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Browse the XYZZY Awards either by year:

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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: 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).
2005 Best Game: Vespers (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
2006 Best Game: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
2007 Best Game: Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
2008 Best Game: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
2009 Best Game: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
2010 Best Game: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
2011 Best Game: Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin).
2012 Best Game: Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short, Glulx).
2013 Best Game: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx).
2014 Best Game: 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth; iOS, Android)
2015 Best Game: Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
2016 Best Game: Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian; 01-Oct-2016; Glulx).
2017 Best Game: The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx).
2018 Best Game: Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth)
2019 Best Game: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith) and Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell) (tie)
2020 Best Game: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road (Kyle Marquis)
2021 Best Game: What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker)

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: 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; Z-code).
- 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).
2005 Best Game: Vespers (Jason Devlin; Z-code).
- Finalist: All Hope Abandon (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Chancellor (Kevin Venzke; TADS 2).
- Finalist: Distress (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
- Finalist: Finding Martin (Gayla Wennstrom; TADS 2).
2006 Best Game: The Elysium Enigma (Eric Eve; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Floatpoint (Emily Short; Glulx).
- Finalist: The Baron a.k.a. De Baron (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code; English and Dutch).
- Finalist: The Primrose Path (Nolan Bonvouloir; Z-code).
- Finalist: The Traveling Swordsman (Mike Snyder; Hugo).
2007 Best Game: Lost Pig (Admiral Jota as "Grunk"; Z-code).
- Finalist: An Act of Murder (Christopher Huang as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
- Finalist: Child's Play (Stephen Granade; Z-code).
- Finalist: Fate (Victor Gijsbers; Z-code).
- Finalist: Suveh Nux (David Fisher; Z-code).
2008 Best Game: Violet (Jeremy Freese; Z-code).
- Finalist: Everybody Dies (Jim Munroe; Glulx).
- Finalist: Gun Mute (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: Nightfall (Eric Eve; Glulx).
- Finalist: Piracy 2.0 (Sean Huxter; Z-code).
2009 Best Game: Blue Lacuna (Aaron A. Reed; Glulx).
- Finalist: Broken Legs (Sarah Morayati; Glulx).
- Finalist: Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral (Ian Finley and Jon Ingold; publisher: Textfyre; FyreVM).
- Finalist: Make It Good (Jon Ingold; Z-code).
2010 Best Game: Aotearoa (Matt Wigdahl; Glulx).
- Finalist: Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home (Andrew Plotkin; Z-code).
- Finalist: One Eye Open (Colin Sandel and Carolyn VanEseltine; Glulx).
- Finalist: Rogue of the Multiverse (C.E.J. Pacian; TADS 3).
- Finalist: The Warbler's Nest (Jason McIntosh; Z-code).
2011 Best Game: Cryptozookeeper (Robb Sherwin).
- Finalist: Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis (Adam Thornton).
- Finalist: Six (Wade Clarke).
- Finalist: Zombie Exodus (Jim Dattilo).
2012 Best Game: Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short, Glulx).
- Finalist: Andromeda Apocalypse (Marco Innocenti, Glulx).
- Finalist: Bee (Emily Short, Varytale).
- Finalist: howling dogs (Porpentine, Twine).
2013 Best Game: Coloratura (Lynnea Glasser; Glulx).
- Finalist: Horse Master (Tom McHenry; Web browser).
- Finalist: Their angelical understanding (Porpentine; Web browser).
- Finalist: ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III (Porpentine; Web browser).
