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Best Visual Design Games By year ↓

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Games recognized for art direction, visual design, animation, and the craft that defines their look and visual identity.

Ceremony names grouped here include Best Art Direction, Artistic Achievement, Animation, Visual Design.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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 1 5 Resident Evil 2 (2019)
2019 1 2 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 4 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
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
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
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 Resident Evil 4
2005 1 2 Rise of the Kasai
2005 1 1 Ultimate Spider-man
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
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 II
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
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
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
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
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
1998 1 1 1 1 Banjo-Kazooie
1998 1 3 Grim Fandango
1998 1 4 Half-Life
1998 1 1 Spyro the Dragon
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