All of Twinfinite’s 2017 GOTY Award Winners; Here’s Who Cleaned Up
2017 GOTY Winners
Best Games 2017
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Super Mario Odyssey.
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Winner: Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Runner-ups: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.
Winner: Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus. Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Destiny 2.
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin’s Creed Origins.
Winner: Night in the Woods. Runner-ups: What Remains of Edith Finch and Cuphead.
Winner: Persona 5. Runner-ups: Divinity Original Sin 2 and South Park: The Fractured but Whole.
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin’s Creed Origins.
Winner: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. Runner-ups: South Park: The Fractured but Whole and Halo Wars 2.
Winner: Forza Motorsport 7. Runner-ups: Madden NFL 18 and FIFA 18.
Winner: Destiny 2. Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Snipperclips.
Winner: FFXIV: Stormblood. Runner-ups: The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
Winner: Call of Duty: WWII. Runner-ups: Destiny 2 and Splatoon 2.
Winner; Injustice 2. Runner-ups: Tekken 7 and ARMS.
Winner: NieR: Automata. Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Winner: Horizon Zero Dawn. Runner-ups: Persona 5 and NieR: Automata.
Winner: Forza Motorsport 7. Runner-ups: Cuphead and Halo Wars 2.
Winner: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Winner: Claudia Black – Chloe Frazer. Runner-ups: Brian Bloom – BJ Blazkowicz and Abubakar Salim – Bayek.
Winner: Nintendo Switch. Runner-ups: Xbox One X and Super NES Classic Edition.
Winner: Nintendo. Runner-ups: Ubisoft and Atlus.
Winner: Horizon Zero Dawn. Runner-ups: Night in the Woods and Mario+ Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Winner: Final Fantasy XIV. Runner-ups: World of Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls Online.
Winner: Resident Evil 7. Runner-ups: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Farpoint.
Winner: Aloy – Horizon Zero Dawn. Runner-ups: BJ Blazkowicz – Wolfenstein II and 2B – NieR Automata.
Winner: Persona 5. Runner-ups: NieR: Automata and Super Mario Odyssey.
Winner: Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. Runner-ups: Mario Kart 8 and Metroid: Samus Returns.
Twinfinite’s Award season is over, let’s look back at all of our awards this year and who took home each honor, including our Game of the Year (GOTY).
Twinfinite's Best of 2017: Who Cleaned Up?
Game of the Year 2017
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Super Mario Odyssey.
Best Console Exclusive
Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Best Handheld/Mobile Exclusive
Runner-ups: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon.
Best First-Person Shooter (FPS)
Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Destiny 2.
Best Third-Person Action Adventure
Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed Origins.
Best Indie Game
Runner-ups: What Remains of Edith Finch and Cuphead.
Best Role-Playing Game (RPG)
Runner-ups: Divinity Original Sin 2 and South Park: The Fractured but Whole.
Best Open-World Game
Runner-ups: Horizon Zero Dawn and Assassin's Creed Origins.
Best Strategy/Simulation Game
Runner-ups: South Park: The Fractured but Whole and Halo Wars 2.
Best Sports/Racing Game
Runner-ups: Madden NFL 18 and FIFA 18.
Best Co-op Game
Runner-ups: Call of Duty: WWII and Snipperclips.
Best DLC/Expansion
Runner-ups: The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs and Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds.
Best Multiplayer Experience
Runner-ups: Destiny 2 and Splatoon 2.
Best Fighting Game
Runner-ups: Tekken 7 and ARMS.
Best Story/Narrative
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Best PlayStation 4 Exclusive
Runner-ups: Persona 5 and NieR: Automata.
Best Xbox One Exclusive
Runner-ups: Cuphead and Halo Wars 2.
Best Nintendo Exclusive
Runner-ups: Super Mario Odyssey and Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.
Best PC Exclusive
Runner-ups: Total War: Warhammer II and Dream Daddy.
Best Voice Actor
Runner-ups: Brian Bloom - BJ Blazkowicz and Abubakar Salim - Bayek.
Best New Hardware
Runner-ups: Xbox One X and Super NES Classic Edition.
Best Developer
Runner-ups: Ubisoft and Atlus.
Best New IP
Runner-ups: Night in the Woods and Mario+ Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.
Best MMORPG
Runner-ups: World of Warcraft and The Elder Scrolls Online.
Best VR Game
Runner-ups: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Farpoint.
Best Soundtrack
Runner-ups: NieR: Automata and Super Mario Odyssey.
Best Art Direction
Runner-ups: Cuphead and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Best Gaming Character
Runner-ups: BJ Blazkowicz - Wolfenstein II and 2B - NieR Automata.
Best Remake/Remaster
Runner-ups: Mario Kart 8 and Metroid: Samus Returns.
About the author
Ed McGlone
Ed McGlone was with Twinfinite from 2014 to 2022. Playing games since 1991, Ed loved writing about RPGs, MMOs, sports games and shooters.