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Most Innovative Games By year ↑

By year ↓ By votes ↓

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.

2000 1 2 Counter-Strike
2000 1 1 1 Crazy Taxi
2000 1 2 1 2 1 Deus Ex
2000 1 1 2 Jet Set Radio
2000 1 1 1 3 No One Lives Forever
2000 1 1 2 American McGee's Alice
2000 1 2 NFL 2K1
2000 1 3 Sacrifice
2000 1 2 Samba de Amigo
2000 1 1 1 Seaman
2000 1 1 3 Shenmue
2000 1 2 3 SSX
2000 1 1 2 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2000 1 3 3 3 The Sims
2000 1 1 Virtua Tennis
2001 1 1 2 4 Black & White
2001 1 1 1 5 4 Ico
2001 1 1 Majestic
2001 1 1 1 Rez
2001 1 2 Cel Damage
2001 1 3 Frequency
2001 1 2 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
2001 1 1 1 2 Max Payne
2001 1 2 Super Monkey Ball
2002 2 2 1 5 1 Battlefield 1942
2002 1 1 4 4 3 Grand Theft Auto III
2002 1 1 2 1 Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
2002 1 1 The Thing
2002 1 3 Dungeon Siege
2002 1 1 4 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
2002 1 3 1 2 8 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2002 1 4 2 11 Metroid Prime
2002 1 1 1 1 2 Neverwinter Nights
2002 1 1 2 7 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2003 1 1 1 1 7 4 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2003 1 1 EyeToy
2003 1 3 2 Eyetoy: Play
2003 1 1 4 Viewtiful Joe
2003 1 1 1 WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!
2003 2 2 3 5 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2003 1 2 1 2 3 Call of Duty
2003 1 2 Rise of Nations
2003 1 1 3 SSX 3
2003 1 2 1 2 6 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2003 1 2 Tron 2.0
2004 2 1 3 2 Animal Crossing
2004 2 1 4 3 Katamari Damacy
2004 1 2 2 4 Donkey Konga
2004 1 6 12 5 Half-Life 2
2004 1 1 I Love Bees
2004 1 1 2 SingStar/SingStar Party
2004 2 2 5 Fable
2004 1 4 City of Heroes
2004 1 1 10 Doom 3
2004 1 2 Eye Toy: Anti-Grav
2004 1 2 3 3 Halo 2
2004 1 5 Rome: Total War
2004 1 1 Second Sight
2004 1 1 Sid Meier's Pirates!
2004 1 1 The Sims 2
2005 2 4 3 Nintendogs
2005 1 2 1 5 15 God of War
2005 1 1 2 The Movies
2006 2 1 5 1 Wii Sports
2006 1 2 1 1 7 4 Guitar Hero
2006 1 2 1 7 6 Shadow of the Colossus
2006 1 1 Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
2006 1 1 Line Rider
2006 2 3 9 LocoRoco
2006 1 1 2 Electroplankton
2006 1 4 7 5 Gears of War
2006 1 1 3 Nintendo Brain Age
2006 1 1 9 Viva Piñata
2006 1 1 6 We Love Katamari
2007 1 1 1 1 4 5 Ōkami
2007 1 1 1 3 6 Rock Band
2007 1 2 2 2 Portal
2007 1 3 Wii
2007 1 1 10 Assassin's Creed
2007 1 5 1 7 6 BioShock
2007 1 1 fl0w
2007 1 1 2 Flow
2007 1 7 Mass Effect
2007 1 4 Peggle
2007 1 5 1 6 Super Mario Galaxy
2007 1 1 Super Paper Mario
2007 1 1 The Eye Of Judgment
2007 1 1 The Orange Box
2007 1 1 Trauma Center: Second Opinion
2008 2 2 1 12 10 LittleBigPlanet
2008 2 1 6 Braid
2008 2 2 3 Spore
2008 1 2 Boom Blox
2008 1 1 1 2 9 Left 4 Dead
2008 1 2 Wii Fit
2008 1 2 3 World of Goo
2009 2 5 2 Scribblenauts
2009 2 1 1 6 Demon's Souls
2009 2 3 9 Flower
2009 2 8 15 10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2009 1 2 2 FarmVille
2009 1 6 Plants vs. Zombies
2010 1 1 6 6 Heavy Rain
2010 1 1 1 3 1 Minecraft
2010 2 1 5 Dance Central
2010 2 1 2 10 Limbo
2010 1 1 1 Angry Birds HD
2010 1 4 Kirby's Epic Yarn
2010 1 6 7 5 Red Dead Redemption
2011 1 1 1 3 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
2011 3 5 10 Bastion
2011 3 1 1 20 L.A. Noire
2011 1 1 Johann Sebastian Joust
2011 1 3 6 LittleBigPlanet 2
2011 2 6 2 10 9 Portal 2
2011 1 1 Child Of Eden
2011 1 2 From Dust
2011 1 7 1 4 9 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011 1 1 3 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2012 2 1 5 1 18 7 Journey
2012 1 2 2 6 The Unfinished Swan
2012 1 7 Call of Duty: Black Ops II
2012 1 1 4 Fez
2012 1 1 3 FTL: Faster Than Light
2012 1 1 Kinect Sesame Street TV
2012 1 6 Mark of the Ninja
2012 1 3 Nintendo Land
2012 1 1 7 Sound Shapes
2012 1 3 2 9 9 The Walking Dead
2012 1 1 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
2012 1 1 ZombiU
