Level One Game Awards

 

On an annual basis, the members of Level One choose to honor the games that we have enjoyed during the past year.  To that end, the Level One Game Awards are bestowed upon the video games and tabletop games for which members have voted.  Listed below are the victors that have been named thus far in the group's history.


2022 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

Video Game of the Year

Final Fantasy VI

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

Sheriff of Nottingham

Best Multiplayer Game

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

 

Best Story

Immortality

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

Sable

 

Best Music

Final Fantasy VI

 

Best Hero

Lady Love Dies (Paradise Killer)

 

Best Villain

Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Airship (Final Fantasy VI)

 

Best Companion

Simoon (Sable)

 

Best Twist or Moment

The End of the World (Final Fantasy VI)


2021 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

Video Game of the Year

Hades

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

Cat Lady

Best Multiplayer Game

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

 

Best Story

Baldur’s Gate

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

Hypnospace Outlaw

 

Best Music

Hades

 

Best Hero

Zagreus (Hades)

 

Best Villain

AM (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Twin Fists of Malphon (Hades)

 

Best Companion (Tie)

Minsc (Baldur’s Gate)

Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong Country)

 

Best Twist or Moment

Return to Kanto (Pokémon Gold/Silver)

 

Best Featured Bonus Round (Tie)

A Short Hike

Lifeline: Silent Night


2020 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

Video Game of the Year

Pokémon Red/Blue

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

The Mind

Best Multiplayer Game

EverQuest

 

Best Story

Gone Home

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

Control

 

Best Music

Mega Man 3

 

Best Hero

Mario (Super Mario Bros. 3)

 

Best Villain

The Hiss (Control)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Super Leaf (Super Mario Bros. 3)

 

Best Companion (Tie)

Amanda (Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator)

Rush (Mega Man 3)

 

Best Twist or Moment

Completing the Pokédex (Pokémon Red/Blue)

 

Best Featured Bonus Round (Tie)

Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! 2: Kharé: Cityport of Traps

Pokémon Go


2019 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

Video Game of the Year

Portal 2

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

Lords of Waterdeep

Best Multiplayer Game

World of Warcraft

 

Best Story

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

Return of the Obra Dinn

 

Best Music (Tie)

Secret of Mana

Final Fantasy

 

Best Hero (Tie)

Chell (Portal 2)

Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)

 

Best Villain

SHODAN (System Shock)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Memento Mortem (Return of the Obra Dinn)

 

Best Companion

GLaDOS (Portal 2)

 

Best Twist or Moment

Wind Fish Dream Revelation (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening)

 

Best Featured Bonus Round

The Haunted Island: A Frog Detective Mystery


2018 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

Video Game of the Year

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

The Captain is Dead

 

Best Story

Doki Doki Literature Club!

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

FEZ

 

Best Music

Mega Man 2

 

Best Hero

Batman (Batman: Arkham Asylum)

 

Best Villain

Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Crissaegrim (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

 

Best Companion

Sword Familiar (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)

 

Best Twist or Moment

Just Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

 

Best Featured Bonus Round

Electric Highways


2017 LEVEL ONE GAME AWARDS

 

Video Game of the Year

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

 

Tabletop Game of the Year

Tokaido

 

Best Story

Her Story

 

Best Art Direction or Visual Design

INSIDE

 

Best Music

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

 

Best Hero

Link (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)

 

Best Villain

GLaDOS (Portal)

 

Best Weapon or Item

Portal Gun (Portal)

 

Best Companion

Turing (2064: Read Only Memories)

 

Best Twist or Moment

Entering the Dark World (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)

 

Best Featured Bonus Round (Tie)

Lifeline

Stranger Things: The Game

2022 Video Game of the Year

2021 Video Game of the Year

2020 Video Game of the Year

2019 Video Game of the Year

2019 Video Game of the Year

2018 Video Game of the Year

2018 Video Game of the Year

2017 Video Game of the Year

2017 Video Game of the Year


2022 Tabletop Game of the Year

2021 Tabletop Game of the Year

2020 Tabletop Game of the Year

2019 Tabletop Game of the Year

2019 Tabletop Game of the Year

2018 Tabletop Game of the Year

2018 Tabletop Game of the Year

2017 Tabletop Game of the Year

2017 Tabletop Game of the Year