“Expedition 33” Awards Data Sparks Talk

A new list assembled by ‘Angie’, a user at ResetEra has revealed that French RPG title “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” has smashed a world record.

Her post claims the title now holds 436 ‘Game of the Year’ awards, surpassing “Elden Ring” at 429 to be dubbed the most awarded game of all time. The post gives a rundown of the most awarded titles which are:

1. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – 436 (so far)
2. Elden Ring (FromSoftware) – 429
3. The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog) – 326
4. Baldur’s Gate III (Larian Studios) – 288
5. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (CD Projekt Red) – 281
6. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo EPD) – 264
7. God of War (2018) (Santa Monica Studio) – 263
8. The Last of Us (Naughty Dog) – 257
9. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda) – 229
10. Astro Bot (Team Asobi) – 196
11. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog) – 190
12. Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games) – 178
13. Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games) – 163
14. Dragon Age: Inquisition (Bioware) – 139
15. Death Stranding (Kojima Productions) – 118
16. God of War Ragnarök (Santa Monica Studio) – 118
17. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog) – 115
18. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo EPD) – 114
19. Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment) – 114
20. Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games) – 111
21. Mass Effect 2 (Bioware) -102

She also indicates the game has become the title with the most ‘Player’s Choice’ awards at 125, more narrowly beating out “The Last of Us Part II” with 115, “Elden Ring” with 97, “Baldur’s Gate III” with 89, “The Witcher III: Wild Hunt” with 88 and “Uncharted 4” with 76.

The posting goes into a lot more data, including acknowledging that there are a lot more ‘Game of the Year’ awards now than in previous years – 621 compared to 529
in 2024.

The post has come under criticism and questions about its methodology on both the thread itself and Reddit in regards to the ‘outlets’ that qualify, including some unknown content creator accounts with only a few dozen views for their GOTY posts.

Others have made claims of bias, pointing out the game’s famously hardcore fanbase specifically looking for E33 wins only and discounting others. Yet, the list is making the rounds and generating discussion in a positive way for the title that was hit by a bunch of negative headlines a few weeks ago over the alleged use of generative AI.

One of the most interesting stats in the bunch was that the title seemingly claimed 70% of all the ‘Game of the Year’ awards given out last year. That’s the third percentile of all time, behind 1991’s “Street Fighter II” with 80% and 1998’s “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” with 87%.

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