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
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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