We recently ranked the past decade's 100 best games, and now it is time to look at specifically 2019. 2019 is one of the more odd years recently, as there are no clear and obvious winners that will take many of the industry's game of the year awards. While that may have been more of the case in recent years, 2019 was still full of many great games, from AAA juggernauts to indie titles that dazzled us.
Every year, we want to get you all involved in this process too. Here you can vote on the below nominees in each category. The results will be published with our own. Voting is open until the 5th.
Best Multiplayer (For exceptional multiplayer gameplay and design)
- Apex Legends
- Borderlands 3 (Our Review)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Our Review)
- Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (Our Review)
- Tetris 99
Best Writing (For outstanding storytelling, worldbuilding, and character creation)
- A Plague Tale: Innocence (Our Review)
- Control (Our Review)
- Disco Elysium (Our Review)
- Life is Strange 2
- The Outer Worlds (Our Review)
Best Visual Design (For outstanding, cohesive aesthetic)
- Control (Our Review)
- Death Stranding
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Our Review)
- Manifold Garden
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Our Review)
Best Soundtrack (For outstanding overall score)
- Cadence of Hyrule (Our Review)
- Death Stranding
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Our Review)
- Kingdom Hearts III (Our Review)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Our Review)
Best Expansion/DLC (The best piece of additional content to an existing game)
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne (Our Review)
- No Man's Sky: Beyond
Best Evolving Game (For outstanding continued development on an existing game)
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Monster Hunter: World
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
- Stardew Valley
Indie Game of the Year (For outstanding creative and technical design from outside a large studio)
- Baba Is You (Our Review)
- Children of Morta (Our Review)
- Disco Elysium (Our Review)
- Hypnospace Outlaw (Our Review)
- Katana Zero (Our Review)
- Outer Wilds (Our Review)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Our Review)
- Slay the Spire (Our Review)
- Sunless Skies (Our Review)
- Untitled Goose Game
Tabletop Game of the Year (For outstanding tabletop game design)
- Core Space (Our Overview)
- Hellboy: The Board Game (Our Review)
- Mage Knight Ultimate Edition (Our Review)
- Middara: Unintentional Malum (Our Review)
- Time of Legends: Joan of Arc (Our Review)
- WarCry (Our Guide)
Tabletop RPG of the Year
- Alien RPG (Our Overview)
- D&D Essentials Kit (Our Overview)
- Pathfinder Second Edition (Our Overview)
- Starfinder Beginner Box (Our Overview)
- Symbaroum (Our Review)
- Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Starter Set (Our Overview)
Game of the Year (The best game of the year, whose sum of its parts is greater than any other)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Our Review)
- Control (Our Review)
- Death Stranding
- Devil May Cry 5 (Our Review)
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Our Review)
- The Outer Worlds (Our Review)
- Resident Evil 2 (Our Review)
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (Our Review)
- Slay the Spire (Our Review)
- Untitled Goose Game
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Andrew is the Editor in Chief at TechRaptor. Conned into a love of gaming by Nintendo at a young age, Andrew has been chasing the dragon spawned by Super… More about Andrew
