At last, after a long tally of staff and community polls, we are ready to proclaim the winners of our Wccftech Awards ’22. These include the best games released in 2022 and the most anticipated ones coming in 2023, according to Wccftech editors and readers, respectively. For the first time, we’ll provide data on exactly how many votes each nominee received.
Let’s begin with the best games of 2022. FromSoftware’s Elden Ring won five prizes (including best overall game from both staff and community), more than any other title. Other multi-winners of the Wccftech Awards ’22 include God of War Ragnarok, Stray, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, Sifu, Total War: Warhammer III, and Gran Turismo 7; all of these games received two prizes as staff and community agreed on them winning their respective genre categories.
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – 5 votes (WINNER)
Splatoon 3 – 4 votes (RUNNER UP)
Evil West – 1 vote
Metal: Hellsinger – 1 vote
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Extraction – 0 votes
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – 26% votes (WINNER)
Evil West – 20% votes (RUNNER UP)
Splatoon 3 – 19% votes
Metal: Hellsinger – 19% votes
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Extraction – 16% votes
Elden Ring – 6 votes (WINNER)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 1 vote
Weird West – 0 votes
Star Ocean: The Divine Force – 0 votes
Elden Ring – 81% votes (WINNER)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 10% votes (RUNNER UP)
Weird West – 7% votes
Star Ocean: The Divine Force – 2% votes
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 1% votes
God of War Ragnarok – 4 votes (WINNER)
A Plague Tale: Requiem – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Bayonetta 3 – 2 votes
Horizon Forbidden West – 0 votes
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga – 0 votes
God of War Ragnarok – 54% votes (WINNER)
Horizon Forbidden West – 21% votes (RUNNER UP)
A Plague Tale: Requiem – 15% votes
Bayonetta 3 – 7% votes
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga 3%
Martha Is Dead – 4 votes (WINNER)
The Last of Us Part I – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
The Quarry – 1 vote
Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose – 1 vote
Dying Light 2 Stay Human – 0 votes
The Last of Us Part I – 32% votes (WINNER)
Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose – 27% votes (RUNNER UP)
Dying Light 2 Stay Human – 22% votes
The Quarry – 10% votes
Martha Is Dead – 9% votes
Pentiment – 5 votes (WINNER)
Immortality – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Return to Monkey Island – 1 vote
As Dusk Falls – 0 votes
Syberia: The World Before – 0 votes
Return to Monkey Island – 36% votes (WINNER)
As Dusk Falls – 18% votes (RUNNER UP)
Pentiment – 18% votes
Syberia: The World Before – 15% votes
Immortality – 15% votes
Stray – 5 votes (WINNER)
Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Sonic Frontiers – 1 vote
OlliOlli World – 0 votes
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series – 0 votes
Stray – 50% votes (WINNER)
Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 23% votes (RUNNER UP)
Sonic Frontiers – 18% votes
OlliOlli World – 6% votes
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series – 3% votes
Sifu – 4 votes (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
The King of Fighters XV – 2 votes
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 0 votes
DNF Duel – 0 votes
Sifu – 44% votes (WINNER)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – 31% votes (RUNNER UP)
The King of Fighters XV – 14% votes
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 7% votes
DNF Duel – 4% votes
Tunic – 5 votes (WINNER)
Vampire Survivors – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Citizen Sleeper – 1 vote
Dwarf Fortress – 0 votes
Neon White – 0 votes
Vampire Survivors – 37% votes (WINNER)
Tunic – 23% votes (RUNNER UP)
Dwarf Fortress – 19% votes
Neon White – 11% votes
Citizen Sleeper – 10% votes
Total War: Warhammer III – 5 votes (WINNER)
Marvel’s Midnight Suns – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Hardspace: Shipbreaker – 1 vote
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – 0 votes
Two Point Campus – 0 votes
Total War: Warhammer III – 44% votes (WINNER)
Marvel’s Midnight Suns – 18% votes (RUNNER UP)
Hardspace: Shipbreaker – 18% votes
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope – 1% votes
Two Point Campus – 6% votes
Gran Turismo 7 – 4 votes (WINNER)
Need for Speed Unbound – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Football Manager 2023 – 1 vote
NBA 2K23 – 1 vote
Grid Legends – 0 votes
Gran Turismo 7 – 49% votes (WINNER)
Need for Speed Unbound – 21% votes (RUNNER UP)
Football Manager 2023 – 12% votes
Grid Legends – 11% votes
NBA 2K23 – 7% votes
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II/Warzone 2.0 & Splatoon 3 at 4 votes (TIED WINNERS)
Elden Ring – 1 vote
Lost Ark – 0 votes
Multiversus – 0 votes
Elden Ring – 38% votes (WINNER)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II/Warzone 2.0 – 37% votes (RUNNER UP)
Lost Ark – 11% votes
Splatoon 3 – 10% votes
Multiversus – 4% votes
Elden Ring – 5 votes (WINNER)
God of War Ragnarok – 2 votes (RUNNER UP)
Total War: Warhammer III – 1 vote
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 1 vote
Horizon Forbidden West – 0 votes
A Plague Tale: Requiem – 0 votes
The Last of Us Part I – 0 votes
Pentiment – 0 votes
Bayonetta 3 – 0 votes
Gran Turismo 7 – 0 votes
Elden Ring – 51% votes (WINNER)
God of War Ragnarok – 22% votes (RUNNER UP)
Horizon Forbidden West – 9% votes
A Plague Tale Requiem – 5% votes
The Last of Us Part I – 4% votes
Pentiment – 3% votes
Gran Turismo 7 – 2% votes
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 2% votes
Total War: Warhammer III – 2% votes
Bayonetta 3 – 1% votes
When it comes to this year’s most eagerly awaited releases, the Wccftech Awards ’22 registered the Starfield hype above all with its three wins, while STALKER 2, Diablo IV, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, The Wolf Among Us 2, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Forza Motorsport, Street Fighter 6, Company of Heroes 3, and Hollow Knight: Silksong all won two times, signaling great synergy between the choices of Wccftech staff and readers.
