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The Community 2016 Game Of The Year Voting Starts Now

Get your vote in for the Community Game Of The Year using the handy form inside.

This game, and many others, are eligible for the 2016 Community Game Of The Year!
This game, and many others, are eligible for the 2016 Community Game Of The Year!

Hey, it's been a good year for games! And it's time to celebrate that with another star-studded entry of the Community Games Of The Year. We have an entry form right over here, if you'd like to vote. Here's some quick questions and answers about the whole thing!

When does voting end? January 4th!

Can I change my votes later after I play more stuff? Sure, up until voting ends! Just clear out your choices and select new ones, then hit Submit again.

I haven't played ten games this year; can I still vote? Sure, just vote for whatever your favorite games were. You can just vote for one game, if you want.

How does this work? This is a weighted-voting system, so your first-place game will be weighted more heavily than your tenth-place game when we tally up the votes in the end. We'll also include pure voting results without weights for the data nerds.

I can't find my favorite game in here! Our search system is very special and might not always return the expected results. Some games might have older-than-expected release years in the search, or may not appear at all. Check the comments on this article and I'll try to add any weird search results to the first reply if you have any weird cases pop up.

Hah, I'm going to vote for Superman 64 ten times, suckers! Feel free! You can add any games you want to your list, but we'll just remove anything that wasn't released in 2016 when we run the final results. We're mostly focused on American release dates here; Jeff will ultimately decide on any edge cases.

Let me know if you have any more questions and I'll try to deal with them in the comments here.

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This year was unbelievable for me in terms of games. I think i've never played so many great games in such a short timespan. Tough to keep it down to ten, gonna need all the days until the 4th..

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@fracture: It's not on the site, but I often use the wikipedia page 2016 in video gaming [though I've noticed for some bigger Japanese relases they've started to list those on this page, they usually stick to US release dates so watch out for that].

Also I'm going to cast the lone vote for Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth. Freaking loved that game.

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Holy cow! I played 20 games this year that could have gone on a top ten list in any other year, and there are several more that came out this year that I never had a chance to play.

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I put Nuclear Throne on my selections and I won't budge on that. The game was not even in a semi-finished state until deep into 2016. It's not my fault that a website about video games doesn't stay informed about these things.

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@mezmero said:

I put Nuclear Throne on my selections and I won't budge on that. The game was not even in a semi-finished state until deep into 2016. It's not my fault that a website about video games doesn't stay informed about these things.

In an earlier post, Rorie said they will be double checking everything by hand, so if the game actually came out in 2016, but the wiki page says different, they'll check that.

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@pontoon_yacht said:

Does a vote for Factorio count, or has it not fully come out yet?

Thinking back to previous GOTYs, I think they wait till it is officially out of early access. I'm trying to remember if their 'best debut' category covered this, if they have it this year. I would assume for this list early access doesn't count.

I feel they should let us include games that are in early access, or even games that came out past years. I'm sure everyone has a game they are still playing or just started playing this year that has gotten more time than others in their top-ten list. What usually happens for me is that I don't even get a game till it is available on Steam for 50% off. I love the hell out of it, but it's last year's game. Yet it is one of my favorites for the year, so shouldn't that still count? I see how that muddles things though. Maybe we should be allowed to vote on any game, but just separate out the non-2016 ones in their own list. Next year maybe? @rorie

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@yellownumber5: I guess that means that I'll have to adjust the wiki at some point since few people know about the troubles Nuclear Throne had at launch or believe anything I have to say.

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My first post and it goes to Doom for me this year followed by Battlefield 1 for multiplayer, Infinite Warfare for it's campaign, and Forza Horizon 3 for sheer fun. Amazing year for games but those first moments with Doom's campaign were a special moment in the year and gaming overall for me. Will never forget that.

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Haven't finalized my votes yet but here's my personal Best of 2016 list.

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How do games like say "Resident Evil 0 HD remaster" fit into this. Would it be allowed or not? And that fan remake of Metroid 2?

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Can't find the Dying Light dlc The Following, which came out in February this year..

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Finally the year I get to put Persona 5 on my GOTY list.

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If you want to see any steamgames you might have missed then you can use this website: http://www.lorenzostanco.com/lab/steam/

It lets you sort your entire library by releasedate.

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I second AM2R being added!

AM2R is my GOTY, please add to GB codex!

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Can re-releases count if they drastically change the quality of a game? The PC version of Dragon's Dogma changes that game drastically in functionality, visual fidelity, and even mechanically. So much that it would be my second favorite game of the year.

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Kentucky route zero doesn't show up. Will it be added or does it count as a dlc/add-on?

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ArmA III: Apex doesn't show, but likely for the same reason as Blood and Wine.

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I'm giving one of my spots to Metroid 2. Hope it gets counted.

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black hat cooperative wont show up. is a fun vr game i'd like to put on the list

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December 2015 should count. Rainbow 6: Siege GOTY.

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Va-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action is listed as 2014, even though it came out in 2016. (They released a playable prologue/demo in 2014, which is listed separately; the game itself came out this year, though, and it too is listed as 2014.) Please don't discount votes for this game, even if I'm probably one of like three people who will vote for it. :3

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@criacow: You can count me among those. I got it in the recent Steam sale. It's a wonderful game that deserves every bit of recognition thrown its way, I feel sorry that it's taken me so long to get to it.

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Hey, there is a game I would like added to the site so I can vote for it. The game is called Botolo, and I just submitted the Wiki request; Let me know if there is anything else I should do to help that process along.

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Final Fantasy X HD remaster came out in 2016 on PC, I hope it counts. I enjoyed it a lot.

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XCOM 2 is showing as a 2015 release when it actually released in Feb 2016

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Reading the rules right now:

This includes like rereleases, new ports, or remasters that came out in 2016?

Example: Danganronpa for Steam

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Have I missed the results of this? Or are they just not posted yet?

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@soap said:

Have I missed the results of this? Or are they just not posted yet?

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@betaband said:
@soap said:

Have I missed the results of this? Or are they just not posted yet?

@rorie

Haven't had time to tally them yet!

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That's just what I was wondering. Thanks for following up @rorie

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@rorie

Almost done? :)

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@rorie

Almost done? :)