Best Visual Design Games By year ↑

• 1997 1 1 1 1 Riven: The Sequel to Myst
• 1997 1 2 Blade Runner
• 1997 1 2 Final Fantasy VII
• 1997 1 2 1 3 GoldenEye 007
• 1997 1 1 The Curse of Monkey Island
• 1998 1 1 1 1 Banjo-Kazooie
• 1998 1 3 Grim Fandango
• 1998 1 4 Half-Life
• 1998 1 1 Spyro the Dragon
• 1999 2 2 Final Fantasy VIII
• 1999 2 1 2 Disney's Villains' Revenge
• 1999 2 3 Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage
• 1999 1 1 3 Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
• 1999 1 1 Pharoah
• 1999 1 3 3 3 The Sims
• 2000 2 2 2 Final Fantasy IX
• 2000 1 1 2 Jet Set Radio
• 2000 2 2 Dead or Alive 2
• 2000 2 2 Spyro: Year of the Dragon
• 2000 1 1 2 American McGee's Alice
• 2000 1 3 Escape from Monkey Island
• 2000 1 5 Jet Grind Radio
• 2000 1 3 Rayman 2: The Great Escape
• 2000 1 3 Sacrifice
• 2000 1 3 Space Channel 5
• 2000 1 1 Tekken Tag Tournament
• 2001 2 1 1 5 4 Ico
• 2001 1 2 1 4 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
• 2001 1 1 2 4 Black & White
• 2001 1 1 Dead or Alive 3
• 2001 1 3 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
• 2001 1 3 1 2 4 Halo: Combat Evolved
• 2001 1 1 3 Jak & Daxter: the Precursor Legacy
• 2001 1 1 1 3 Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• 2001 1 1 1 Rez
• 2001 1 2 Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
• 2001 1 1 Super Smash Bros. Melee
• 2001 1 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
• 2002 2 1 3 1 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
• 2002 1 2 1 3 Kingdom Hearts
• 2002 2 1 7 Ratchet & Clank
• 2002 2 4 The Mark of Kri
• 2002 1 1 4 Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
• 2002 1 1 Final Fantasy X
• 2002 1 1 Freedom Force
• 2002 1 4 2 11 Metroid Prime
• 2002 1 2 Syberia
• 2003 2 2 1 2 6 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• 2003 1 2 1 1 7 4 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• 2003 1 1 1 Soulcalibur 2
• 2003 2 6 Jak II
• 2003 2 5 Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
• 2003 2 1 4 Viewtiful Joe
• 2003 1 1 7 Beyond Good & Evil
• 2003 1 1 Big Mutha Truckers
• 2003 1 2 Final Fantasy X-2
• 2003 1 3 1 2 8 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• 2003 1 2 Primal
• 2003 1 1 Silent Hill 3
• 2003 1 1 Soul Calibur II
• 2003 1 1 Tekken 4
• 2003 1 2 Tron 2.0
• 2004 4 1 6 12 5 Half-Life 2
• 2004 4 5 Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
• 2004 3 1 10 Doom 3
• 2004 1 1 2 3 World of Warcraft
• 2004 2 2 Jak III
• 2004 2 3 Killzone
• 2004 2 2 Onimusha 3
• 2004 2 1 4 Sly 2: Band of Thieves
• 2004 1 1 1 3 Burnout 3: Takedown
• 2004 1 1 1 1 6 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• 2004 1 2 3 3 Halo 2
• 2004 1 2 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• 2004 1 2 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• 2004 1 3 Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
• 2005 1 1 4 Jade Empire
• 2005 1 3 Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
• 2005 1 4 Peter Jackson's King Kong
• 2005 1 2 Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• 2005 1 4 Project Gotham Racing 3
• 2005 1 5 1 3 Resident Evil 4
• 2005 1 2 Rise of the Kasai
• 2005 1 1 Ultimate Spider-man
• 2006 3 1 1 7 6 Shadow of the Colossus
• 2006 3 4 7 5 Gears of War
• 2006 2 1 5 Final Fantasy XII
• 2006 2 1 1 12 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• 2006 2 1 6 We Love Katamari
• 2006 1 4 Black
• 2006 1 1 4 Call of Duty 3
• 2006 1 4 Daxter
• 2006 1 1 1 Fight Night Round 3
• 2006 1 1 Hitman: Blood Money
• 2006 1 4 Lego Star Wars II
• 2006 1 3 9 LocoRoco
• 2006 1 2 Rayman Raving Rabidds
• 2006 1 1 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
• 2007 2 1 5 1 7 6 BioShock
• 2007 1 1 1 1 4 5 Ōkami
• 2007 3 1 9 Viva Piñata
• 2007 2 5 Heavenly Sword
• 2007 2 2 The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2
• 2007 2 7 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
• 2007 1 2 1 Crysis
• 2007 1 2 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• 2007 1 1 Ratchet And Clank: Tools Of Destruction