Congratulations to all the winners, and see you next year for the Wccftech Awards ’23!
STALKER 2 – 6 votes (WINNER)
Redfall – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Atomic Heart – 0 votes
Remnant 2 – 0 votes
Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 – 0 votes
STALKER 2 – 44% votes (WINNER)
Atomic Heart – 23% votes (RUNNER UP)
Warhammer 40K Space Marine 2 – 16% votes
Redfall – 13% votes
Remnant 2 – 4% votes
Starfield & FFXVI – 3 votes (TIED WINNERS)
Baldur’s Gate III – 1 vote
Hogwarts Legacy – 1 vote
Diablo IV – 0 votes
Starfield – 39% votes (WINNER)
Diablo IV – 19% votes (RUNNER UP)
Hogwarts Legacy – 18% votes
Baldur’s Gate III – 13% votes
Final Fantasy XVI – 11% votes
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 5 votes (WINNER)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 1 vote
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – 0 votes
Stellar Blade – 0 votes
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 31% votes (WINNER)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 29% votes (RUNNER UP)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 18% votes
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon – 12% votes
Stellar Blade – 11% votes
Alan Wake 2 – 5 votes (WINNER)
Resident Evil 4 – 4 votes (RUNNER UP)
Dead Space – 0 votes
Ad Infinitum – 0 votes
Unholy – 0 votes
Resident Evil 4 – 36% votes (WINNER)
Dead Space – 33% votes (RUNNER UP)
Alan Wake 2 – 27% votes
Ad Infinitum – 2% votes
Unholy – 2% votes
The Wolf Among Us 2 – 5 votes (WINNER)
The Expanse: A Telltale Series – 2 votes (RUNNER UP)
Star Trek: Resurgence – 1 vote
Deliver Us Mars – 1 vote
Season: A Letter to the Future – 0 votes
The Wolf Among Us 2 – 33% votes (WINNER)
Deliver Us Mars – 22% votes (RUNNER UP)
Star Trek: Resurgence – 22% votes
The Expanse: A Telltale Series – 20% votes
Season: A Letter to the future – 4% votes
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – 5 votes (WINNER)
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Europa – 1 vote
Convergence: A League of Legends Story – 0 votes
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake – 0 votes
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe – 38% votes (WINNER)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake – 24% votes (RUNNER UP)
Europa – 16% votes
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – 13% votes
Convergence: A League of Legends Story – 9% votes
Street Fighter 6 – 9 votes (WINNER)
Party Animals – 0 votes
Dye by the Blade – 0 votes
Blazing Strike – 0 votes
God of Rock – 0 votes
Street Fighter 6 – 77% votes (WINNER)
Party Animals – 8% votes
Dye by the Blade – 5% votes
Blazing Strike – 5% votes
God of Rock – 5% votes
Hollow Knight: Silksong – 5 votes (WINNER)
Oxenfree II: The Lost Signals – 4 votes (RUNNER UP)
Viewfinder – 0 votes
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – 0 votes
Tchia – 0 votes
Hollow Knight: Silksong – 59% votes (WINNER)
Oxenfree II: The Lost Signals – 15% votes (RUNNER UP)
Viewfinder – 10% votes
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk – 10% votes
Tchia – 6% votes
Company of Heroes 3 – 5 votes (WINNER)
Homeworld 3 – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
The Great War: Western Front – 1 vote
Stranded: Alien Dawn – 0 votes
Park Beyond – 0 votes
Company of Heroes 3 – 45% votes (WINNER)
Homeworld 3 – 41% votes (RUNNER UP)
The Great War: Western Front – 6%
Stranded: Alien Dawn – 5%
Park Beyond – 3%
Forza Motorsport – 7 votes (WINNER)
AEW: Fight Forever – 1 vote
Football Manager 2024 – 1 vote
Wreckreation – 0 votes
Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown – 0 votes
Forza Motorsport – 66% votes (WINNER)
Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown – 15% votes (RUNNER UP)
Wreckreation – 8% votes
AEW: Fight Forever – 6% votes
Football Manager 2024 – 5% votes
Diablo IV – 5 votes (WINNER)
Street Fighter 6 – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Blue Protocol – 1 vote
Ark 2 – 0 votes
Throne and Liberty – 0 votes
Diablo IV – 61% votes (WINNER)
Ark 2 – 13% votes (RUNNER UP)
Street Fighter 6 – 13% votes
Blue Protocol – 7% votes
Throne and Liberty – 5% votes
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 4 votes (WINNER)
Starfield – 3 votes (RUNNER UP)
Final Fantasy XVI – 1 vote
Homeworld 3 – 1 vote
STALKER 2 – 0 votes
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 0 votes
Hogwarts Legacy – 0 votes
Baldur’s Gate III – 0 votes
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 0 votes
Alan Wake 2 – 0 votes
Starfield – 35% votes (WINNER)
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 12% votes (RUNNER UP)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – 9% votes
Diablo IV – 9% votes
STALKER 2 – 8% votes
Hogwarts Legacy – 7% votes
Baldur’s Gate III – 7% votes
Final Fantasy XVI – 6% votes
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 4% votes
Alan Wake 2 – 3% votes
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