Article by Matt S.
It’s finally done for another year! We’ve given awards to all our top games in 2020, and looking back, it has been a surprisingly good year, despite the disruption. Even with one or two high-profile failures, the depth and breadth of the video game industry continues to surprise and delight us.
Below you’ll find the summary of the full list of award winners with DDNet this year. How many of these have you played? What’s on your “to-do” list? What games would you ad to the list? Sound out in the comments, and have a great holidays, whatever you’re playing or doing.
Bronze: Best Friend Forever
Silver: Umurangi Generation
Gold: Quantum Suicide
Asian (excluding Japan) Game of the Year
Bronze: Banner of the Maid
Silver: Coffee Talk
Silver: Raji: An Ancient Epic
Gold: Genshin Impact
Best Fan Service
Bronze: Max’s Big Bust: Max’s Bigger Bust
Bronze: Onee Chanbara Origin
Silver: Genshin Impact
Gold: Sakura Wars
Best “Non-Game” Game
Bronze: Five Dates
Bronze: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Silver: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Gold: Moon
Bronze: Quantum Suicide
Silver: Mario Kart Live
Gold: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Best Free-to-Play Game
Bronze: Phantasy Star Online 2
Bronze: Super Mario Bros 35
Silver: SINoALICE
Gold: Genshin Impact
Blockbuster of the Year
Bronze: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Silver: Demon’s Souls
Gold: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Arthouse Game of the Year
Bronze: Deadly Premonition 2
Silver: Kentucky Route Zero
Gold: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Best Writing/Narrative
Bronze: Tell Me Why
Silver: Final Fantasy VII Remake
Gold: Deadly Premonition 2
Best Music
Bronze: Paradise Killer
Silver: Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV
Gold: Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega Mix
Best On Console
Bronze: 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
Silver: Deadly Premonition 2
Gold: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Best On PC
Bronze: The Solitaire Conspiracy
Silver: Persona 4 Golden
Gold: Microsoft Flight Simulator
Overall Best Games Of 2020
Bronze: Quantum Suicide
Bronze: Hades
Silver: Deadly Premonition 2
Gold: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin
Thanks to everyone who has read along and enjoyed the awards with us this year! We do like this moment, where we can celebrate the games that meant the most to us, and we look forward to 2021 being an even more amazing year.
– Matt S.
Editor-in-Chief
Find me on Twitter: @mattsainsb
