Personal favorite game of the year:

2023 - Resident Evil 4 (Remake)
2022 - Vampire Survivors (I guess?)
2021 - Resident Evil Village
2020 - Resident Evil 3
2019 - Resident Evil 2
2018 - Prey Mooncrash DLC =/
2017 - Prey
2016 - Tales of Berseria
2015 - Dying Light
2014 - Alien: Isolation
2013 - Tomb Raider
2012 - Virtue's Last Reward
2011 - Deus Ex: Human Revolution
2010 - Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
2009 - Batman: Arkham Asylum
2008 - Left 4 Dead
2007 - Bioshock
2006 - Dark Messiah of Might & Magic
2005 - Resident Evil 4
2004 - Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
2003 - Beyond Good & Evil
2002 - Battlefield 1942
2001 - Aliens versus Predator 2
2000 - No One Lives Forever
1999 - Planescape: Torment
1998 - Metal Gear Solid
1997 - Quake II
1996 - Super Mario RPG
1995 - Chrono Trigger
1994 - Doom II
1993 - Doom
1992 - Super Mario Land 2
1991 - Final Fantasy IV (II US)
1990 - Super Mario World
1989 - Space Quest III
1988 - Super Mario Bros 3
1987 - Contra
1986 - The Legend of Zelda
1985 - Super Mario Bros
1984 - Tetris
1983 - Dragon's Lair
1982 - Dig Dug
1981 - Ms. Pacman
1980 - Pacman