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Games recognized for story, writing, characters, worldbuilding, and narrative design.

Ceremony names grouped here include Best Narrative, Best Story, Narrative Achievement.

1998 1 1 1 2 Pokémon Red and Blue
1998 1 3 Grim Fandango
1998 1 4 Half-Life
1998 1 1 King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
1998 1 3 Metal Gear Solid
1998 1 1 Sanitarium
1998 1 3 2 3 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1998 1 1 The X-Files Game
1999 1 1 3 Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
1999 1 2 Nox
1999 1 1 Omikron: The Nomad Soul
1999 1 1 Planescape: Torment
1999 1 2 Thief: The Dark Project
2000 1 1 1 Baldur's Gate II
2000 1 2 2 Final Fantasy IX
2000 1 1 3 Shenmue
2000 1 1 Skies of Arcadia
2001 1 1 1 5 4 Ico
2001 1 1 2 4 Black & White
2001 1 1 Conker's Bad Fur Day
2001 1 1 1 3 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
2001 1 2 Myst III: Exile
2002 1 1 1 4 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
2002 1 1 2 7 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
2002 2 3 1 2 8 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2002 1 1 3 Kingdom Hearts
2002 1 1 Mafia: the City of Lost Heaven
2002 1 1 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.a.r.m.s. Way
2002 1 2 Syberia
2002 1 4 The Mark of Kri
2003 2 2 3 5 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2003 2 1 7 Beyond Good & Evil
2003 1 2 Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
2003 1 1 Deus Ex: Invisible War
2003 1 3 Fire Emblem
2003 1 1 1 7 4 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2003 1 5 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
2003 1 2 1 2 6 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2004 1 1 6 12 5 Half-Life 2
2004 1 2 5 Fable
2004 2 1 1 1 6 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2004 1 3 Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
2004 1 1 Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
2004 1 2 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
2004 1 1 Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
2004 1 2 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
2005 1 1 Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
2005 1 1 Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
2005 1 1 Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
2005 1 3 Gun
2005 1 1 Indigo Prophecy
2005 1 1 4 Jade Empire
2005 1 4 Peter Jackson's King Kong
2005 1 2 Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
2006 2 1 3 3 Psychonauts
2006 2 4 1 2 4 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
2006 2 2 24: The Game
2006 2 2 Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
2006 2 2 Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock
2006 2 1 1 12 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
2006 1 3 Bully
2006 1 1 Rogue Trooper
2006 1 2 Saints Row
2006 1 1 1 6 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
2006 1 1 2 Tomb Raider: Legend
2007 2 5 1 7 6 BioShock
2007 1 1 2 5 God of War II
2007 2 2 The Darkness
2007 1 2 Drawn to Life
2007 1 1 5 Final Fantasy XII
2007 1 1 Half-Life 2 Episode 2
2007 1 5 Heavenly Sword
2007 1 1 1 4 5 Ōkami
2007 1 2 2 2 Portal
2007 1 1 The Simpsons Game
2007 1 7 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
2008 2 1 4 2 8 Fallout 3
2008 3 6 1 7 Grand Theft Auto IV
2008 3 7 Mass Effect
2008 1 2 1 3 11 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
2008 1 1 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
2008 2 1 8 Fable II
2008 1 1 10 Assassin's Creed
2008 1 1 6 Braid
2008 1 1 Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
2008 1 2 Far Cry 2
2008 1 1 Lego Batman: The Videogame
2008 1 1 1 9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
2008 1 2 Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
2008 1 1 Naruto: The Broken Bond
2008 1 1 3 Professor Layton And the Curious Village
2008 1 1 Quantum of Solace
2009 3 8 15 10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2009 1 2 2 1 5 8 Batman: Arkham Asylum
2009 3 1 6 Brutal Legend
2009 2 1 15 Assassin's Creed II
2009 2 1 1 3 Dragon Age: Origins
2009 1 1 Broken Sword – Shadow Of The Templars: The Director's Cut
2009 1 1 Ghostbusters: The Video Game
2009 1 2 Halo 3: ODST
2009 1 1 Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
2009 1 2 Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
2009 1 3 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
2010 2 1 7 1 3 9 Mass Effect 2
2010 1 2 6 6 Heavy Rain
2010 2 1 5 Alan Wake
2010 2 3 Fallout: New Vegas
