cipated Game at the Game Awards 2014 in Las Vegas.

[143] It received 260 game of the year

awards and was the most awarded game of all time until 2021, when it was overtaken by The
Last of Us Part II.[144] By August 2016, it had received over 800 awards.[145] On
2020, Gamesradar listed it as the top game of the generation.[146]
Its accolades are from several events, including the Golden Joystick Awards,[147] The Game
Awards,[148] D.I.C.E. Awards,[149] Game Developers Choice Awards,[150] SXSW Gaming
Awards[151] and the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR)
awards.[152] The Witcher 3 was recognized as game of the year by IGN,[153] GameSpot,[154] Game
Informer[155] and other gaming publications.[156][157][158] The game received a Golden Joystick
Award for Best Storytelling, Best Visual Design and Best Gaming Moment,[159] and the Game
Awards for Best Role-Playing Game and Studio of the Year for CD Projekt Red.[160] It won
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Technical Achievement and
Outstanding Achievement in Story at the D.I.C.E. Awards,[161] and won the Game of the
Year and Best Technology awards at the 16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards.[162]

Date Award Category Result Ref.

[163]
2013 31st Golden Joystick Awards Won

Most Wanted
32nd Golden Joystick [164]
Won
Awards
2014

[165]
The Game Awards 2014 Most Anticipated Game Won

Game of the Year Won

Best Gaming Moment Won

[166]
33rd Golden Joystick Awards
Best Storytelling Won

2015 Best Visual Design Won

Game of the Year Won

[167]

The Game Awards 2015 Best RPG Won

[168]
Best Narrative Nominated
Date Award Category Result Ref.

Best Score/Soundtrack Nominated

Best Performance Nominated

Best Art Direction Nominated

68th Writers Guild of America Outstanding Achievement in [169]

Nominated
Awards Videogame Writing

Game of the Year Nominated

Role-Playing/Massively
Nominated
Multiplayer Game of the Year

Outstanding Achievement in
Nominated [170]
Game Direction

Outstanding Achievement in
Nominated
Character
2016
19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Outstanding Achievement in
Nominated
Original Music Composition

Outstanding Achievement in
Won
Story

Outstanding Technical [170]

Won
Achievement

Outstanding Achievement in
Won
Game Design

[171]
Game of the Year Won
Date Award Category Result Ref.

16th Annual Game

Best Technolo Won
Developers Choice Awards

Game of the Year Won

Excellence in Gameplay Nominated

Excellence in Art Nominated

Excellence in Technical
Won
Achievement
[172]
2016 SXSW Gaming Awards
Excellence in Visual
Won
Achievement

Excellence in Narrative Won

Excellence in Musical Score Nominated

Most Enduring Character Nominated

Artistic Achievement Nominated

Audio Achievement Nominated

12th British Academy Games [173]

Best Game Nominated
Awards

Game Design Nominated

Performer Nominated
Date Award Category Result Ref.

Persistent Game Nominated

Story Nominated