• 2007 1 4 Skate
• 2007 1 1 Team Fortress 2
• 2008 2 1 2 1 12 10 LittleBigPlanet
• 2008 2 1 2 2 Prince of Persia
• 2008 1 3 1 10 Assassin's Creed
• 2008 3 2 1 3 11 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
• 2008 3 13 Gears of War 2
• 2008 3 1 1 9 Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• 2008 2 4 6 Dead Space
• 2008 1 2 Castle Crashers
• 2008 1 1 8 Fable II
• 2008 1 4 2 8 Fallout 3
• 2008 1 1 1 2 9 Left 4 Dead
• 2008 1 1 Mirror's Edge
• 2009 3 1 8 15 10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• 2009 4 1 15 Assassin's Creed II
• 2009 1 1 3 9 Flower
• 2009 2 2 1 5 8 Batman: Arkham Asylum
• 2009 1 1 3 Borderlands
• 2009 1 1 Machinarium
• 2009 1 3 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
• 2009 1 2 Resident Evil 5
• 2009 1 1 Streetfighter IV
• 2010 2 2 2 7 God of War III
• 2010 1 2 6 7 5 Red Dead Redemption
• 2010 1 1 1 2 10 Limbo
• 2010 3 1 10 Call of Duty: Black Ops
• 2010 2 1 10 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• 2010 2 5 ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West
• 2010 1 1 5 Alan Wake
• 2010 1 6 6 Heavy Rain
• 2010 1 4 Kirby's Epic Yarn
• 2010 1 7 1 3 9 Mass Effect 2
• 2010 1 1 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
• 2011 3 1 1 1 4 13 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• 2011 1 3 1 3 Rayman Origins
• 2011 3 2 13 Batman: Arkham City
• 2011 2 4 5 Battlefield 3
• 2011 2 1 1 20 L.A. Noire
• 2011 2 7 1 4 9 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 2011 1 3 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• 2011 1 1 El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
• 2011 1 3 6 LittleBigPlanet 2
• 2011 1 6 2 10 9 Portal 2
• 2012 3 5 1 18 7 Journey
• 2012 4 2 1 1 13 Far Cry 3
• 2012 3 9 Borderlands 2
• 2012 3 2 10 Halo 4
• 2012 1 1 7 Assassin's Creed III
• 2012 2 3 2 1 12 Dishonored
• 2012 1 5 Dear Esther
• 2012 1 1 2 Hitman: Absolution
• 2012 1 6 Mark of the Ninja
• 2012 1 3 5 The Room
• 2012 1 2 Uncharted: Golden Abyss
• 2013 2 2 10 1 13 13 The Last of Us
• 2013 1 2 2 1 5 9 BioShock Infinite
• 2013 1 2 3 15 Tearaway
• 2013 2 6 Beyond: Two Souls
• 2013 2 4 Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
• 2013 2 3 Puppeteer
• 2013 1 1 8 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• 2013 1 7 DEVICE 6
• 2013 1 2 DmC: Devil May Cry
• 2013 1 3 Rayman Fiesta Run
• 2013 1 4 Rayman Legends
• 2014 2 1 6 8 Monument Valley
• 2014 3 4 Assassin's Creed Unity
• 2014 1 1 3 Lumino City
• 2014 1 3 8 7 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
• 2014 2 4 Hohokum
• 2014 2 5 Sunset Overdrive
• 2014 1 1 2 6 Alien Isolation
• 2014 1 2 1 1 Bayonetta 2
• 2014 1 3 Child of Light
• 2014 1 2 9 Far Cry 4
• 2014 1 3 inFAMOUS Second Son
• 2014 1 1 10 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
• 2014 1 7 Titanfall
• 2014 1 1 1 Valiant Hearts
• 2014 1 2 3 Valiant Hearts: The Great War
• 2015 5 7 10 Ori and the Blind Forest
• 2015 3 1 7 Batman: Arkham Knight
• 2015 3 7 1 6 18 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• 2015 2 6 Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate
• 2015 2 5 2 1 4 Bloodborne
• 2015 2 2 1 2 9 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
• 2015 2 1 1 9 Rise of the Tomb Raider
• 2015 2 1 6 Star Wars Battlefront
• 2015 2 4 The Order: 1886
• 2015 1 2 8 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
• 2015 1 2 6 Lara Croft: GO
• 2015 1 1 10 Splatoon
• 2016 4 1 1 2 12 13 Inside
• 2016 1 4 2 2 6 16 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
• 2016 4 2 1 2 13 The Last Guardian
• 2016 3 1 4 15 Firewatch
• 2016 3 10 1 8 11 Overwatch
• 2016 2 4 Abzû
• 2016 1 1 13 Battlefield 1
• 2016 1 2 6 Dishonored 2
• 2016 1 2 1 Street Fighter V
• 2016 1 2 Unravel
• 2017 5 2 4 22 Horizon Zero Dawn
• 2017 1 2 9 14 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• 2017 4 16 6 11 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• 2017 2 1 4 Persona 5
• 2017 2 9 Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
• 2017 1 1 17 Destiny 2
• 2017 1 1 For Honor
