Best Debut Games By year ↑

• 2000 1 2 Counter-Strike
• 2000 1 3 Giants: Citizen Kabuto
• 2000 1 1 Ground Control
• 2000 1 1 TimeSplitters
• 2000 1 1 Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
• 2001 1 1 Operation Flashpoint
• 2001 1 1 Azurik: Rise of Perathia
• 2001 1 2 Cel Damage
• 2001 1 2 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
• 2001 1 1 1 Serious Sam: The First Encounter
• 2002 1 4 2 11 Metroid Prime
• 2002 1 1 Arx Fatalis
• 2002 1 3 Dungeon Siege
• 2002 1 1 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
• 2002 1 1 MechAssault
• 2003 1 2 1 2 3 Call of Duty
• 2003 1 2 A Tale in the Desert
• 2003 1 2 Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
• 2003 1 2 Rise of Nations
• 2003 1 1 Savage: The Battle for Newerth
• 2004 1 1 2 Far Cry
• 2004 1 1 Alien Hominid
• 2004 1 4 City of Heroes
• 2004 1 2 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
• 2004 1 1 The Bard's Tale
• 2005 1 1 3 3 Psychonauts
• 2005 1 1 Bone: Out From Boneville
• 2005 1 1 Bonnie's Bookstore
• 2005 1 2 Guild Wars
• 2005 1 1 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
• 2006 1 1 Titan Quest
• 2006 1 4 Daxter
• 2006 1 1 RoboBlitz
• 2006 1 1 Small Arms
• 2006 1 1 The Shivah
• 2008 1 2 1 12 10 LittleBigPlanet
• 2008 1 1 6 Braid
• 2008 1 1 Sins of a Solar Empire
• 2008 1 2 Soul Bubbles
• 2008 1 2 3 World of Goo
• 2009 1 1 Torchlight
• 2009 1 1 1 League of Legends
• 2009 1 2 Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor
• 2009 1 1 The Maw
• 2009 1 1 Zeno Clash
• 2010 1 1 1 3 1 Minecraft
• 2010 1 1 Darksiders
• 2010 1 1 2 10 Limbo
• 2010 1 2 Monday Night Combat
• 2010 1 2 Super Meat Boy
• 2011 1 1 5 10 Bastion
• 2011 1 1 1 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
• 2011 2 1 1 20 L.A. Noire
• 2011 1 1 6 Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• 2011 1 1 Eufloria
• 2011 1 1 Monstermind
• 2011 1 1 RIFT
• 2011 1 1 2 Star Wars: The Old Republic
• 2011 1 1 Terraria
• 2012 1 1 2 6 The Unfinished Swan
• 2012 1 1 3 FTL: Faster Than Light
• 2012 2 3 5 The Room
• 2012 1 1 Deadlight
• 2012 1 5 Dear Esther
• 2012 1 1 Dust: An Elysian Tail
• 2012 1 1 4 Fez
• 2012 1 2 Forza Horizon
• 2012 1 1 Proteus
• 2013 2 1 2 3 9 Gone Home
• 2013 2 13 The Stanley Parable
• 2013 1 2 BADLAND
• 2013 1 1 Card Hunter
• 2013 1 1 Castles in the Sky
• 2013 1 2 Gunpoint
• 2013 1 2 Kerbal Space Program
• 2013 1 1 Remember Me
• 2013 1 1 State of Decay
• 2014 1 1 1 5 The Banner Saga
• 2014 1 1 2 Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
• 2014 2 2 4 Shovel Knight
• 2014 2 1 10 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• 2014 1 1 CounterSpy
• 2014 1 2 Hitman GO
• 2014 1 2 Never Alone
• 2014 1 7 Titanfall
