1982: Ms. Pac-Man

1983: River Raid

Yars’ Revenge

1984: Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

Joust

1985: Donkey Kong Jr.

1986: Gauntlet

Bolo

1987: The Legend of Zelda

Super Mario Bros.

1988: Metroid

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

1989: Dungeon Master

Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh

King’s Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

1990: Phantasy Star II

Super Mario Bros. 3

1991: Thunder Force III

Final Fantasy IV

MUSHA

1992: Super Castlevania IV

ActRaiser

Street Fighter II

1993: Landstalker

Streets of Rage 2

1994: Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD)

Lunar: The Silver Star

1995: SimCity 2000

1996: Super Mario 64

1997: Final Fantasy VII

Bushido Blade

1998: Xenogears

Final Fantasy Tactics

1999: Unreal

Soulcalibur

2000: Shenmue

The Sims

2001: Alpha Centauri

2002: Halo

Metroid Prime

2003: WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!

Grand Theft Auto III

2004: Burnout 3: Takedown

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Metal Gear Solid III: Snake Eater

2005: Resident Evil 4

Shadow of the Colossus

Katamari Damacy

2006: World of Warcraft

2007: Civilization IV

2008: Portal

2009: Passage

2010: SSX 3

2011: Demon’s Souls

Super Mario 3D Land

2012: Minecraft

The Binding of Isaac

2013: Problem Attic

Zen Bound 2

2014: Desert Golfing

80 Days

2015: The Witcher 3

Ramble Planet

2016: The Last Guardian

Kentucky Route Zero, Act IV

2017: Butterfly Soup

Beeswing

2018: Fortnite

Subnautica

2019: Death Stranding

Heaven’s Vault

2020: Disco Elysium

The Longing

2021: Returnal

Gnosia

2022: Rain World

Negative Nancy

2023: Tears of the Kingdom

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair