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Pelit: 20 Game of the Year awards

Pelit is a print magazine from Finland, founded in 1992. It appears in this database with 20 Game of the Year picks across 16 award seasons (2003–2022); its most frequent pick was Cyberpunk 2077.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 4 of its 20 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Elden Ring in 2022.

Pelit runs Kyöpeli year-end awards with separate reader and editorial choices; this record uses the editorial winner.

What "2003–2022" 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
2022	Elden Ring	Editorial
2022	Elden Ring	Readers' choice
2021	Metroid Dread	Editorial
2021	Metroid Dread	Readers' choice
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Editorial
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Readers' choice
2019	Disco Elysium	Editorial
2019	Disco Elysium	Readers' choice
2018	Return of the Obra Dinn	Editorial
2017	Prey	Editorial
2014	Legend of Grimrock II	Editorial
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Editorial
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	Editorial
2010	Mass Effect 2	Editorial
2009	Batman: Arkham Asylum	Editorial
2007	The Orange Box	Editorial
2006	Guitar Hero	Editorial
2005	Sid Meier's Civilization IV	Editorial
2004	Half-Life 2	Editorial
2003	Silent Storm	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.