Best Visual Novel 2017: Butterfly Soup By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 In a year when visual novels came out of their cocoon, Butterfly Soup was the best.
Hidden Folks is the hidden object game I've been waiting for By Jody Macgregor Personal pick You don't have to look hard to see what's special about this storybook puzzle game.
Best Open World Game 2017: Assassin's Creed Origins By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Ubisoft's series should take more years off.
Ongoing Game Award 2017: No Man's Sky By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 After a weak launch, Hello Games' space game is developing in interesting ways.
Best Mod 2017: Sim Settlements for Fallout 4 By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Settlements finally come to life with this transformative mod.
Best Action Game 2017: Nier: Automata By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 This original, offbeat and moving action RPG earned a huge following.
Best Story 2017: What Remains of Edith Finch By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 This first-person narrative game constantly surprised us.
The Lion's Song is a thoughtful and beautiful point-and-click game By Philippa Warr Personal pick A mostly interesting set of stories about creativity and flaws.
Best Comedy Game 2017: West of Loathing By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 This stick figure western is a rare, genuinely funny game.
Best Co-op Game 2017: Destiny 2 By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Bungie's FPS remains a fantastic game to play with friends.
Best Setting 2017: Tacoma By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Fullbright's follow-up to Gone Home felt like interactive theatre.
Breakout Game 2017: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 PUBG was the game everyone had to experience this year.
Best Platformer 2017: Hollow Knight By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 This Metroidvania game surprised and delighted us.
Best Strategy Game 2017: Total War: Warhammer 2 By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Creative Assembly successfully builds on its adaptation of Games Workshop's fantasy universe.
Stories Untold shows we need more anthology series in games By Samuel Roberts Personal pick Repetitive tasks and escalating tension are a potent combination.
Best Expansion 2017: XCOM 2: War of the Chosen By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Firaxis's radical XCOM 2 overhaul was almost like playing a full sequel.
Resident Evil 7 saved the series By Andy Kelly Personal pick Survival horror wasn't reinvented in 2017, but Capcom's seventh game left it in better shape.
Game of the Year 2017: Divinity: Original Sin 2 By PC Gamer GOTY 2017 Larian's massive, liberating RPG is a gift to fans of the genre.
What's going to be our game of the year? By PC Gamer Let's argue With still more promising games due in the coming months, we sit down for an early discussion of our GOTY candidates.
