XYZZY Awards (Best Game)

Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:

• 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

Or by category:

• Best Game | Best Writing | Best Story | Best Setting | Best Puzzles | Best NPCs | Best Individual Puzzle | Best Individual NPC | Best Individual PC | Best Use of Medium (1997–2009) | Best Implementation (2010–) | Best Use of Innovation (2010–) | Best Technological Development (2010–) | Best Supplemental Materials (2010–2013) | Best Use of Multimedia (2014–) | Other awards

See also:

• Statistics

Best Game Winners

• 1996 Best Game: So Far (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• 1997 Best Game: Interstate Zero a.k.a. I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 1998 Best Game: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
• 1999 Best Game: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 2000 Best Game: Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
• 2001 Best Game: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
• 2002 Best Game: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
• 2003 Best Game: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
• 2004 Best Game: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).

Best Game Winners and Finalists

• 1996 Best Game: So Far (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Light: Shelby's Addendum (Colm McCarthy; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Lost New York (Neil deMause; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: The Meteor, The Stone And A Long Glass Of Sherbet (Graham Nelson; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Time: All Things Come to an End (Andy Phillips; Z-code).
• 1997 Best Game: Interstate Zero a.k.a. I-0 (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Babel (Ian Finley; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: A Bear's Night Out (David Dyte; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Edifice ((Lucian P. Smith; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Glowgrass (Nate Cull; TADS 2).
• 1998 Best Game: Spider and Web (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Anchorhead (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Little Blue Men (Michael Gentry; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Once and Future (Gerry Kevin Wilson; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Photopia (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
• 1999 Best Game: Varicella (Adam Cadre; Z-code).
  • Finalist: For a Change (Dan Schmidt; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Lunatix: The Insanity Circle (Mike Snyder; MS-DOS).
  • Finalist: The Mulldoon Legacy (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Worlds Apart (Suzanne Britton; TADS 2).
• 2000 Best Game: Being Andrew Plotkin (J. Robinson Wheeler; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Galatea (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup (Paul O'Brian; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Rameses (Stephen Bond; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Shade (Andrew Plotkin as "Ampe R. Sand"; Z-code).
• 2001 Best Game: All Roads (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Best of Three (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Fallacy of Dawn (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: First Things First (J. Robinson Wheeler; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Pytho's Mask (Emily Short; Z-code).
• 2002 Best Game: Savoir Faire (Emily Short; Z-code).
  • Finalist: 1893: A World's Fair Mystery (Peter Nepstad; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (Paul O'Brian; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Lock & Key (Adam Cadre; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Till Death Makes a Monk-Fish Out of Me! (Jon Ingold and Mike Sousa; TADS 2).
• 2003 Best Game: Slouching Towards Bedlam (Daniel Ravipinto and Star Foster; Z-code).
  • Finalist: City of Secrets (Emily Short; Glulx).
  • Finalist: Risorgimento Represso (Michael Coyne; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Scavenger (Quintin Stone; TADS 2).
  • Finalist: To Hell in a Hamper (J.J. Guest; Adrift).
• 2004 Best Game: Blue Chairs (Chris Klimas; Z-code).
  • Finalist: The Dreamhold (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
  • Finalist: Future Boy! (Kent Tessman; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Necrotic Drift (Robb Sherwin; Hugo).
  • Finalist: Return to Ditch Day (Michael J. Roberts; TADS 3).