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 Ghost Town, developed and published by Fireproof Studios.
Immersive Reality Game of the Year and 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 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". Since the categories were introduced, both categories have had several 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 keyIndicates the winner
2010s YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2016 (20th) Superhot VRTeam SuperhotTeam SuperhotEagle FlightUbisoft MontrealUbisoftI Expect You to DieSchell GamesSchell GamesJob SimulatorOwlchemy LabsOwlchemy LabsThe LabValveValve2017 (21st) Lone EchoReady at DawnOculus StudiosPsychonauts in the Rhombus of RuinDouble Fine ProductionsDouble Fine ProductionsRobo RecallEpic GamesEpic GamesSpace Pirate TrainerI-IllusionsI-IllusionsWilson's HeartTwisted Pixel GamesOculus Studios2018 (22nd) Beat SaberBeat GamesBeat GamesAstro Bot Rescue MissionJapan StudioSony Interactive EntertainmentMossPolyarcPolyarcSprint VectorSurviosSurviosTransferenceSpectreVision, Ubisoft MontrealUbisoft2019 (23rd) Pistol WhipCloudhead GamesCloudhead GamesAsgard's WrathSanzaru GamesOculus StudiosBlood & TruthLondon StudioSony Interactive EntertainmentThe Curious Tale of the Stolen PetsFast Travel GamesFast Travel GamesTrover Saves the UniverseSquanch GamesSquanch Games
2020s YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2020 (24th) Half-Life: AlyxValveValveDown the Rabbit HoleCortopia StudiosCortopia StudiosPaper BeastPixel ReefPixel ReefThe Room VR: A Dark MatterFireproof GamesFireproof GamesThe Walking Dead: Saints & SinnersSkydance InteractiveSkydance Interactive2021 (25th) Lone Echo IIReady at DawnOculus StudiosDemeoResolution GamesResolution GamesI Expect You to Die 2: The Spy and the LiarSchell GamesSchell GamesResident Evil 4 VRArmature StudioOculus StudiosSong in the Smoke17-Bit17-Bit2022 (26th) Red Matter 2Vertical RobotVertical RobotCosmonious HighOwlchemy LabsOwlchemy LabsMoss: Book IIPolyarcPolyarcTentacularFirepunchd GamesDevolver DigitalThe Last ClockwinderPontoboCyan Worlds2023 (27th) Asgard's Wrath 2Sanzaru GamesOculus StudiosAssassin's Creed Nexus VR Red Storm Entertainment UbisoftHorizon Call of the Mountain Guerrilla Games, Firesprite Sony Interactive EntertainmentVampire: The Masquerade - Justice Fast Travel Games Fast Travel GamesVertigo 2 Zulubo Productions Zulubo Productions2024 (28th) Batman: Arkham ShadowCamouflajOculus StudiosAlien: Rogue IncursionSurvios20th Century GamesEscaping WonderlandCortopia StudioBeyond Frames EntertainmentSkydance's BehemothSkydance GamesSkydance GamesUnderdogsOne HamsaOne Hamsa2025 (29th) Ghost TownFireproof GamesFireproof GamesDemeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked Resolution Games Resolution GamesMarvel's Deadpool VR Twisted Pixel Games Oculus StudiosThe Midnight Walk MoonHood Fast Travel GamesThief VR: Legacy of Shadow Maze Theory Vertigo Games
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.
+ Developer Nominations WinsReady at Dawn 2 2 Fireproof Games 2 1Sanzaru Games 2 1Valve 2 1 Fast Travel Games 2 0Owlchemy Labs 2 0Polyarc 2 0 Resolution Games 2 0Schell Games 2 0Skydance 2 0Survios 2 0Twisted Pixel Games 2 0Ubisoft Montreal 2 0
+ Publishers Publisher Nominations WinsOculus Studios 8 4 Fireproof Games 2 1Valve 2 1 Fast Travel Games 3 0Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment 3 0Ubisoft 3 0Owlchemy Labs 2 0Polyarc 2 0 Resolution Games 2 0Schell Games 2 0Skydance 2 0
Franchises Lone Echo is the only franchise to have won more than once. + Franchise Nominations WinsLone Echo 2 2Asgard's Wrath 2 1Demeo 2 0I Expect You to Die 2 0Moss 2 0
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