NeoGAF: 20 Game of the Year awards

NeoGAF is a website from United States, founded in 1999. It appears in this database with 20 Game of the Year picks across 20 award seasons (2004–2025); its most frequent pick was Astro Bot.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 8 of its 20 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 2025.

Founded as the Gaming-Age Forums and later adopted the NeoGAF name in 2006.

NeoGAF community GOTY voting is documented from 2004 onward; official results threads name Ghost of Tsushima for 2020 and Halo Infinite for 2021.

What "2004–2025" means.

It is the first and last year this outlet appears in our award data — not necessarily its founding or closing date. An outlet may have existed longer, or simply skipped a year's award.

Every Game of the Year it picked

Year	Game of the Year	Vote type
2025	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33	Readers' choice
2024	Astro Bot	Readers' choice
2021	Halo Infinite	Readers' choice
2020	Ghost of Tsushima	Readers' choice
2019	Resident Evil 2	Editorial
2018	God of War	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Editorial
2015	Bloodborne	Editorial
2014	Bayonetta 2	Editorial
2013	The Last of Us	Editorial
2012	Journey	Editorial
2011	Portal 2	Editorial
2010	Mass Effect 2	Editorial
2009	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Editorial
2008	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Editorial
2007	Super Mario Galaxy	Editorial
2006	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess	Editorial
2005	Resident Evil 4	Editorial
2004	Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater	Editorial

References

Primary sources cited while researching this outlet's award history.

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.