• 2015 1 1 7 10 Ori and the Blind Forest
• 2015 1 3 4 Her
• 2015 2 2 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• 2015 1 1 ARK: Survival Evolved
• 2015 1 4 Downwell
• 2015 1 3 Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
• 2015 1 2 Mini Metro
• 2015 1 1 3 Prune
• 2015 1 1 11 Undertale
• 2016 2 1 4 15 Firewatch
• 2016 2 6 Oxenfree
• 2016 1 5 Hyper Light Drifter
• 2016 1 2 4 Overcooked
• 2016 1 2 Stardew Valley
• 2016 1 2 3 That Dragon, Cancer
• 2016 1 1 8 The Witness
• 2016 1 1 5 Thumper
• 2016 1 1 3 Virginia
• 2017 2 1 10 8 Cuphead
• 2017 1 1 3 9 Gorogoa
• 2017 3 3 Hollow Knight
• 2017 2 2 Golf Story
• 2017 2 1 12 Night in the Woods
• 2017 2 2 Slime Rancher
• 2017 1 1 Mr. Shifty
• 2017 1 2 The Sexy Brutale
• 2018 1 2 6 13 Florence
• 2018 1 2 1 4 Yoku's Island Express
• 2018 1 1 1 2 The Messenger
• 2018 2 7 Donut County
• 2018 2 11 Moss
• 2018 1 3 4 Beat Saber
• 2018 1 2 Cultist Simulator
• 2019 3 1 11 10 Disco Elysium
• 2019 3 2 9 Gris
• 2019 2 5 Knights and Bikes
• 2019 2 2 Manifold Garden
• 2019 2 5 2 3 13 Outer Wilds
• 2019 1 1 2 Ape Out
• 2019 1 2 6 24 Death Stranding
• 2019 1 2 Katana Zero
• 2019 1 1 My Friend Pedro
• 2019 1 2 Neo Cab
• 2019 1 2 Slay the Spire
• 2019 1 2 3 9 Untitled Goose Game
• 2020 2 2 Phasmophobia
• 2020 1 2 1 5 Carrion
• 2020 2 2 Mortal Shell
• 2020 2 2 Raji: An Ancient Epic
• 2020 2 3 Röki
• 2020 1 1 Airborne Kingdom
• 2020 1 1 Call of the Sea
• 2020 1 1 Factorio
• 2020 1 1 The Falconeer
• 2020 1 2 Umurangi Generation
• 2021 1 1 2 9 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• 2021 1 1 1 2 Valheim
• 2021 3 1 7 The Artful Escape
• 2021 1 1 TOEM
• 2021 2 2 6 Sable
• 2021 2 3 The Forgotten City
• 2021 1 1 Eastward
• 2021 1 3 Genesis Noir
• 2021 1 1 Maquette
• 2021 1 3 Wildermyth
• 2022 2 1 1 3 14 Stray
• 2022 1 2 1 3 10 TUNIC
• 2022 3 1 1 3 9 Vampire Survivors
• 2022 2 7 Neon White
• 2022 2 5 NORCO
• 2022 1 1 5 As Dusk Falls
• 2022 1 2 The Case of the Golden Idol
• 2022 1 4 Trombone Champ
• 2023 2 1 3 7 Venba
• 2023 1 2 1 1 2 12 Cocoon
• 2023 3 1 9 Dredge
• 2023 3 2 6 Viewfinder
• 2023 2 2 1 7 Dave the Diver
• 2023 1 2 Pizza Tower
• 2023 1 1 Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
• 2024 3 3 2 9 5 Balatro
• 2024 3 1 13 Animal Well
• 2024 3 3 Pacific Drive
• 2024 2 6 The Plucky Squire
• 2024 1 1 9 1000xRESIST
• 2024 1 1 Manor Lords
• 2024 1 1 5 Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
• 2024 1 1 1 6 Thank Goodness You're Here!
• 2024 1 3 Tiny Glade
• 2025 3 14 1 16 15 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• 2025 3 3 2 6 7 Blue Prince
• 2025 3 2 11 Dispatch
• 2025 2 1 1 9 Despelote
• 2025 1 1 6 BALL x PIT
• 2025 1 1 7 Consume Me
• 2025 1 1 Megabonk
• 2025 1 1 5 The Midnight Walk