2013 1 2 1 2 6 Papers, Please
2013 3 3 15 Tearaway
2013 3 13 The Stanley Parable
2013 1 2 6 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
2013 1 10 1 13 13 The Last of Us
2013 2 3 2 8 14 Grand Theft Auto V
2013 1 7 DEVICE 6
2013 1 1 2 3 9 Gone Home
2013 1 2 Year Walk
2014 1 2 3 8 7 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014 1 1 6 8 Monument Valley
2014 1 1 1 10 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
2014 1 1 7 80 Days
2014 1 1 2 6 Alien Isolation
2014 1 1 Bounden
2014 1 2 1 6 5 Destiny
2014 1 3 7 Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
2014 1 1 3 Lumino City
2014 1 2 Project Spark
2014 1 4 This War of Mine
2014 1 7 Titanfall
2015 1 3 4 Her
2015 1 1 1 6 9 Her Story
2015 2 1 10 Splatoon
2015 1 2 8 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
2015 1 1 2 10 Life is Strange
2015 1 2 1 2 9 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
2015 1 1 1 3 3 Super Mario Maker
2015 1 3 The Beginner's Guide
2015 1 1 11 Undertale
2015 1 1 1 5 Until Dawn
2016 1 5 17 No Man's Sky
2016 1 2 3 That Dragon, Cancer
2016 2 1 4 15 Firewatch
2016 2 7 8 Pokémon Go
2016 2 1 8 The Witness
2016 1 4 Batman: Arkham VR
2016 1 1 2 12 13 Inside
2016 1 1 Unseen Diplomacy
2017 1 1 3 9 Gorogoa
2017 1 1 16 6 11 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2017 2 1 1 2 14 What Remains of Edith Finch
2017 1 3 Everything
2017 1 9 14 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
2017 1 1 2 1 6 Nier: Automata
2017 1 1 2 2 7 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017 1 2 2 Snipperclips
2018 2 3 2 Nintendo Labo
2018 2 1 4 11 Return of the Obra Dinn
2018 1 1 8 Astro Bot Rescue Mission
2018 1 1 2 4 7 Celeste
2018 1 2 Cultist Simulator
2018 1 6 13 Florence
2018 1 11 Moss
2018 1 3 2 8 20 Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 1 2 2 9 Tetris Effect
2019 1 3 3 Baba Is You
2019 1 2 6 24 Death Stranding
2019 1 1 11 10 Disco Elysium
2019 1 5 2 3 13 Outer Wilds
2019 1 2 3 9 Untitled Goose Game
2020 1 3 13 Dreams
2020 1 6 2 9 22 The Last of Us Part II
2020 1 5 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
2020 1 1 2 Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
2020 1 1 Grounded
2020 1 11 1 13 19 Hades
2020 1 2 1 5 11 Half-Life: Alyx
2020 1 1 HyperDot
2020 1 1 4 Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020 1 1 Watch Dogs Legion
2021 1 1 1 3 11 Forza Horizon 5
2021 1 1 4 3 Unpacking
2021 1 4 2 3 19 Deathloop
2021 1 6 Far Cry 6
2021 1 2 1 8 Inscryption
2021 1 2 1 7 13 It Takes Two
2021 1 2 7 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
2021 1 1 9 14 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
2021 1 1 The Vale: Shadow of the Crown
2021 1 3 Wildermyth
2022 1 2 2 18 17 God of War Ragnarök
2022 1 1 2 3 13 Immortality
2022 1 1 5 As Dusk Falls
2022 1 17 1 10 15 Elden Ring
2022 1 7 Neon White
2022 1 2 1 5 Pentiment
2022 1 5 Return to Monkey Island
2022 1 1 3 14 Stray
2022 1 2 The Last of Us Part I
2022 1 2 The Quarry
2023 1 1 1 Forza Motorsport
2023 1 6 2 3 14 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2023 2 1 4 13 Hi-Fi Rush
2023 1 10 1 13 14 Baldur's Gate 3
2023 1 1 1 2 12 Cocoon
2023 1 1 6 Diablo IV
2023 1 3 5 16 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2023 1 4 Mortal Kombat 1
2023 1 2 3 Street Fighter 6
2023 1 1 The Making of Karateka
2024 1 3 2 9 5 Balatro
2024 1 1 1 Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
2024 1 1 13 Animal Well
2024 1 8 2 14 14 Astro Bot
2024 1 1 2 2 13 Black Myth: Wukong
2024 1 8 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
2024 1 4 Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
2024 1 1 3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard
2024 1 6 Star Wars Outlaws
2024 1 1 1 4 UFO 50
2025 1 3 2 6 7 Blue Prince
2025 1 1 2 Doom: The Dark Ages
2025 1 2 Assassin's Creed Shadows
2025 1 1 1 Atomfall
2025 1 4 Baby Steps
2025 1 1 6 BALL x PIT
2025 1 14 1 16 15 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2025 1 1 2 6 Donkey Kong Bananza
2025 1 1 EA Sports FC 26
2025 1 4 6 South of Midnight