Year Award Category Result Ref 2016 Unity Awards 2016 Best Desktop/Console Game Nominated [48] Best 3D Visual Experience Won Golden Joystick Awards 2016 Best Original Game Nominated [49][50] Best Storytelling Nominated Best Visual Design Nominated Best Indie Game Won PlayStation Game of the Year Nominated The Game Awards 2016 Best Narrative Nominated [51] Best Art Direction Nominated Best Performance (Cissy Jones as Delilah) Nominated Best Performance (Rich Sommer as Henry) Nominated Best Independent Game Nominated PC Gamer's Best of 2016 Best Writing Won [52] Giant Bomb's 2016 Game of the Year Awards Best Music Nominated [53] Best Story Nominated [54] 2017 Polygon's Best of 2016 Game of the Year Won [55] PlayStation Blog's Best of 2016 Best Independent Game Won [56] D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Nominated [57] Outstanding Achievement in Character (Delilah) Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Character (Henry) Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Story Nominated Adventure Game of the Year Nominated D.I.C.E. Sprite Award Nominated Game Developers Choice Awards Innovation Award Nominated [58][59] Best Debut Won Best Narrative Won Best Visual Art Nominated Game of the Year Nominated National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Performance in a Drama Lead (Cissy Jones as Delilah) Nominated [60] Performance in a Drama Lead (Rich Sommer as Henry) Won Writing in a Drama Won Game, Original Adventure Won British Academy Games Awards Best Game Nominated [61] Debut Game Won Game Innovation Nominated Narrative Nominated Original Property Nominated Performer (Cissy Jones as Delilah) Won The Edge Awards 2016 Best Storytelling Won [62]