Polygon: 14 Game of the Year awards

Polygon is a website from United States, founded in 2012. It appears in this database with 14 Game of the Year picks across 14 award seasons (2012–2025); its most frequent pick was Balatro.

In the seasons tracked at full breadth, 5 of its 14 picks went to the game that won the season overall; the most recent was Blue Prince in 2025.

Polygon launched in 2012 and its supplied GOTY history begins in that same year.

What "2012–2025" 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	Blue Prince	Editorial
2024	Balatro	Editorial
2023	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Editorial
2022	Elden Ring	Editorial
2021	Inscryption	Editorial
2020	Hades	Editorial
2019	Outer Wilds	Editorial
2018	God of War	Editorial
2017	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Editorial
2016	DOOM	Editorial
2015	Her Story	Editorial
2014	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Editorial
2013	Gone Home	Editorial
2012	The Walking Dead: The Game	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.