The Linux GOTY Award 2019 is now over, there were thousands of votes across many categories and we have the winners in so it's time to show the top five for each group. All groups are ordered from highest to lowest votes but it's safe to say they're all popular.
Starting off with the FOSS categories:
Favourite FOSS Project
| Proton (Compatibility tool) |
| DXVK |
| Godot Engine |
| Wine |
| Blender |
Favourite FOSS game engine reimplementation
| OpenMW |
| ScummVM |
| OpenRA |
| ZDoom (GZDoom) |
| OpenTTD |
Favourite FOSS game
| SuperTuxKart |
| 0 A.D. |
| Battle for Wesnoth |
| Mindustry |
| Xonotic |
Best visual style for a FOSS game
| 0 A.D. |
| SuperTuxKart |
| Xonotic |
| Mindustry |
| Red Eclipse 2 |
Now we're going to move onto the "Support" section of the voting:
Best DLC release of 2019
| Surviving Mars: Green Planet |
| Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm |
| Stellaris: Ancient Relics Story Pack |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 - Road to the Black Sea |
| BATTLETECH Heavy Metal |
Best update received in 2019
| Black Mesa |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor |
| The Long Dark |
| Factorio |
| Slay the Spire |
Favourite long-term supported game
| Dying Light |
| Stardew Valley |
| Stellaris |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
Now we're moving onto the main categories which is where it gets quite exciting!
Favourite Developer
| Feral Interactive |
| Valve |
| Ethan Lee |
| Paradox Development Studio |
| Klei Entertainment |
Best game release of 2019 to play with your kids
| SuperTuxKart |
| Shotgun Farmers |
| Streets of Rogue |
| Pikuniku |
| Knights And Bikes |
Best short game of 2019
| Dicey Dungeons |
| A Short Hike |
| Space Mercs |
| Hive Time |
| Pilgrims |
Best storytelling from 2019
| Life is Strange 2 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition |
| Trüberbrook - A Nerd Saves the World |
| Little Misfortune |
| Indivisible |
Most impressive soundtrack in a 2019 release
| Life is Strange 2 |
| Ion Fury |
| DUSK |
| Slay the Spire |
| Dicey Dungeons |
Most innovative gameplay for a 2019 release
| Baba Is You |
| Slay the Spire |
| Oxygen Not Included |
| Dicey Dungeons |
| X4: Foundations |
Most promising Early Access game for Linux available in 2019
| Black Mesa |
| Jupiter Hell |
| Dota Underlords |
| Volcanoids |
| Last Epoch |
Overall best visual style for a game release in 2019
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition |
| Ion Fury |
| Oxygen Not Included |
| X4: Foundations |
| A Short Hike |
Absolute favourite game for Linux released in 2019
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition |
| Slay the Spire |
| Ion Fury |
| Oxygen Not Included |
| Life is Strange 2 |
Our GOTY Page will be kept open for a while for those who wish to see the full details.
Some seriously hot competition across the categories included this year! Congratulations to all the winners and to every single item nominated.
Thank you to everyone who participated and shared the page around. It's always a good bit of fun to see what people have enjoyed the most. See you again next year for another round and let's see if we can make a bigger splash. We are planning a few changes for next time too, both categories (fewer and more focused) and the mechanics of it.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: PatolaYay! X4: Foundations appearing in two categories... :D
Yes, a great game. But TBH I am wondering, why it in the "Most innovative gameplay for a 2019 release".
I would have been happy to see it in the "Absolute favourite game for Linux released in 2019" - all the games there, are not that interesting to me.
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Quoting: GuestI abstained from voting in several categories because i play too few games to have a good overall idea of what games are better than others.At the end of the day, these types of awards are just popularity contests anyway. I didn’t know anything about most of the games listed, nor why they were suggested for any particular category. I assume the same is true to some degree for most people.
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Just want to say that I'm sorry I neither nominated nor voted on any of these games. I have a reason for that: It is that I don't play enough recent games titles or enough variety of games to feel I can make a good and meaningful contribution. The only contribution I feel I can make is when I've played a game for a decent amount of time, and then feel that it is worth recommending to others.
Over the past year, 2019, I've played these native Linux games which I'd recommend:
Slay The Spire
Fate Hunters
FTL: Faster Than Light
7 Days To Die
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Dicey Dungeons
UnExplored
Tesla vs Lovecraft
Islanders
Over the past year, 2019, I've played these native Linux games which I'd recommend:
Slay The Spire
Fate Hunters
FTL: Faster Than Light
7 Days To Die
Crypt of the Necrodancer
Dicey Dungeons
UnExplored
Tesla vs Lovecraft
Islanders
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To be honest, I didn't vote this year because most things I've been playing were on Proton+DXVK. Truly groundbreaking technology, it deserves its first place as the most meaningful open source project of the year!
Last edited by omer666 on 9 February 2020 at 9:44 pm UTC
Last edited by omer666 on 9 February 2020 at 9:44 pm UTC
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Quoting: omer666To be honest, I didn't vote this year because most things I've been playing were on Proton+DXVK. Truly groundbreaking technology, it deserves its first place as the most meaningful open source project of the year!
It's a slightly difficult one though. Proton is not just its own project, but the result of quite a few others. Including the very important part, the Steam client that had it integrated for easy use. I voted DXVK myself because I found it technically impressive and I believe that it was a catalyst for a lot of development. In fact, I doubt Proton would have existed without it.
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