Scientifically calculating the game of the year | Unraveled

By Polygon Staff · Polygon · Friday, 2 October 2026 at 16:11 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Wouldn't it be nice if we no longer had to argue about which game deserves the GOTY crown? Good thing Brian David Gilbert has unraveled a statistical formula to scientifically calculate the best game of 2018.

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