2014 Best Game: 80 Days (inkle, Meg Jayanth; iOS, Android)
- Finalist: Choice of Robots (Kevin Gold; ChoiceScript)
- Finalist: Hadean Lands (Andrew Plotkin; Glulx, iOS)
- Finalist: Hunger Daemon (Sean M. Shore; Glulx)
- Finalist: With Those We Love Alive (Porpentine, Brenda Neotenomie; Web browser)
2015 Best Game: Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
- Finalist: Birdland (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
- Finalist: Brain Guzzlers from Beyond! (Steph Cherrywell)
- Finalist: Hollywood Visionary (Aaron A. Reed)
- Finalist: Midnight. Swordfight. (Chandler Groover)
- Finalist: SPY INTRIGUE (furkle)
2016 Best Game: Superluminal Vagrant Twin (C.E.J. Pacian; 01-Oct-2016; Glulx).
- Finalist: Cactus Blue Motel (Astrid Dalmady)
- Finalist: Detectiveland] (Robin Johnson)
- Finalist: Foo Foo (Buster Hudson)
- Finalist: Open Sorcery (Abigail Corfman)
2017 Best Game: The Wizard Sniffer (Buster Hudson; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx).
- Finalist: American Angst (m3g1dd0)
- Finalist: Eat Me (Chandler Groover)
- Finalist: Known Unknowns (Brendan Patrick Hennessy)
- Finalist: The Owl Consults (Thomas Mack)
2018 Best Game: Bogeyman (Elizabeth Smyth; 01-Oct-2018; Web browser)
- Finalist: Alias 'The Magpie' (J. J. Guest)
- Finalist: Cannery Vale (Hanon Ondricek)
- Finalist: Cragne Manor (Ryan Veeder, Jenni Polodna, et al.)
- Finalist: I.A.G. Alpha (Serhii Mozhaiskyi)
2019 Best Game: Crème de la Crème (Hannah Powell-Smith; 27-Nov-2019; Web browser) and Zozzled (Steph Cherrywell; 01-Oct-2019; Glulx) (tie)
- Finalist: Skybreak! (William Dooling)
- Finalist: Turandot (Victor Gijsbers)
2020 Best Game: Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road (Kyle Marquis; 24-Sep-2020; Web browser)
- Finalist: The Impossible Bottle (Linus Åkesson)
- Finalist: A Rope of Chalk (Ryan Veeder)
- Finalist: Tavern Crawler (Josh Labelle)
- Finalist: Vain Empires (Thomas Mack, Xavid)
2021 Best Game: What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed (Amanda Walker; 1-Oct-2021; Glulx)
- Finalist: And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One (B.J. Best)
- Finalist: The Best Man (Stephen Bond)
- Finalist: Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone (Ryan Veeder)
- Finalist: The Faeries Of Haelstowne (Christopher Merriner)
- Finalist: The Libonotus Cup (Nils Fagerburg)
- Finalist: The Weight of a Soul (Chin Kee Yong)

Links

XYZZY Award for Best Game at Wikipedia.

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 * '''2004 Best Game''': ''[[Blue Chairs]]'' ([[Chris Klimas]]; Z-code).
 * '''2005 Best Game''': ''[[Vespers]]'' ([[Jason Devlin]]; Z-code).
+* '''2006 Best Game:''' ''[[The Elysium Enigma]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; [[TADS 3]]).
+* '''2007 Best Game:''' ''[[Lost Pig]]'' ([[Admiral Jota]] as "Grunk"; Z-code).
+* '''2008 Best Game:''' ''[[Violet]]'' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
+* '''2009 Best Game:''' ''[[Blue Lacuna]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx).
+* '''2010 Best Game:''' ''[[Aotearoa]]'' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
+* '''2011 Best Game:''' ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]'' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
+* '''2012 Best Game:''' ''[[Counterfeit Monkey]]'' ([[Emily Short]], [[Glulx]]).
+* '''2013 Best Game:''' ''[[Coloratura]]'' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
+* '''2014 Best Game:''' ''[[80 Days]]'' ([[inkle]], [[Meg Jayanth]]; iOS, Android)
+* '''2015 Best Game:''' ''[[Birdland]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
+* '''2016 Best Game:''' ''[[Superluminal Vagrant Twin]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; 01-Oct-2016; Glulx).
+* '''2017 Best Game:''' ''[[The Wizard Sniffer]]'' ([[Buster Hudson]]; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx).
