Game of the Year Awards 2022 - Best RPG

Here are the winners of the Game of The Year 2022 as voted by our members.

Gamers' Choice: ELEX II

Most Watchers are Piranha Bytes fans, so it's no surprise that ELEX II is our GotY 2022. ELEX II builds up on the famous Gothic formula for open-world RPGs:

Explore the open world, find secrets and quests, multiple solutions to quests are possible, a faction system with choices and consequences is in place, challenging combat (at least in the beginning) and humerous dialogues and unique characters complete the picture. Congratulations!

Gamers' Runner Up: Elden Ring

Elden Ring developed by From Software is the most popular Soulslike game right now
- and many Watchers like it, too.

The challenging game with a huge interesting open world is more like a sandbox  where you have to find your own path. Playing online co-op is an option as well.

You'll die - a lot!

 

Gamers' Third Place: Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

The more traditional isometric party-based RPG Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness, developed by GrapeOcean Technologies, won the third place.

The familar style, the original setting and replayability are plus factors.

 

 

 

The Numbers

The following table shows the results of the voting by our members.

Gamers' Choice

Rank	Game
1	ELEX II
2	Elden Ring
3	Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
4	Expeditions: Rome
5	King Arthur: Knight's Tale
6	Knights of the Chalice II
7	God of War
8	Marvel's Midnight Suns
9	Weird West
10	Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord
11	Tactics Ogre: Reborn
11	TRIANGLE STRATEGY
12	Hard West 2
13	Chained Echoes
14	Pentiment
14	Persona 5 Royal
14	Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
14	The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
15	Lost Eidolons
15	Shadows Over Loathing
15	Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
16	Asterigos: Curse of the Stars
16	Citizen Sleeper
16	Telepath Tactics Liberated
17	BLACKTAIL
17	Roadwarden
18	Dying Light 2
18	Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
19	Monster Hunter Rise
20	Rogue Legacy 2
20	Steelrising
21	Gordian Quest
21	RPG Time: The Legend of Wright
21	Sunday Gold
21	Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister

These are all games with at least one vote. ELEX II and Elden Ring are really close. But the game that should have been in the 1st spot is None, which scored most.