# Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Video Game

This is a list of winners at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice for Favorite Video Game, given at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

## Winners and nominees

Since the 2020s, The Kids' Choice Award has been won eight times by games in the Just Dance series, and four times by Minecraft.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in yellow and boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### 1990s

| Year | Video Game |
| 1995 | Donkey Kong Country ‡ |
| 1995 | Aladdin |
| 1995 | NBA Jam |
| 1996 | Donkey Kong Country ‡ |
| 1996 | Ms. Pac-Man |
| 1996 | Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! |
| 1996 | X-Men |
| 1997 | NBA Jam T.E. ‡ |
| 1997 | Diddy's Kong-Quest |
| 1997 | Super Mario 64 |
| 1997 | Toy Story |
| 1998 | Super Mario 64 ‡ |
| 1998 | Diddy's Kong-Quest |
| 1998 | Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
| 1998 | Star Fox 64 |
| 1999 | Super Mario 64 ‡ |
| 1999 | Crash Bandicoot |
| 1999 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |
| 1999 | Yoshi's Story |

### 2000s

| Year | Video Game |
| 2000 | Pokémon‡ |
| 2000 | Donkey Kong 64 |
| 2000 | Mario Party |
| 2000 | Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue |
| 2001 | Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 ‡ |
| 2001 | Crash Bash |
| 2001 | Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge |
| 2001 | Pokémon Gold and Silver |
| 2002 | Mario Kart: Super Circuit ‡ |
| 2002 | Backyard Basketball |
| 2002 | Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
| 2003 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman ‡ |
| 2003 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
| 2003 | Mario Party 4 |
| 2003 | Spider-Man |
| 2004 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom ‡ |
| 2004 | Finding Nemo |
| 2004 | Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup |
| 2004 | Super Mario Advance 4 |
| 2005 | Shrek 2 ‡ |
| 2005 | Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed |
| 2005 | Shark Tale |
| 2005 | Spider-Man 2 |
| 2006 | Madagascar: Operation Penguin ‡ |
| 2006 | The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer |
| 2006 | Madden NFL 06 |
| 2006 | Mario Superstar Baseball |
| 2007 | SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab ‡ |
| 2007 | Madden NFL 07 |
| 2007 | Mario Kart DS |
| 2007 | New Super Mario Bros. |
| 2008 | Madden NFL 08 ‡ |
| 2008 | Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party |
| 2008 | Guitar Hero III |
| 2008 | High School Musical: Sing It! |
| 2009 | Guitar Hero World Tour ‡ |
| 2009 | Mario Kart Wii |
| 2009 | Mario Super Sluggers |
| 2009 | Rock Band 2 |

### 2010s

| Year | Video Game |
| 2010 | Mario Kart Wii ‡ |
| 2010 | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks |
| 2010 | Wii Fit |
| 2010 | Wii Sports Resort |
| 2011 | Just Dance 2 ‡ |
| 2011 | Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! |
| 2011 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit |
| 2011 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
| 2012 | Just Dance 3 ‡ |
| 2012 | Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga |
| 2012 | Mario Kart 7 |
| 2012 | Super Mario Galaxy |
| 2013 | Just Dance 4 ‡ |
| 2013 | Mario Kart 7 |
| 2013 | Skylanders Giants |
| 2013 | Wii Sports |
| 2014 | Just Dance 2014 ‡ |
| 2014 | Angry Birds Star Wars |
| 2014 | Disney Infinity |
| 2014 | Minecraft |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Minecraft ‡ |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Angry Birds Transformers |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Candy Crush Saga |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Disney Infinity 2.0 |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Mario Kart 8 |
| 2015 (Most Addicting Game) | Skylanders: Trap Team |
| 2016 | Just Dance 2016 ‡ |
| 2016 | Disney Infinity 3.0 |
| 2016 | Minecraft: Story Mode |
| 2016 | Skylanders: SuperChargers |
| 2016 | SpongeBob HeroPants |
| 2016 | Super Mario Maker |
| 2017 | Just Dance 2017 ‡ |
| 2017 | Lego Marvel's Avengers |
| 2017 | Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| 2017 | Minecraft: Story Mode |
| 2017 | Paper Mario: Color Splash |
| 2017 | Pokémon Sun and Moon |
| 2018 | Just Dance 2018 ‡ |
| 2018 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 |
| 2018 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe |
| 2018 | Minecraft: Java Edition |
| 2018 | Star Wars Battlefront II |
| 2018 | Super Mario Odyssey |
| 2019 | Just Dance 2019 ‡ |
| 2019 | Lego The Incredibles |
| 2019 | Marvel's Spider-Man |
| 2019 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
| 2019 | Super Mario Party |

### 2020s

| Year | Video Game |
| 2020 | Minecraft ‡ |
| 2020 | Fortnite |
| 2020 | Mario Kart Tour |
| 2020 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
| 2021 | Among Us ‡ |
| 2021 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| 2021 | Fortnite |
| 2021 | Minecraft |
| 2021 | Pokémon Go |
| 2021 | Roblox |
| 2022 | Minecraft ‡ |
| 2022 | Brookhaven |
| 2022 | Just Dance 2022 |
| 2022 | Mario Party Superstars |
| 2023 | Minecraft ‡ |
| 2023 | Adopt Me! |
| 2023 | Brookhaven |
| 2023 | Just Dance 2023 |
| 2023 | Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope |
| 2023 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet |
| 2024 | Roblox ‡ |
| 2024 | Just Dance 2024 |
| 2024 | Madden NFL 24 |
| 2024 | Minecraft |
| 2024 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
| 2024 | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom |

### Favorite App

"Favorite App" was a category for popular mobile games. It existed in 2013 and 2014 before it was merged into "Favorite Video Game" (renamed Most Addicting Game for one year) in 2015.
| Year | App |
| 2013 | Temple Run ‡ |
| 2013 | Angry Birds |
| 2013 | Fruit Ninja |
| 2013 | Minecraft |
| 2014 | Despicable Me: Minion Rush ‡ |
| 2014 | Angry Birds Star Wars II |
| 2014 | Candy Crush Saga |
| 2014 | Temple Run |

## Multiple nominations and awards

During the early years of the category, nominated games did not have to be from the year before the ceremony to be nominated, and often games that had already been nominated or won the award in years past could be re-nominated. Super Mario 64, for example, was nominated in the category three years in a row (1997, 1998 and 1999), winning in the latter two years. From 2000 onwards, games had to be released the year before the ceremony to be eligible for nomination, but this has been loosened in recent years for Minecraft and Roblox.
As of the 2024 ceremony, Minecraft holds the record for most wins in the category for a single game, at 4. The game's wins occurred in 2015 (when the category was known as "Most Addicting Game"), 2020, 2022 and 2023. Minecraft, Donkey Kong Country (in the award's first two years) and Super Mario 64 are the only games to have won the award in consecutive years. Minecraft has also been nominated for Favorite Video Game in 2014, 2015 and every year since 2020; the main game was also nominated for Favorite Mobile Game in 2013. Minecraft: Story Mode was nominated in place of the main game in 2016 and 2017, while the Java version of the game was nominated separately in 2018.
The Just Dance series of games has won the category a record total of 8 times from 2011 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019, winning every edition in which a Just Dance game was nominated during that span. The series was also nominated from 2022 to 2024, for a total of 10 nominations.
Roblox, as a game development platform, has had its games nominated separately in lieu of the platform as a whole. Brookhaven RP was nominated in 2022 and 2023, with Adopt Me! also nominated in the latter year, marking the only time that two games from the same platform were nominated for Favorite Video Game.