+* '''2018 Best Game:''' ''[[Bogeyman]]'' ([[Elizabeth Smyth]])
+* '''2019 Best Game:''' ''[[Crème de la Crème]]'' ([[Hannah Powell-Smith]]) and ''[[Zozzled]]''  ([[Steph Cherrywell]]) (tie)
+* '''2020 Best Game:''' ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road]]'' ([[Kyle Marquis]])
+* '''2021 Best Game:''' ''[[What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed]]'' ([[Amanda Walker]])
 ==Best Game Winners and Finalists==
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 ** 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: ''[[The Edifice]]'' ([[Lucian P. Smith]]; Z-code).
 ** Finalist: ''[[Glowgrass]]'' ([[Nate Cull]]; TADS 2).
 * '''1998 Best Game''': ''<b>[[Spider and Web]]</b>'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
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 ** Finalist: ''[[Distress]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
 ** Finalist: ''[[Finding Martin]]'' ([[Gayla Wennstrom]]; TADS 2).
+* '''2006 Best Game: ''[[The Elysium Enigma]]''''' ([[Eric Eve]]; TADS 3).
+** Finalist: ''[[Floatpoint]]'' ([[Emily Short]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[The Baron]]'' a.k.a. ''[[De Baron]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Z-code; English and Dutch).
+** Finalist: ''[[The Primrose Path]]'' ([[Nolan Bonvouloir]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[The Traveling Swordsman]]'' ([[Mike Snyder]]; Hugo).
+* '''2007 Best Game: ''[[Lost Pig]]''''' ([[Admiral Jota]] as "Grunk"; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[An Act of Murder]]'' ([[Christopher Huang]] as "Hugh Dunnett"; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Child's Play]]'' ([[Stephen Granade]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Fate]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Suveh Nux]]'' ([[David Fisher]]; Z-code).
+* '''2008 Best Game: ''[[Violet]]''''' ([[Jeremy Freese]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[Everybody Dies]]'' ([[Jim Munroe]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Gun Mute]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
+** Finalist: ''[[Nightfall]]'' ([[Eric Eve]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Piracy 2.0]]'' ([[Sean Huxter]]; Z-code).
+* '''2009 Best Game: ''[[Blue Lacuna]]''''' ([[Aaron A. Reed]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Broken Legs]]'' ([[Sarah Morayati]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Klockwerk: The Shadow in the Cathedral]]'' ([[Ian Finley]] and [[Jon Ingold]]; publisher: [[Textfyre]]; [[FyreVM]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Make It Good]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; Z-code).
+* '''2010 Best Game: ''[[Aotearoa]]''''' ([[Matt Wigdahl]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Hoist Sail for the Heliopause and Home]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; Z-code).
+** Finalist: ''[[One Eye Open]]'' ([[Colin Sandel]] and [[Carolyn VanEseltine]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Rogue of the Multiverse]]'' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; TADS 3).
+** Finalist: ''[[The Warbler's Nest]]'' ([[Jason McIntosh]]; Z-code).
+* '''2011 Best Game: ''[[Cryptozookeeper]]''''' ([[Robb Sherwin]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Mentula Macanus: Apocolocyntosis]]'' ([[Adam Thornton]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Six]]'' ([[Wade Clarke]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Zombie Exodus]]'' ([[Jim Dattilo]]).
+* '''2012 Best Game: [[Counterfeit Monkey]]''' ([[Emily Short]], [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Andromeda Apocalypse]]'' ([[Marco Innocenti]], [[Glulx]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[Bee]]'' ([[Emily Short]], [[Varytale]]).
+** Finalist: ''[[howling dogs]]'' ([[Porpentine]], [[Twine]]).
+* '''2013 Best Game: [[Coloratura]]''' ([[Lynnea Glasser]]; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Horse Master]]'' ([[Tom McHenry]]; Web browser).
+** Finalist: ''[[Their angelical understanding]]'' ([[Porpentine]]; Web browser).
