Hey there!
You [nominated the games](https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/10odv4d/2022_rnintendoswitch_goty_nominations_thread/), and you [voted for them](https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/10ywzjd/the_rnintendoswitch_goty_2022_awards_voting_now/), and now that the [votes have been counted](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3AjmYvZAaCZcrjr0Usi0beSXNby3MpGP3hlVgCpZOlKbUkw/viewanalytics), it’s time to see what you thought were the best games in 2022!
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# Section 1 – Gaming Together
* **Best Online Multiplayer Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Splatoon 3 | 1011 | 59.5% |
| 2 | It Takes Two | 273 | 16.1% |
| 3 | TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge | 184 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Nintendo Switch Sports | 144 | 8.5% |
| 5 | Kirby’s Dream Buffet | 86 | 5.1% |
| Total | – | 1698 | – |
* **Best Local Multiplayer Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | It Takes Two | 699 | 43.0% |
| 2 | TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge | 371 | 22.8% |
| 3 | Portal Companion Collection | 337 | 20.8% |
| 4 | Kirby’s Dream Buffet | 217 | 13.4% |
| Total | – | 1624 | – |
* **Best Family Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 943 | 55.3% |
| 2 | Nintendo Switch Sports | 458 | 26.9% |
| 3 | Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | 304 | 17.8% |
| Total | – | 1705 | – |
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# Section 2 – Categories by Genre
* **Best Strategy Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | 621 | 43.1% |
| 2 | Triangle Strategy | 508 | 35.3% |
| 3 | Tactics Ogre Reborn | 162 | 11.2% |
| 4 | Chained Echoes | 112 | 7.8% |
| 5 | Floppy Knights | 38 | 2.6% |
| Total | – | 1441 | – |
* **Best Role Playing Game (RPG)**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 572 | 33.3% |
| 2 | Persona 5 Royal | 442 | 25.7% |
| 3 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus | 351 | 20.4% |
| 4 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet | 187 | 10.9% |
| 5 | Live A Live | 86 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Triangle Strategy | 79 | 4.6% |
| Total | – | 1717 | – |
* **Best Adventure Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus | 972 | 59.3% |
| 2 | Tunic | 424 | 25.9% |
| 3 | Return to Monkey Island | 159 | 9.7% |
| 4 | Harvestella | 83 | 5.1% |
| Total | – | 1638 | – |
* **Best Action Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Splatoon 3 | 440 | 27.2% |
| 2 | Bayonetta 3 | 405 | 25.1% |
| 3 | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes | 242 | 15.0% |
| 4 | Neon White | 215 | 13.3% |
| 5 | TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge | 199 | 12.3% |
| 6 | SIFU | 115 | 7.1% |
| Total | – | 1616 | – |
* **Best Fighting Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge | 713 | 55.6% |
| 2 | Capcom Fighting Collection | 291 | 22.7% |
| 3 | River City Girls 2 | 204 | 15.9% |
| 4 | Them’s Fightin’ Herds | 75 | 5.8% |
| Total | – | 1283 | – |
* **Best Sports / Racing Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Nintendo Switch Sports | 566 | 39.4% |
| 2 | Kirby’s Dream Buffet | 270 | 18.8% |
| 3 | Mario Strikers: Battle League | 242 | 16.8% |
| 4 | OlliOllie World | 206 | 14.3% |
| 5 | Cursed to Golf | 89 | 6.2% |
| 6 | MLB The Show 20 | 65 | 4.5% |
| Total | – | 1438 | – |
* **Best Horror Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Inscryption | 571 | 47.1% |
| 2 | Digimon Survive | 309 | 25.5% |
| 3 | Signalis | 243 | 20.0% |
| 4 | Saturnalia | 89 | 7.3% |
| Total | – | 1212 | – |
* **Best Platformer Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 920 | 57.9% |
| 2 | Sonic Frontiers | 206 | 13.0% |
| 3 | Neon White | 180 | 11.3% |
| 4 | Rogue Legacy 2 | 128 | 8.1% |
| 5 | Shovel Knight Dig | 119 | 7.5% |
| 6 | Tinykin | 35 | 2.2% |
| Total | – | 1588 | – |
* **Best Puzzle Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Portal Companion Collection | 844 | 61.5% |
| 2 | Return to Monkey Island | 269 | 19.6% |
| 3 | Dorf Romantik | 123 | 9.0% |
| 4 | A Little to the Left | 90 | 6.6% |
| 5 | ElecHead | 47 | 3.4% |
| Total | – | 1373 | – |
* **Best Music / Rhythm Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival | 562 | 51.4% |
| 2 | Melatonin | 216 | 19.7% |
| 3 | Soundfall | 174 | 15.9% |
| 4 | The Artful Escape | 142 | 13.0% |
| Total | – | 1094 | – |
* **Best Visual Novel**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | 434 | 37.7% |
| 2 | Digimon Survive | 264 | 22.9% |
| 3 | AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES – nirvanA Initiative | 239 | 20.8% |
| 4 | Aviary Attorney | 116 | 10.1% |
| 5 | I was a Teenage Exocolonist | 98 | 8.5% |
| Total | – | 1151 | – |
* **Best Simulation Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | No Man’s Sky | 633 | 47.3% |
| 2 | Factorio | 431 | 32.2% |
| 3 | Harvestella | 219 | 16.4% |
| 4 | Needy Streamer Overload | 54 | 4.0% |
| Total | – | 1337 | – |
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# Section 3 – Categories by Qualities
* **Best Soundtrack**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 462 | 29.2% |
| 2 | Persona 5 Royal | 443 | 28.0% |
| 3 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 345 | 21.8% |
| 4 | Nier: Automata | 243 | 15.4% |
| 5 | Triangle Strategy | 44 | 2.8% |
| 5 | Live A Live | 44 | 2.8% |
| Total | – | 1581 | – |
* **Best Art Direction**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 571 | 36.3% |