2010 1 1 BioShock 2
2010 1 1 10 Call of Duty: Black Ops
2010 1 2 Costume Quest
2010 1 5 ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West
2010 1 2 Metro 2033
2010 1 6 7 5 Red Dead Redemption
2011 3 2 6 2 10 9 Portal 2
2011 1 1 7 1 4 9 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011 3 5 10 Bastion
2011 3 1 1 20 L.A. Noire
2011 3 1 1 4 13 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
2011 2 2 13 Batman: Arkham City
2011 2 1 1 4 Saints Row: The Third
2011 1 1 6 Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2011 1 1 Serious Sam 3: BFE
2011 1 2 The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
2012 4 1 3 2 9 9 The Walking Dead
2012 4 3 2 1 12 Dishonored
2012 2 2 1 1 13 Far Cry 3
2012 2 5 1 18 7 Journey
2012 2 1 1 1 4 Mass Effect 3
2012 2 2 Spec Ops: The Line
2012 1 1 7 Assassin's Creed III
2012 1 1 2 Max Payne 3
2012 1 2 Papo & Yo
2012 1 2 Sleeping Dogs
2012 1 1 The Darkness II
2012 1 1 The Last Story
2012 1 3 Thomas Was Alone
2012 1 1 Virtue's Last Reward
2013 4 1 10 1 13 13 The Last of Us
2013 3 1 2 3 9 Gone Home
2013 3 13 The Stanley Parable
2013 2 2 1 5 9 BioShock Infinite
2013 2 2 6 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
2013 2 3 2 8 14 Grand Theft Auto V
2013 2 2 5 Tomb Raider
2013 1 1 8 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
2013 1 6 Beyond: Two Souls
2013 1 7 DEVICE 6
2013 1 4 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
2013 1 1 The Novelist
2014 1 2 3 2 South Park: The Stick of Truth
2014 1 1 3 8 7 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2014 1 1 2 3 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
2014 3 5 The Wolf Among Us
2014 1 1 Kentucky Route Zero: Episode 3
2014 1 1 1 The Last of Us: Left Behind
2014 2 1 7 80 Days
2014 2 4 This War of Mine
2014 1 1 Broken Age
2014 1 2 9 Far Cry 4
2014 1 1 2 Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
2014 1 1 10 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
2014 1 2 The Walking Dead: Season Two
2014 1 2 Wolfenstein: The New Order
2015 2 4 7 1 6 18 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2015 2 2 1 1 6 9 Her Story
2015 1 3 1 2 10 Life is Strange
2015 3 1 1 5 Until Dawn
2015 2 2 8 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
2015 2 1 1 9 Rise of the Tomb Raider
2015 2 1 11 Undertale
2015 1 2 2 2 8 Fallout 4
2015 1 1 Hard West
2015 1 3 4 Her
2015 1 2 NBA 2K16
2015 1 1 Shadowrun: Hong Kong
2015 1 2 SOMA
2015 1 3 Sunset
2015 1 1 1 Tales from the Borderlands
2015 1 1 Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series
2015 1 3 The Beginner's Guide
2016 2 3 2 2 6 16 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
2016 1 4 1 2 12 13 Inside
2016 1 3 1 4 15 Firewatch
2016 1 3 1 1 7 Mafia III
2016 4 6 Oxenfree
2016 2 2 6 Dishonored 2
2016 2 2 1 2 13 The Last Guardian
2016 1 1 5 1979 Revolution: Black Friday
2016 1 2 3 That Dragon, Cancer
2017 2 3 1 1 2 14 What Remains of Edith Finch
2017 1 5 1 1 10 Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
2017 1 4 2 4 22 Horizon Zero Dawn
2017 1 3 1 12 Night in the Woods
2017 4 9 14 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
2017 2 1 2 1 6 Nier: Automata
2017 1 1 17 Destiny 2
2017 1 1 Tacoma
2017 1 9 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
2018 2 3 3 2 8 20 Red Dead Redemption 2
2018 2 2 14 1 10 13 God of War (2018)
2018 1 2 1 4 11 Return of the Obra Dinn
2018 4 2 1 21 Marvel's Spider-Man
2018 3 6 13 Florence
2018 2 2 1 5 15 God of War
2018 1 6 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018 1 8 Detroit: Become Human
2018 1 1 Frostpunk
2018 1 2 Life Is Strange 2: Episode 1
2018 1 1 Life Is Strange 2: Episode One: Roads
2018 1 1 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
2018 1 1 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
2019 5 1 1 11 10 Disco Elysium
2019 5 1 1 7 The Outer Worlds
2019 4 5 1 8 17 Control
2019 3 2 6 24 Death Stranding
2019 3 5 2 3 13 Outer Wilds
2019 2 1 4 Telling Lies
2019 1 1 3 A Plague Tale: Innocence
2019 1 2 Erica
2019 1 3 Hypnospace Outlaw
2019 1 4 Life is Strange 2
2019 1 1 Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
2019 1 1 Plague Tale: Innocence
2019 1 4 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
2020 2 4 11 1 13 19 Hades
2020 3 1 6 2 9 22 The Last of Us Part II
2020 4 1 1 7 21 Ghost of Tsushima
2020 3 1 6 Kentucky Route Zero
2020 2 2 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
2020 2 5 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
2020 2 2 8 Cyberpunk 2077
2020 2 1 2 11 Final Fantasy VII Remake
2020 1 4 If Found...
