PC Gamer's Game of the Year Awards 2021

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Welcome to our annual Game of the Year Awards. Each day, for the rest of the month, we'll be revealing the winners of our various awards, leading up to the ultimate Game of the Year—unveiled on December 31.

Rather than fit the year's best games into a handful of fixed categories, each staff member was asked to nominate up to six games that released this year—either fully or into Early Access. We then gathered into one big, global call to argue through our choices and decide upon the final list. Once the games are picked, we assign each an award that represents what we feel it excelled at. This is why the categories are always slightly different each year.

Alongside the main awards, each PC Gamer writer has also picked one of their personal favourites to highlight. We'll be updating this page with new awards and staff picks throughout the rest of the month.

The Awards

Best Ongoing Game: Apex Legends
Best Co-op: Revealed December 19
Best Multiplayer: Revealed December 20
Best Horror: Revealed December 21
Best Strategy: Revealed December 22
Best Characters: Revealed December 23
Best RPG: Revealed December 24
Best Shooter: Revealed December 25
Best Design: Revealed December 26
Best Narrative: Revealed December 27
Best Open World: Revealed December 28
Best Action: Revealed December 29
Best Stealth: Revealed December 30
Game of the Year: Revealed December 31