• 2017 1 3 9 Gorogoa
• 2017 1 1 Little Nightmares
• 2017 1 1 12 Night in the Woods
• 2018 2 1 1 4 11 Return of the Obra Dinn
• 2018 1 3 2 1 5 15 God of War
• 2018 1 3 14 1 10 13 God of War (2018)
• 2018 1 3 2 1 21 Marvel's Spider-Man
• 2018 5 3 2 8 20 Red Dead Redemption 2
• 2018 2 8 Detroit: Become Human
• 2018 1 6 Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• 2018 1 11 Moss
• 2018 1 3 Octopath Traveler
• 2019 3 2 5 1 8 17 Control
• 2019 1 4 2 9 Gris
• 2019 6 2 6 24 Death Stranding
• 2019 1 3 4 12 Sayonara Wild Hearts
• 2019 2 1 4 1 Luigi’s Mansion 3
• 2019 3 1 12 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• 2019 3 3 2 10 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• 2019 2 6 Concrete Genie
• 2019 2 1 11 10 Disco Elysium
• 2019 1 1 Days Gone
• 2019 1 4 Devil May Cry 5
• 2019 1 5 Knights and Bikes
• 2019 1 4 4 Resident Evil 2 (2019)
• 2019 1 2 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• 2020 2 4 6 2 9 22 The Last of Us Part II
• 2020 3 1 1 1 7 21 Ghost of Tsushima
• 2020 1 3 11 1 13 19 Hades
• 2020 5 10 Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• 2020 3 1 2 11 Final Fantasy VII Remake
• 2020 3 2 7 Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
• 2020 2 2 8 Cyberpunk 2077
• 2020 2 7 Spiritfarer
• 2020 1 1 5 Doom Eternal
• 2020 1 3 13 Dreams
• 2020 1 2 1 5 11 Half-Life: Alyx
• 2021 4 2 1 9 14 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• 2021 1 3 4 2 3 19 Deathloop
• 2021 5 2 9 Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• 2021 4 2 1 2 15 Psychonauts 2
• 2021 1 1 1 7 The Artful Escape
• 2021 3 6 Call of Duty: Vanguard
• 2021 3 2 2 4 8 Resident Evil Village
• 2021 2 2 1 7 13 It Takes Two
• 2021 1 1 1 3 11 Forza Horizon 5
• 2021 1 1 2 9 Life is Strange: True Colors
• 2021 1 2 4 10 Returnal
• 2022 4 2 10 8 Cuphead
• 2022 3 3 2 2 18 17 God of War Ragnarök
• 2022 2 2 17 1 10 15 Elden Ring
• 2022 5 2 1 16 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• 2022 5 1 20 Horizon Forbidden West
• 2022 4 1 3 14 Stray
• 2022 3 15 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• 2022 1 1 3 10 TUNIC
• 2022 2 2 1 5 Pentiment
• 2022 1 1 11 A Plague Tale: Requiem
• 2022 1 1 2 3 13 Immortality
• 2022 1 3 Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• 2022 1 1 4 Moss: Book II
• 2022 1 1 Scorn
• 2022 1 4 Sifu
• 2022 1 1 The Callisto Protocol
• 2023 4 1 2 2 9 18 Alan Wake II
• 2023 1 4 1 4 13 Hi-Fi Rush
• 2023 1 2 3 5 16 Marvel's Spider-Man 2
• 2023 3 1 10 Final Fantasy XVI
• 2023 3 1 5 8 Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• 2023 2 1 1 2 12 Cocoon
• 2023 2 4 Hogwarts Legacy
• 2023 2 8 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• 2023 2 6 2 3 14 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• 2023 1 10 1 13 14 Baldur's Gate 3
• 2023 1 1 6 Diablo IV
• 2023 1 1 Lies of P
• 2023 1 4 Mortal Kombat 1
• 2023 1 1 5 Starfield
• 2024 2 3 8 2 14 14 Astro Bot
• 2024 2 2 1 2 2 13 Black Myth: Wukong
• 2024 1 3 2 6 Neva
• 2024 1 1 2 2 5 7 Metaphor: ReFantazio
• 2024 3 3 17 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
• 2024 2 8 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• 2024 2 5 LEGO Horizon Adventures
• 2024 2 8 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• 2024 1 1 13 Animal Well
• 2024 1 2 4 Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• 2024 1 2 1 12 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• 2024 1 2 Harold Halibut
• 2024 1 1 1 3 10 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• 2024 1 1 6 Still Wakes the Deep
• 2024 1 1 1 6 Thank Goodness You're Here!
• 2024 1 6 The Plucky Squire
• 2025 3 1 14 1 16 15 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• 2025 1 5 4 14 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• 2025 6 2 4 21 Ghost of Yotei
• 2025 1 2 2 11 Dispatch
• 2025 1 1 4 6 South of Midnight
• 2025 3 1 1 12 Hades II
• 2025 3 1 7 Hollow Knight: Silksong
• 2025 2 1 5 The Midnight Walk
• 2025 1 2 Absolum
• 2025 1 1 3 Battlefield 6
• 2025 1 2 Keeper
• 2025 1 1 Monster Hunter Wilds