List of XYZZY Awards By Category - Best Game

Best Game

Given since 1996, the award for Best Game recognizes the game which is the most enjoyable as a whole; other awards recognize merit in particular qualities.

• 2011: Cryptozookeeper by Robb Sherwin
  • Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis by Adam Thornton
  • Six by Wade Clark
  • Zombie Exodus by Jim Dattilo
• 2010: Aotearoa by Matt Wigdahl
  • Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home by Andrew Plotkin
  • One Eye Open by Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine
  • Rogue of the Multiverse by C. E. J. Pacian
  • The Warbler's Nest by Jason McIntosh
• 2009: Blue Lacuna by Aaron A. Reed
  • Broken Legs by Sarah Morayati
  • Make it Good by Jon Ingold
  • The Shadow in the Cathedral by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
• 2008: Violet by Jeremy Freese
  • Everybody Dies by Jim Munroe
  • Gun Mute by C. E. J. Pacian
  • Nightfall by Eric Eve
  • Piracy 2.0 by Sean Huxter
• 2007: Lost Pig by Admiral Jota
  • An Act of Murder by Christopher Huang
  • Child's Play by Stephen Granade
  • Fate by Victor Gijsbers
  • Suveh Nux by David Fisher
• 2006: The Elysium Enigma by Eric Eve
  • Floatpoint by Emily Short
  • The Baron (a.k.a. De Baron) by Victor Gijsbers
  • The Primrose Path by Nolan Bonvouloir
  • The Traveling Swordsman by Mike Snyder
• 2005: Vespers by Jason Devlin
  • All Hope Abandon by Eric Eve
  • Chancellor by Kevin Venzke
  • Distress by Mike Snyder
  • Finding Martin by Gayla Wennstrom
• 2004: Blue Chairs by Chris Klimas
  • Future Boy! by Kent Tessman
  • Necrotic Drift by Robb Sherwin
  • Return to Ditch Day by Michael J. Roberts
  • The Dreamhold by Andrew Plotkin
• 2003: Slouching Towards Bedlam by Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster
  • City of Secrets by Emily Short
  • Risorgimento Represso by Michael J. Coyne
  • Scavenger by Quintin Stone
  • To Hell in a Hamper by J. J. Guest
• 2002: Savoir Faire by Emily Short
  • 1893: A World's Fair Mystery by Peter Nepstad
  • Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky by Paul O'Brian
  • Lock & Key by Adam Cadre
  • Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish out of Me! by Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa
• 2001: All Roads by Jon Ingold
  • Best of Three by Emily Short
  • Fallacy of Dawn by Robb Sherwin
  • First Things First by J. Robinson Wheeler
  • Pytho's Mask by Emily Short
• 2000: Being Andrew Plotkin by J. Robinson Wheeler
  • Galatea by Emily Short
  • LASH by Paul O'Brian
  • Rameses by Stephen Bond
  • Shade by Andrew Plotkin
• 1999: Varicella by Adam Cadre
  • For a Change by Dan Schmidt
  • Lunatix: The Insanity Circle by Mike Snyder
  • The Mulldoon Legacy by Jon Ingold
  • Worlds Apart by Suzanne Britton
• 1998: Spider and Web by Andrew Plotkin
  • Anchorhead by Michael Gentry
  • Little Blue Men by Michael Gentry
  • Once and Future by G. Kevin Wilson
  • Photopia by Adam Cadre
• 1997: I-0 by Adam Cadre
  • Babel by Ian Finley
  • A Bear's Night Out by David Dyte
  • The Edifice by Lucian P. Smith
  • Glowgrass by Nate Cull
• 1996: So Far by Andrew Plotkin
  • The Light: Shelby's Addendum by Colm McCarthy
  • Lost New York by Neil deMause
  • The Meteor, the Stone, and a Long Glass of Sherbet by Graham Nelson
  • Time: All Things Come to an End by Andy Phillips