Game of the Year 2023
Baldur's Gate 3
Winner · 2023
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Incomplete year.
Our full outlet-by-outlet dataset runs to 2021, when the source archive ends. For 2023 we currently list only awards we can cite individually, so the counts here are far below the real totals.
What the big awards said
The major ceremonies we have verified winner lists for. Each links to its full history.
| Award | When | Their Game of the Year |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Joystick Awards | November | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| The Game Awards | Early-to-mid December | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| D.I.C.E. Awards | February | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | March, during GDC | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| BAFTA Games Awards | March or April | Baldur's Gate 3 |
Documented so far (4)
Awards we can cite individually. This is a fraction of the real total — see below.
| Award / outlet | Type | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Ars Technica | Publication | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| GameSpot | Publication | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| GamesRadar+ | Publication | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| PC Gamer | Publication | Baldur's Gate 3 |
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
From our own archive (9)
The source site was still updating its 2023 page when it went offline. These are the awards it had recorded by then — a fraction of the season, kept because they are ours rather than cited from elsewhere.
| Outlet | Country | Their GOTY |
|---|---|---|
| Ars Technica | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| BAFTA Games Awards | United Kingdom | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| D.I.C.E. Awards | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| GameSpot | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| GamesRadar+ | United Kingdom | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| Golden Joystick Awards | United Kingdom | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| PC Gamer | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |
| The Game Awards | United States | Baldur's Gate 3 |