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Game of the Year

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

By Nicole Carpenter
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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
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Only one company could make Microsoft Flight Simulator

By Charlie Hall
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake avoided the remake trap

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

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

By Patricia Hernandez
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Half-Life: Alyx makes reloading a gun a devastating adventure

By Russ Frushtick
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Crusader Kings 3 is the rare strategy game everybody should play

By Charlie Hall
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Blaseball showcases the power of a healthy fandom

By Simone de Rochefort
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Among Us saved the world from Zoom fatigue

By Austen Goslin
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The 50 best games of 2020

From big to small, we rank them all

By Polygon Staff
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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
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The 50 best games of 2019

By Polygon Staff
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GOTY 2019 #1: Outer Wilds

By Chelsea Stark
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GOTY 2019 #2: Control

By Russ Frushtick
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GOTY 2019 #3: Devotion

By Nicole Carpenter
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GOTY 2019 #4: Baba Is You

By Jeff Ramos
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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
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The best PC games of 2018

By Polygon Staff
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The best PlayStation 4 games of 2018

By Polygon Staff
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The best Xbox One games of 2018

By Polygon Staff
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The best Nintendo Switch games of 2018

By Polygon Staff
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Sports video games finally have their Year of the Woman

By Owen S. Good
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The Sports Video Game of the Year 2018

By Owen S. Good and Samit Sarkar
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Mimir holds the key to God of War’s mythology-hopping deities

By Susana Polo
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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
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GOTY 2018: #1 God of War

By Dave Tach
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The 50 best games of 2018

By Polygon Staff
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