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Game of the Year

Death’s Door balances a grim world with never-ending charm

By Nicole Carpenter

Why Hades is Polygon’s game of the year

By Maddy Myers

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Animal Crossing kept up with all the twists and turns of 2020

By Nicole Carpenter

Only one company could make Microsoft Flight Simulator

By Charlie Hall

Final Fantasy 7 Remake avoided the remake trap

By Julia Lee

Kentucky Route Zero is the game about 2020 — despite its decade in development

By Chris Plante

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is the future of the Marvel universe

By Patricia Hernandez

Half-Life: Alyx makes reloading a gun a devastating adventure

By Russ Frushtick

Crusader Kings 3 is the rare strategy game everybody should play

By Charlie Hall

Blaseball showcases the power of a healthy fandom

By Simone de Rochefort

Among Us saved the world from Zoom fatigue

By Austen Goslin

The 50 best games of 2020

From big to small, we rank them all

By Polygon Staff

The 2019 Sports Video Game of the Year

By Owen S. Good and Samit Sarkar

Wreckfest’s beautiful disaster was the most fun I had all year

By Owen S. Good

The 50 best games of 2019

By Polygon Staff

GOTY 2019 #1: Outer Wilds

By Chelsea Stark

GOTY 2019 #2: Control

By Russ Frushtick

GOTY 2019 #3: Devotion

By Nicole Carpenter

GOTY 2019 #4: Baba Is You

By Jeff Ramos

GOTY 2019 #5: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

By Dave Tach
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I made a formula to scientifically calculate the game of the year

By Brian Gilbert

The best PC games of 2018

By Polygon Staff

The best PlayStation 4 games of 2018

By Polygon Staff

The best Xbox One games of 2018

By Polygon Staff

The best Nintendo Switch games of 2018

By Polygon Staff

Sports video games finally have their Year of the Woman

By Owen S. Good

The Sports Video Game of the Year 2018

By Owen S. Good and Samit Sarkar

Mimir holds the key to God of War’s mythology-hopping deities

By Susana Polo

Keeping up with all my old games made playing new games hard in 2018

By Julia Lee
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The best games of 2018 in 7 words (or less)

By Clayton Ashley

GOTY 2018: #1 God of War

By Dave Tach

The 50 best games of 2018

By Polygon Staff

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