+** Finalist: ''[[ULTRA BUSINESS TYCOON III]]'' ([[Porpentine]]; Web browser).
+* '''2014 Best Game: [[80 Days]]''' ([[inkle]], [[Meg Jayanth]]; iOS, Android)
+** Finalist: ''[[Choice of Robots]]'' ([[Kevin Gold]]; [[ChoiceScript]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Hadean Lands]]'' ([[Andrew Plotkin]]; [[Glulx]], iOS)
+** Finalist: ''[[Hunger Daemon]]'' ([[Sean M. Shore]]; Glulx)
+** Finalist: ''[[With Those We Love Alive]]'' ([[Porpentine]], [[Brenda Neotenomie]]; Web browser)
+* '''2015 Best Game: [[Birdland]]''' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]]; 01-Oct-2015; Web browser).
+** Finalist: ''[[Birdland]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!]]'' ([[Steph Cherrywell]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Hollywood Visionary]]'' ([[Aaron A. Reed]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Midnight. Swordfight.]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]])
+** Finalist: ''[[SPY INTRIGUE]]'' ([[furkle]])
+* '''2016 Best Game: [[Superluminal Vagrant Twin]]''' ([[C.E.J. Pacian]]; 01-Oct-2016; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[Cactus Blue Motel]]'' (Astrid Dalmady)
+** Finalist: ''[[Detectiveland]]]'' (Robin Johnson)
+** Finalist: ''[[Foo Foo]]'' (Buster Hudson)
+** Finalist: ''[[Open Sorcery]]'' (Abigail Corfman)
+* '''2017 Best Game: [[The Wizard Sniffer]]''' ([[Buster Hudson]]; 01-Oct-2017; Glulx).
+** Finalist: ''[[American Angst]]'' ([[m3g1dd0]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Eat Me]]'' ([[Chandler Groover]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Known Unknowns]]'' ([[Brendan Patrick Hennessy]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Owl Consults]]'' ([[Thomas Mack]])
+* '''2018 Best Game: [[Bogeyman]]''' ([[Elizabeth Smyth]]; 01-Oct-2018; Web browser)
+** Finalist: ''[[Alias 'The Magpie']]'' ([[J. J. Guest]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Cannery Vale]]'' ([[Hanon Ondricek]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Cragne Manor]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]], [[Jenni Polodna]], et al.)
+** Finalist: ''[[I.A.G. Alpha]]'' ([[Serhii Mozhaiskyi]])
+* '''2019 Best Game: [[Crème de la Crème]]''' ([[Hannah Powell-Smith]]; 27-Nov-2019; Web browser) and '''[[Zozzled]]''' ([[Steph Cherrywell]]; 01-Oct-2019; Glulx) (tie)
+** Finalist: ''[[Skybreak!]]'' ([[William Dooling]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Turandot]]'' ([[Victor Gijsbers]])
+* '''2020 Best Game: [[Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road]]''' ([[Kyle Marquis; 24-Sep-2020; Web browser]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Impossible Bottle]]'' ([[Linus Åkesson]])
+** Finalist: ''[[A Rope of Chalk]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Tavern Crawler]]'' ([[Josh Labelle]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Vain Empires]]'' ([[Thomas Mack, Xavid]])
+* '''2021 Best Game: [[What Heart Heard Of, Ghost Guessed]]''' ([[Amanda Walker; 1-Oct-2021; Glulx]])
+** Finalist: ''[[And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One]]'' ([[B.J. Best]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Best Man]]'' ([[Stephen Bond]])
+** Finalist: ''[[Even Some More Tales from Castle Balderstone]]'' ([[Ryan Veeder]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Faeries Of Haelstowne]]'' ([[Christopher Merriner]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Libonotus Cup]]'' ([[Nils Fagerburg]])
+** Finalist: ''[[The Weight of a Soul]]'' ([[Chin Kee Yong]])
 ==Links==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZZY_Award_for_Best_Game XYZZY Award for Best Game] at Wikipedia.
 [[Category:XYZZY Awards]]