24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

Honoring the Best Games of 2023

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Game of the Year

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Finalists:

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

Honorable Mentions: Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games), Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment), Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks), Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)

Audience Award

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

The Audience Award winner is selected from the list of finalist games from every Main Category. The Audience Award winner is selected through a public vote.

Best Audio

Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)

Finalists:

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
• Venba (Visai Games)

Honorable Mentions: Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment), Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix), Hogwarts Legacy (Avalanche Software / Portkey Games), Humanity (tha ltd. and Enhance / Enhance)

Best Debut

Venba (Visai Games)

Finalists:

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dave the Diver (Mintrocket)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17)
• Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)

Honorable Mentions: BattleBit Remastered (SgtOkiDoki, Vilaskis, and TheLiquidHorse / SgtOkiDoki), Party Animals (Recreate Games / Source Technology), Pizza Tower (Tour De Pizza), Planet of Lana (Wishfully Studios / Thunderful), Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Summerfall Studios / Humble Games)

Best Design

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Finalists:

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Street Fighter 6 (Capcom), Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)

Best Narrative

Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Finalists:

• Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)
• Venba (Visai Games)

Honorable Mentions: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17), Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Best Technology

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

Finalists:

• Alan Wake II (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games)
• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks)

Honorable Mentions: Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive), Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (CD Projekt), Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment), Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Best Visual Art

Alan Wake 2 (Remedy Entertainment / Epic Games)

Finalists:

• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

Honorable Mentions: Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment), Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17), Lies of P (Neowiz Games and Round8 Studio / Neowiz Games), Sea of Stars (Sabotage Studio), Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo)

Innovation Award

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo)

Finalists:

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Cocoon (Geometric Interactive / Annapurna Interactive)
• Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks / Bethesda Softworks)
• The Making of Karateka (Digital Eclipse)

Honorable Mentions: Dave the Diver (Mintrocket), Dredge (Black Salt Games / Team17), Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks), Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios / Thunderful Publishing)

Social Impact Award

Venba (Visai Games)

Finalists:

• A Space for the Unbound (Mojiken Studio / Toge Productions)
• Assassin's Creed Mirage (Ubisoft Bordeaux / Ubisoft)
• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Terra Nil (Free Lives / Devolver Digital)

Honorable Mentions: Goodbye Volcano High (KO_OP), Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores (Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Marvel's Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment), Tchia (Awaceb / Kepler Interactive), Thirsty Suitors (Outerloop Games / Annapurna Interactive)