Game Awards 2026: All Game of the Year Front-Runners and Predictions

We rank the contenders for GOTY 2026 at TGAs, including Resident Evil Requiem and Grand Theft Auto 6

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Polygon has analyzed the Game of the Year voting body for The Game Awards 2026, noting that it includes international games media, with a 10% contribution from fan voting. To perform well in the Game of the Year category, a game should have a high Metacritic rating (ideally over 90), be an RPG or action-adventure, have strong narrative elements, and ideally be an indie or multiplayer game.

Polygon's predictions from previous years have proven accurate, including predicting last year's winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the 2024 winner Astro Bot. For 2025, Polygon has identified several strong contenders for the Game of the Year award.

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