 1 1 1 4 Mass Effect 3
2014 1 3 8 7 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014 1 8 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
2014 1 2 9 Far Cry 4
2014 1 1 inFAMOUS First Light
2014 1 3 inFAMOUS Second Son
2015 1 1 1 9 Rise of the Tomb Raider
2015 1 6 Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
2015 1 1 1 6 9 Her Story
2015 1 1 2 10 Life is Strange
2015 1 7 1 6 18 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2016 1 2 1 2 13 The Last Guardian
2016 1 1 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
2016 1 1 4 15 Firewatch
2016 1 2 2 6 16 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2017 1 9 14 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
2017 1 5 Assassin's Creed Origins
2017 1 2 4 22 Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 1 3 Star Wars Battlefront II
2017 1 9 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
2018 1 1 14 1 10 13 God of War (2018)
2018 1 6 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018 1 2 1 21 Marvel's Spider-Man
2018 1 3 2 8 20 Red Dead Redemption 2
2019 1 2 3 9 Untitled Goose Game
2019 1 5 1 8 17 Control
2019 1 2 6 24 Death Stranding
2019 1 4 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
2020 1 2 7 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2020 1 5 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
2020 1 11 1 13 19 Hades
2020 1 6 2 9 22 The Last of Us Part II
2021 1 2 2 4 8 Resident Evil Village
2021 1 4 2 3 19 Deathloop
2021 1 2 9 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
2021 1 1 2 9 Life is Strange: True Colors
2021 1 1 9 14 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2022 1 1 2 2 18 17 God of War Ragnarök
2022 1 15 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
2022 1 1 20 Horizon Forbidden West
2022 1 5 Return to Monkey Island
2023 1 3 5 16 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2023 1 2 2 9 18 Alan Wake II
2023 1 10 1 13 14 Baldur's Gate 3
2023 1 5 Thirsty Suitors
2024 1 1 1 3 10 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2024 1 1 9 1000xRESIST
2024 1 2 1 12 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2024 1 3 Indika
2024 1 3 17 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
2025 1 2 4 21 Ghost of Yotei
2025 1 14 1 16 15 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2025 1 2 11 Dispatch