2020 1 1 1 Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
2020 1 2 7 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2020 1 4 Spider-Man: Miles Morales
2020 1 1 Treachery in Beatdown City
2021 2 3 2 7 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
2021 1 4 2 1 2 15 Psychonauts 2
2021 1 3 1 2 9 Life is Strange: True Colors
2021 1 1 1 4 3 Unpacking
2021 3 2 1 7 13 It Takes Two
2021 2 4 2 3 19 Deathloop
2021 1 1 3 Before Your Eyes
2021 1 2 Chicken Police – Paint It Red
2021 1 2 1 8 Inscryption
2021 1 1 Persona 5 Strikers
2021 1 2 2 4 8 Resident Evil Village
2021 1 2 4 10 Returnal
2021 1 1 Strangeland
2021 1 3 The Forgotten City
2022 3 3 2 2 18 17 God of War Ragnarök
2022 1 4 1 2 3 13 Immortality
2022 1 1 2 1 5 Pentiment
2022 3 17 1 10 15 Elden Ring
2022 2 1 11 A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022 2 5 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
2022 2 5 NORCO
2022 2 5 Return to Monkey Island
2022 1 1 5 As Dusk Falls
2022 1 1 5 Citizen Sleeper
2022 1 1 20 Horizon Forbidden West
2022 1 1 Roadwarden
2022 1 1 3 14 Stray
2023 4 2 10 1 13 14 Baldur's Gate 3
2023 1 4 2 2 9 18 Alan Wake II
2023 2 1 1 6 Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
2023 2 1 10 Final Fantasy XVI
2023 2 3 5 16 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
2023 2 6 2 3 14 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
2023 2 5 Thirsty Suitors
2023 2 3 7 Venba
2023 1 2 1 7 Dave the Diver
2023 1 1 9 Dredge
2023 1 8 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
2023 1 1 5 Starfield
2023 1 2 3 Tchia
2024 4 2 2 2 5 7 Metaphor: ReFantazio
2024 3 1 9 1000xRESIST
2024 2 1 2 2 13 Black Myth: Wukong
2024 2 2 1 12 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2024 2 2 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
2024 2 3 17 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
2024 2 1 6 Still Wakes the Deep
2024 1 1 3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard
2024 1 2 Harold Halibut
2024 1 1 5 Life is Strange: Double Exposure
2024 1 1 3 Mouthwashing
2024 1 1 Phoenix Springs
2024 1 1 5 Silent Hill 2 (2024)
2024 1 1 1 6 Thank Goodness You're Here!
2025 3 1 14 1 16 15 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
2025 1 2 1 1 3 10 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
2025 1 1 1 1 Blippo+
2025 1 1 1 3 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
2025 3 2 4 21 Ghost of Yotei
2025 2 4 14 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
2025 2 1 1 9 Despelote
2025 1 1 Avowed
2025 1 3 2 6 7 Blue Prince
2025 1 1 7 Consume Me
2025 1 2 11 Dispatch
2025 1 3 Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
2025 1 2 Mafia: The Old Country
2025 1 1 3 Silent Hill f
2025 1 4 6 South of Midnight
2025 1 2 13 Split Fiction
2025 1 4 The Alters
2025 1 1 The Drifter
2025 1 1 The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy