Gamer Malaya And Gamer Matters Game Of The Year Awards 2022

2022 is wrapping up and it was a good year for video games. Especially for us here at Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters.

And as per tradition, it’s time for the crew to convene, discuss and deliberate what are our favourite games of 2022 in the annual Game Of The Year Awards. We’ve been doing this since 2017. It’s not only a good time to celebrate the best games we enjoyed this year (and mock the worst ones), but also a way to chronicle the year for easy reference in the future.

Here are some ground rules that the Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters Game Of The Year Awards 2022 adhere to:

• The judging panel are all regular staff on the site (all three of us)
• The shortlisting of the Top 30 games is done before deliberations start
  • At least five other games, separate from the Top 30, are nominated for the Trashfire Award
• The cut-off date for eligible games for this year is December 2, 2022
• Games must be released in full (no Early Access games)
  • Games that made an impact during Early Access in previous years can get nominated after their full 1.0 release
• At least one panellist must vouch for a game that is in the Top 30
  • Games that no panellists have played (but followed closely via streams/community sites/etc.) are still eligible
• Deliberations for each category winner are done as part of an episode on dia.log – The Gamer Matters Podcast
  • The shortlisted Top 30 games also get its own episode prior to the deliberations, justifying why the games made the cut
• Winners of awards are not based entirely on objectivity. Results are subject to the many biases and preferences of each panellist
  • It reflects the overall sentiment of the game within Gamer Malaya and Gamer Matters. These are our favourite games of the year

For 2022, the categories available remain mostly the same bar one. We replaced Best Remake/Remaster with Best Game On Game Pass, which better reflect most of the games that have been shortlisted (we played less remakes/remasters, and more games on PC Game Pass).

GM GOTY Awards 2022 Award Categories

Here are all the award categories available on GM GOTY Awards 2022:

• Best Game On Game Pass
• Best Meme Generator
• Best Game We Didn’t Play
• Best Racing Game
• Best Story
• Trashfire Award
• Best Indie
• Game Of The Year, Ranked Top 10

GM GOTY Awards 2022, Top 30 Games of 2022

The Top 30 games of 2022, in alphabetical order, are the following:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022)
• Chinatown Detective Agency
• Citizen Sleeper
• Dorfromantik
• Elden Ring
• Gigabash
• God Of War: Ragnarok
• Gran Turismo 7
• Grid Legends
• Hardspace Shipbreaker
• Last Call BBS
• Marvel’s Midnight Suns
• Need For Speed Unbound
• New Tales From The Borderlands
• OlliOlli World
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus
• Powerwash Simulator
• Return To Monkey Island
• Rogue Legacy 2
• Rollerdrome
• Scorn
• Signalis
• Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins
• Stray
• Teardown
• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors
• Weird West
• You Suck At Parking

We’ll be updating this page with all the winners as they are announced until December 31. Watch this space!