Editing Game Developers Choice Awards (section)

===Best Debut===
The Best Debut Award recognizes the best game from any development studio which released its first publicly available title during the calendar year. This was formerly known as the New Studio of the Year Award. In years prior to 2008, the award was awarded to the studio name, as opposed to the game title.

* 2000: [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] / [[Minh Le]] / [[Jess Cliffe]] (for ''[[Counter-Strike (video game)|Counter-Strike]]'')
* 2001: [[Bohemia Interactive]] (for ''[[Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis]]'')
* 2002: [[Retro Studios]] (for ''[[Metroid Prime]]'')
* 2003: [[Infinity Ward]] (for ''[[Call of Duty (video game)|Call of Duty]]'')
* 2004: [[Crytek]] (for ''[[Far Cry (video game)|Far Cry]]'')
* 2005: [[Double Fine Productions]] (for ''[[Psychonauts]]'')
* 2006: [[Iron Lore Entertainment]] (for ''[[Titan Quest]]'')
* 2007: [[Realtime Worlds]] / [[Microsoft Game Studios]] (for ''[[Crackdown (video game)|Crackdown]]'')
* 2008: [[Media Molecule]] (for ''[[LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)|LittleBigPlanet]]'')
* 2009: [[Runic Games]] (for ''[[Torchlight]]'')
* 2010: [[Mojang]] (for ''[[Minecraft]]'')
* 2011: [[Supergiant Games]] (for ''[[Bastion (video game)|Bastion]]'')
* 2012: [[Subset Games]] (for ''[[FTL: Faster Than Light]]'')
* 2013: [[The Fullbright Company]] (for ''[[Gone Home]]'')
* 2014: [[Stoic (company)|Stoic]] (for ''[[The Banner Saga]]'')
* 2015: [[Moon Studios]] (for ''[[Ori and the Blind Forest]]'')
* 2016: [[Campo Santo (company)|Campo Santo]] (for ''[[Firewatch]]'')<ref name="GDC2017"/>
* 2017: Studio MDHR (for ''[[Cuphead]]'')<ref name="GDC2018"/>
* [[19th Game Developers Choice Awards|2018]]: Mountains (for ''[[Florence (video game)|Florence]]'')<ref name="GDC2019"/>
* [[20th Game Developers Choice Awards|2019]]: ZA/UM (for ''[[Disco Elysium]]'')<ref name="GDC2020"/>
* [[21st Game Developers Choice Awards|2020]]: Kinetic Games (for ''[[Phasmophobia (video game)|Phasmophobia]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|last1=GDC|first1=Ghost of Tsushima was the second most awarded game at the 21st|last2=Art|first2=receiving the Best Visual|last3=Awards|first3=Audience|title=21st Game Developers Choice Awards: Here are the winners|url=https://www.techspot.com/news/90521-21st-game-developers-choice-awards-here-winners.html|access-date=October 29, 2021|website=TechSpot|date=July 22, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[22nd Game Developers Choice Awards|2021]]: Iron Gate Studio (for ''[[Valheim]]'')<ref name="GDC2022"/>
* [[23rd Game Developers Choice Awards|2022]]: [[BlueTwelve Studio]] (for ''[[Stray (video game)|Stray]]'')<ref name="GDC2023"/>
* [[24th Game Developers Choice Awards|2023]]: Visai Games (for ''[[Venba (video game)|Venba]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/game-developers-choice-awards-2024-winners-the-full-list |title=Game Developers Choice Awards 2024 Winners: The Full List |website=[[IGN]] |last=Bankhurst |first=Adam |date=20 March 2024 |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[25th Game Developers Choice Awards|2024]]: PlayThunk (for ''[[Balatro]]'')<ref name="GDC2025">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2025/03/game-developers-choice-awards-2025-1236331522/ |title=Game Developers Choice Awards 2025 Names 'Balatro' Game Of The Year — Complete Winners List |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |last=Jackson |first=Destiny |date=19 March 2025 |access-date=19 March 2025}}</ref>