D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year

D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
First award	2017
Currently held by	Batman: Arkham Shadow
Website	www.interactive.org

The D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This award recognizes "the single game released on an immersive reality platform that best utilizes the attributes of the platform to entertain users. Elements of design, direction, and narrative are factored into the title selection".

The award's most recent winner is Batman: Arkham Shadow , developed by Camouflaj and published by Oculus Studios.

Immersive Reality Game of the Year and Technical Achievement

See also: D.I.C.E. Award for Immersive Reality Technical Achievement

Both immersive reality awards were introduced for the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. According to the rules and procedures for the 20th awards ceremony, "the immersive reality category panel will be comprised of individuals working directly in the medium". The finalists and winners for these categories would be "selected by a panel of experts and will not be voted on by the general membership body of the Academy". ^[1] Since the categories were introduced, both categories had a majority of finalists and winners in common. Lone Echo , Half-Life: Alyx , Lone Echo II , and Red Matter 2 won both immersive reality categories.

Winners and nominees

Table key

Indicates the winner

2010s

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2016 (20th)	Superhot VR	Team Superhot	Team Superhot	[2] [3]
	Eagle Flight	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft
	I Expect You to Die	Schell Games	Schell Games
	Job Simulator	Owlchemy Labs	Owlchemy Labs
	The Lab	Valve	Valve
2017 (21st)	Lone Echo	Ready at Dawn	Oculus Studios	[4] [5]
	Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin	Double Fine Productions	Double Fine Productions
	Robo Recall	Epic Games	Epic Games
	Space Pirate Trainer	I-Illusions	I-Illusions
	Wilson's Heart	Twisted Pixel Games	Oculus Studios
2018 (22nd)	Beat Saber	Beat Games	Beat Games	[6] [7]
	Astro Bot Rescue Mission	Japan Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Moss	Polyarc	Polyarc
	Sprint Vector	Survios	Survios
	Transference	SpectreVision, Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft
2019 (23rd)	Pistol Whip	Cloudhead Games	Cloudhead Games	[8] [9]
	Asgard's Wrath	Sanzaru Games	Oculus Studios
	Blood & Truth	London Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets	Fast Travel Games	Fast Travel Games
	Trover Saves the Universe	Squanch Games	Squanch Games

2020s

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2020 (24th)	Half-Life: Alyx	Valve	Valve	[10] [11]
	Down the Rabbit Hole	Cortopia Studios	Cortopia Studios
	Paper Beast	Pixel Reef	Pixel Reef
	The Room VR: A Dark Matter	Fireproof Games	Fireproof Games
	The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners	Skydance Interactive	Skydance Interactive
2021 (25th)	Lone Echo II	Ready at Dawn	Oculus Studios	[12] [13]
	Demeo	Resolution Games	Resolution Games
	I Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the Liar	Schell Games	Schell Games
	Resident Evil 4 VR	Armature Studio	Oculus Studios
	Song in the Smoke	17-Bit	17-Bit
2022 (26th)	Red Matter 2	Vertical Robot	Vertical Robot	[14] [15] [16]
	Cosmonious High	Owlchemy Labs	Owlchemy Labs
	Moss: Book II	Polyarc	Polyarc
	Tentacular	Firepunchd Games	Devolver Digital
	The Last Clockwinder	Pontobo	Cyan Worlds
2023 (27th)	Asgard's Wrath 2	Sanzaru Games	Oculus Studios	[17] [18]
	Assassin's Creed Nexus VR	Red Storm Entertainment	Ubisoft
	Horizon Call of the Mountain	Guerrilla Games, Firesprite	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Vampire: The Masquerade - Justice	Fast Travel Games	Fast Travel Games
	Vertigo 2	Zulubo Productions	Zulubo Productions
2024 (28th)	Batman: Arkham Shadow	Camouflaj	Oculus Studios	[19] [20] [21] [22]
	Alien: Rogue Incursion	Survios	20th Century Games
	Escaping Wonderland	Cortopia Studio	Beyond Frames Entertainment
	Skydance's Behemoth	Skydance Games	Skydance Games
	Underdogs	One Hamsa	One Hamsa

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers and publishers

Oculus Studios, now known as Reality Labs, has published the most nominees and the only publisher with multiple wins. Ready at Dawn is the only developer to have developed multiple winners.

Developers

Developer	Nominations	Wins
Ready at Dawn	2	2
Sanzaru Games	2	1
Valve	2	1
Fast Travel Games	2	0
Owlchemy Labs	2	0
Polyarc	2	0
Schell Games	2	0
Skydance	2	0
Survios	2	0
Ubisoft Montreal	2	0

Publishers

Publisher	Nominations	Wins
Oculus Studios	7	4
Valve	2	1
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment	3	0
Ubisoft	3	0
Fast Travel Games	2	0
Owlchemy Labs	2	0
Polyarc	2	0
Schell Games	2	0
Skydance	2	0

Franchises

Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once.

Franchises

Franchise	Nominations	Wins
Lone Echo	2	2
Asgard's Wrath	2	1
I Expect You to Die	2	0
Moss	2	0

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