Games recognized for new ideas, accessibility breakthroughs, experimental design, or unusually inventive play.
Ceremony names grouped here include Innovation in Accessibility, Most Innovative, Innovation Award.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Baldur's Gate 3
Cocoon
Elden Ring
Deathloop
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Hades
Half-Life: Alyx
Disco Elysium
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Celeste
Red Dead Redemption 2
Tetris Effect
Nier: Automata
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Inside
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Super Mario Maker
80 Days
Destiny
Gone Home
Fez
The Walking Dead
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Red Dead Redemption
Left 4 Dead
BioShock
Mass Effect
Super Mario Galaxy
Gears of War
God of War
Doom 3
Halo 2
Call of Duty
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Metroid Prime
Neverwinter Nights
Max Payne
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The Sims
Return of the Obra Dinn
What Remains of Edith Finch
Pokémon Go
The Witness
Splatoon
Grand Theft Auto V
Portal 2
Limbo
Demon's Souls
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Braid
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Blue Prince
Balatro
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
God of War Ragnarök
Immortality
Forza Horizon 5
Unpacking
The Last of Us Part II
Her Story
The Last of Us
Minecraft
Portal
Half-Life 2
Ico
Counter-Strike
Deus Ex
Jet Set Radio
The Stanley Parable
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Ōkami
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Grand Theft Auto III
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Papers, Please
Guitar Hero
Shadow of the Colossus
LittleBigPlanet
Wii Sports
Battlefield 1942
Journey