Well, it's that time of the year again! It's time to decide SG community's 2020 game of the year. Usually it's MachinesAreHuman who opens this thread, but this year I have the honor to open it.
Here's a brief summary of the previous winners:
2017: Divinity: Original Sin 2
2018: Yakuza 0
2019: Disco Elysium
2020: ?

Rules

  • One vote each account!
  • If your game was mentioned before, comment with "+1". If you voted for a game somewhere else, your vote won't be counted.
  • Game must be released on Steam
  • Release date must be 2020. So even an upcoming game with a release date in 2020 is fine. Early access, start of EA and Full released games will be okay.
  • You can vote for a game even if you haven't played it yet (you saw some gameplay watching a streamer, for example)
  • Have fun!

FINAL RESULTS

  1. Hades - 43 votes
  2. Cyberpunk 2077 - 33 votes
  3. Doom Eternal - 28 votes
  4. Alyx VR - 24 votes
  5. Factorio - 18 votes
  6. Outer Wilds - 13 votes
  7. Crusader Kings 3 - 10 votes
  8. Fall Guys - 10 votes
  9. Ori and the Will of the Wisps - 8 votes
  10. Control Ultimate Edition - 6 votes
  11. Horizon Zero Dawn - 6 votes
  12. Persona 4 Golden - 6 votes
  13. Death Stranding - 5 votes
  14. Desperados 3 - 5 votes
  15. Mafia Definitive Edition - 5 votes
  16. Detroit Become Human - 4 votes
  17. Spelunky 2 - 4 votes
  18. Yakuza - Like a Dragon - 4 votes
  19. Risk of Rain 2 - 3 votes
  20. Satisfactory - 3 votes
  21. The Outer Worlds - 3 votes
  22. Baldur's Gate 3 - 2 votes
  23. Beautiful Desolation - 2 votes
  24. Black Mesa - 2 votes
  25. Borderlands 3 - 2 votes
  26. Deep Rock Galactic - 2 votes
  27. Resident Evil 3 - 2 votes
  28. Ghostrunner - 1 vote
  29. Griftlands - 1 vote
  30. Kentucky Route Zero - 1 vote
  31. LOEK - 1 vote
  32. Manifold Garden - 1 vote
  33. Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord - 1 vote
  34. Survivalist 2 - 1 vote
  35. Tainted Grail Conquest - 1 vote
  36. The Longing - 1 vote
  37. Vaporum: Lockdown - 1 vote

If you don't wanna scroll down the whole thread to find if your candidate is already there, here're some shortcuts to the games already mentioned, in order of appearance. In order to vote just leave a "+1" under your preferred game (thanks Yukiin for the idea ^^). If your game is not in this list, you can write a new post leaving your vote there:

Doom Eternal
Factorio
Hades
Desperados 3
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Half-Life: Alyx
Death Stranding
Cyberpunk 2077
Mafia: Definitive Edition
Persona 4 Golden
Satisfactory
Crusader Kings 3
Fall Guys
Control: Ultimate Edition
Risk of Rain 2
Resident Evil 3
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Outer Wilds
Spelunky 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Black Mesa
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Kentucky Route Zero
Survivalist 2
Popup Dungeon
The Procession to Calvary
Detroit: Become Human
Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
Vaporum: Lockdown
The Outer Worlds
Deep Rock Galactic
Borderlands 3
Griftlands
The Longing
Manifold Garden
Ghostrunner
Marvel's Avengers
LOEK
Tainted Grail: Conquest

This topic will stay open until the last day of November.

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Of course I'll go for Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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+1 I'm hyped by it, already took the dragon legend edition

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+1, Im playing a press copy and this game is 10/10!!!!

The new system combat is a fresh water for the saga :D.

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Haven't played much of 2020 games, but my vote goes for Kentucky Route Zero which finally had the last act released this year.
[Close second would be perhaps Lightmatter, en enjoyable 3D puzzler game with similarities to Portal and Q.U.B.E.]

I hate voting for games I haven't played, cos I often end up not enjoying hyped-up games.
Funnily enough, haven't played any of the previous winners (yet).

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I've been slowly making my way through Kentucky Route Zero since its full release (I'm three acts in I think) and it's honestly one of the most unique stories I've ever seen told in this medium

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Survivalist 2

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Why is Cyberpunk 2077 winning? People really have no problem awarding GOTY to something nobody's played yet?

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One word: BAAAA!

But yeah, GOTY means nothing: NONE of my Steam friends own last year's winner of GOTY, so does it really mean anything?

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Obviously it means nothing, just seems bizarre that so many people would vote for a game and just assume it's better than some legitimate great games that are actually playable. Maybe I'll change my vote to Elden Ring.

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Well, only because your Steam friends don't own it (although, are you sure?because i own it over on GoG) doesn't mean that nobody owns/plays/like it. ;)
And last years winner Disco Elysium did get released on October 2019, so its not the same thing as cyberpunk 2077 which cannot be played because its not released.
Not released ≠ none of my steam friends owns it ;)

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Maybe you should read my comment more closely.

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overhype. they haven't even played it but it's TEH BESTEST. 🤦‍♀️
it shouldn't even be allowed to be voted.

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I wonder why no one voted for Cyberpunk 2078. The sequel is supposed to be better, right?
/s

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GOTY vote is popularity contest.

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There's been nearly 7 years of hype around it since the first trailer came out.
7 years!
I'm already fed up of the game tbh.
I hope it comes out really buggy and broken just because :D

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I think people voted in the hopes of getting a giveaway for it

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Please, if you wanna vote for this game, add a "+1" under the first post in which it was mentioned (you can find that post on page 1) and delete this comment. Thanks!

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Maybe you should be more specific in the main post...

EDIT: 👍🏼

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Cyberpunk hasn't been released yet so can't say for sure, but for now my vote goes to Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout

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Already has been suggested here: https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/KJNqGEe

EDIT: Apparently on page 1 as well. https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/YJjodzL

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My bad, I must have missed it!

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You are not alone anymore.

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tetris 2020 covid edition

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Actually there's already another user who voted for it. If you wanna vote for it too, you can add a +1 there (here's a link to that post. 😊

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oh thanks, missed it... and by lack of +1s, I guess, everybody missed it too.
Thumbnails are useful))

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for me it was a very disapointing year overall. I hope it will be Cyberpunk 2077

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Popup Dungeon

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The Procession to Calvary
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Spiritfarer

They won't win since barely anyone even knows they exist (ermarhgerd, Cyberpunktwentyseventyseven and ermarhgerd Doomisaplatformernow), but there should be some good and released games in this topic beyond a few honorable mentions.

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I know Spiritfarer and had a blast with it.
Really good game, but for me not Goty 2020, sorry. ;)

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Detroit: Become Human

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Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord (only 2020 game I've bought so far).

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Does the steam release date count (which would be this year), or the Epic (which was last year)?

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Vaporum: Lockdown

It's a darn good first person RPG similar to Grimrock.

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steam top 3 this year tbh
persona 4 golden
doom eternal
katana zero

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The Outer Worlds

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Deep Rock Galactic

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Bump!

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how about next generation edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt!
ray tracing

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Borderlands 3

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