List of accolades received by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Polish: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon) is a high-fantasy, open-world action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt RED.[1] Announced in February 2013, it was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May 2015.[2] The game is the third in the series, preceded by The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which are based on the series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

Played in a third-person perspective, players control protagonist Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter known as a witcher, who sets out on a long journey through the Northern Kingdoms. In the game, players battle against the world's many dangers using various weapons and magic, while interacting with non-player characters and completing side quests and main missions to progress through the story.

The game was met with critical acclaim and was a financial success, selling over 6 million copies in six weeks. The game won over 250 Game of the Year awards from various gaming publications, critics, and game award shows, including the Golden Joystick Awards and The Game Awards.

Accolades

Date Award Category Recipient(s) and Nominee(s) Result Ref.
25 October 2013 31st Golden Joystick Awards Most Wanted The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [3]
24 October 2014 32nd Golden Joystick Awards Most Wanted The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [4]
5 December 2014 The Game Awards 2014 Most Anticipated Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [5]
30 October 2015 33rd Golden Joystick Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [6]
30 October 2015 33rd Golden Joystick Awards Best Gaming Moment The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [6]
30 October 2015 33rd Golden Joystick Awards Best Storytelling The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [6]
30 October 2015 33rd Golden Joystick Awards Best Visual Design The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [6]
30 October 2015 33rd Golden Joystick Awards Studio of the Year CD Projekt RED for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [6]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [7]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Best RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [7]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Best Narrative Marcin Blacha and Borys Pugacz-Muraszkiewicz Nominated [8]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Best Score/Soundtrack Marcin Przybyłowicz, Mikolai Stroinski and Percival Nominated [8]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Best Performance Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Nominated [8]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Best Art Direction The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [8]
3 December 2015 The Game Awards 2015 Developer of the Year CD Projekt RED for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [7]
7 December 2015 Slant Magazine's 25 Best Video Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [9]
9 December 2015 jeuxvideo.com Best PC Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [10]
11 December 2015 jeuxvideo.com Best PS4 Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [11]
16 December 2015 GameSpot's Best PS4 Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [12]
16 December 2015 The Telegraph Video Game Awards 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Runner-Up [13]
16 December 2015 The Telegraph Video Game Awards 2015 Best Sound Design The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [13]
16 December 2015 The Telegraph Video Game Awards 2015 Best Narrative The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [13]
16 December 2015 The Telegraph Video Game Awards 2015 Best Performance Doug Cockle as Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Nominated [13]
16 December 2015 The Telegraph Video Game Awards 2015 Technical Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [13]
18 December 2015 The A.V. Club Readers’ Poll Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [14]
18 December 2015 Cheat Code Central's Cody Awards 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [15]
18 December 2015 Cheat Code Central's Cody Awards 2015 Best Male Character Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Won [16]
18 December 2015 Cheat Code Central's Cody Awards 2015 Best RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [17]
18 December 2015 Cheat Code Central's Cody Awards 2015 Best Sound The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [18]
18 December 2015 Cheat Code Central's Cody Awards 2015 Studio of the Year CD Projekt RED for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [19]
18 December 2015 The Guardian's Top 25 Best Games of 2015 Best Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Runner-Up [20]
19 December 2015 GameSpot's Best Xbox One Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [21]
20 December 2015 Mirror Online's Best Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [22]
20 December 2015 GameSpot's Best PC Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [23]
22 December 2015 Kill Screen's Best Videogames of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [24]
21 December 2015 GameSpot's Game of the Year 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [25]
26 December 2015 PC Games's Best Games of 2015 Best RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [26]
27 December 2015 Ars Technica's Best of 2015 Best Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Third [27]
27 December 2015 Digital Spy's 20 Best Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [28]
27 December 2015 Eurogamer.it Best Games of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [29]
28 December 2015 PC Games's Best Games of 2015 Best Studio CD Projekt RED for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [30]
28 December 2015 Wired's Top 10 Best Videogames of 2015 Best Game CD Projekt RED for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Runner-Up [31]
31 December 2015 EGM’s Best of 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [32]
31 December 2015 GamesRadar's Game of the Year 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Runner-Up [33]
31 December 2015 PC Games's Best PC Games of 2015 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [34]
31 December 2015 PC Games's Best PS4 Games of 2015 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [35]
31 December 2015 Shacknews Game of the Year 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [36]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Runner-Up [37]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best Developer CD Projekt RED Won [38]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best DLC The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Won [39]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best Story The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [40]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best Art Direction The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [41]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best Soundtrack The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [42]
1 January 2016 Game Revolution's Best of 2015 Awards Best RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [43]
1 January 2016 Official Xbox Magazine Game of the Year Awards 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [44]
1 January 2016 The Escapist Game of the Year 2015 Game of the Year (Editors' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [45]
4 January 2016 The Escapist Game of the Year 2015 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [46]
6 January 2016 Game Informer Best of 2015 Awards Game of the Year (Editors' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [47]
6 January 2016 Game Informer Best of 2015 Awards Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [48]
7 January 2016 Sixth Annual Metacritic User Poll Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [49]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Game of the Year (Editors' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [50]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [50]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 PC Game of the Year (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [51]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 PlayStation 4 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [52]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Xbox One Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [53]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Best Art Direction (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [54]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Technical Excellence (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [55]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Best Original Music The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [56]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Best Performances (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [57]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Best Story (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [58]
8 January 2016 IGN's Best of 2015 Best Expansion (Readers' Choice) The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Won [59]
11 January 2016 68th Writers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [60]
5 February 2016 IGN AU Black Beta Select Awards 2015 Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [61]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Character Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Nominated [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Story The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Technical Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [62]
18 February 2016 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Game Design The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [62]
17 March 2016 16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [63]
17 March 2016 16th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards Best Technology The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [63]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Gameplay The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Art The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Technical Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Visual Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Narrative The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Excellence in Musical Score The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [64]
19 March 2016 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards Most Enduring Character Geralt (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) Nominated [64]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Game of the Year The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Animation, Technical The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Art Direction, Period Influence The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Art Direction, Fantasy The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Camera Direction in a Game Engine The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Control Design, 3D The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Costume Design The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Direction in a Game Cinema The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Game Design, Franchise The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Game Engineering The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Graphics, Technical The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Original Dramatic Score, Franchise The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Performance in a Drama, Lead Doug Cockle as "Geralt" Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Performance in a Drama, Lead William Roberts as "Uncle Vesemir" Nominated [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Sound Editing in a Game Cinema The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Writing in a Drama The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
21 March 2016 15th NAVGTR Awards Game, Franchise Role Playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Won [65]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Artistic Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Audio Achievement The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Best Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Game Design The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Performer Doug Cockle as Geralt of Rivia Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Persistent Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]
7 April 2016 12th British Academy Games Awards Story The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Nominated [66]

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