| 2 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 525 | 33.4% |
| 3 | Tunic | 342 | 21.8% |
| 4 | Signalis | 68 | 4.3% |
| 5 | Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream | 65 | 4.1% |
| Total | – | 1571 | – |
* **Best Narrative**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 603 | 41.7% |
| 2 | The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Edition | 422 | 29.2% |
| 3 | 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim | 200 | 13.8% |
| 4 | Triangle Strategy | 153 | 10.6% |
| 5 | Chained Echoes | 67 | 4.6% |
| Total | – | 1445 | – |
* **Best Game Direction**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 480 | 30.3% |
| 2 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 451 | 28.5% |
| 3 | Pokémon Scarlet/Violet | 249 | 15.7% |
| 4 | Inscryption | 235 | 14.8% |
| 5 | Neon White | 142 | 9.0% |
| 6 | Tinykin | 26 | 1.6% |
| Total | – | 1583 | – |
* **Best Technical Achievement**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 620 | 41.2% |
| 2 | No Man’s Sky | 396 | 26.3% |
| 3 | Nier: Automata | 346 | 23.0% |
| 4 | Bayonetta 3 | 144 | 9.6% |
| Total | – | 1506 | – |
* **Best Voice Acting**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 595 | 40.2% |
| 2 | Portal 2 | 553 | 37.4% |
| 3 | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes | 186 | 12.6% |
| 4 | Triangle Strategy | 101 | 6.8% |
| 5 | Neon White | 45 | 3.0% |
| Total | – | 1480 | – |
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# Section 4 – Release Categories
* **Best Re-Release / Re-master**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Persona 5 Royal | 527 | 33.0% |
| 2 | Portal Companion Collection | 376 | 23.6% |
| 3 | Nier: Automata | 249 | 15.6% |
| 4 | Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe | 177 | 11.1% |
| 5 | Live A Live | 171 | 10.7% |
| 6 | Tactics Ogre Reborn | 96 | 6.0% |
| Total | – | 1596 | – |
* **Nintendo Switch Exclusive Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 491 | 28.3% |
| 2 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus | 423 | 24.4% |
| 3 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 403 | 23.2% |
| 4 | Splatoon 3 | 287 | 16.5% |
| 5 | Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope | 79 | 4.5% |
| 6 | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes | 54 | 3.1% |
| Total | – | 1737 | – |
* **Best Non-Switch Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Elden Ring | 867 | 56.3% |
| 2 | Stray | 259 | 16.8% |
| 3 | God of War Ragnarok | 258 | 16.8% |
| 4 | Horizon Forbidden West | 123 | 8.0% |
| 5 | Pentiment | 32 | 2.1% |
| Total | – | 1539 | – |
* **Best DLC**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass | 731 | 45.4% |
| 2 | Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course | 369 | 22.9% |
| 3 | Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak | 326 | 20.3% |
| 4 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass | 183 | 11.4% |
| Total | – | 1609 | – |
* **Best Ongoing Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 769 | 45.4% |
| 2 | Dead Cells | 381 | 22.5% |
| 3 | Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak | 259 | 15.3% |
| 4 | No Man’s Sky | 175 | 10.3% |
| 5 | Fortnite | 92 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Snowrunner | 16 | 0.9% |
| Total | – | 1692 | – |
* **Best Indie Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Cult of the Lamb | 425 | 29.2% |
| 2 | Tunic | 350 | 24.0% |
| 3 | Inscryption | 241 | 16.5% |
| 4 | Neon White | 214 | 14.7% |
| 5 | Chained Echoes | 167 | 11.5% |
| 6 | Lil Gator Game | 60 | 4.1% |
| Total | – | 1457 | – |
* **Best Free-to-Play Game**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Fall Guys | 921 | 69.4% |
| 2 | Overwatch 2 | 285 | 21.5% |
| 3 | Guardian Tales | 122 | 9.2% |
| Total | – | 1328 | – |
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# Section 5 – Final Section
* **Developer of the Year**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Monolith Soft | 711 | 54.4% |
| 2 | Platinum | 308 | 23.6% |
| 3 | Ubisoft Milan | 147 | 11.3% |
| 4 | Ben Esposito | 83 | 6.4% |
| 5 | Matthias Linda | 57 | 4.4% |
| Total | – | 1306 | – |
* **3rd Party Publisher of the Year**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Square Enix | 583 | 39.5% |
| 2 | Atlus | 421 | 28.5% |
| 3 | Devolver Digital | 316 | 21.4% |
| 4 | Annapurna Interactive | 155 | 10.5% |
| Total | – | 1475 | – |
* **Nintendo Switch Game of the Year**
| Rank | Name | Votes | Percent |
| — | — | –: | –: |
| 1 | Xenoblade Chronicles 3 | 532 | 31.5% |
| 2 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 486 | 28.7% |
| 3 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus | 444 | 26.3% |
| 4 | Triangle Strategy | 91 | 5.4% |
| 4 | Neon White | 91 | 5.4% |
| 6 | Chained Echoes | 47 | 2.8% |
| Total | – | 1691 | – |
That’s it! You can also find this list on our wiki at https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/wiki/bestof/2022
Congratulations to all the winners, and we are open to feedback to make this run smoother in the future.
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On a related note, [one of the suggestions we have been pondering](https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/10dww6r/2022_rnintendoswitch_goty_award_category_feedback/) has been to run a series of posts for Best Games across all years – what categories would you like to see in such a series of posts, whether from the above categories or not?