At E3 2017 , '' Sonic Mania '' was nominated for the " Best Platformer " and " Best Nintendo Switch Game " awards by '' IGN '' , though it lost both to '' Super Mario Odyssey '' . The game was also nominated at The Game Awards 2017 for the " Best Family Game " award , at '' PC Gamer '' s Game of the Year 2017 Awards for " Best Platformer " , and at '' Destructoid '' s Game of the Year Awards 2017 for " Best PC Game " . The game was also nominated for " Best Platformer " at IGNs Best of 2017 Awards , although it did win the People 's Choice award for " Best Original Music " . '' Giant Bomb '' classified the game as a runner-up for " Best Surprise " at the Game of the Year 2017 Awards . The game was also nominated for the Central Park Children 's Zoo Award for Best Kids Game at the New York Game Awards 2018 . In addition , it was also nominated for " Control Precision " , " Game Design , Franchise " , and " Game , Franchise Family " at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards . '' Entertainment Weekly '' ranked the game ninth on their list of the " Best Games of 2017 " , '' Eurogamer '' ranked it 27th on their list of the " Top 50 Games of 2017 " , and '' EGMNow '' ranked it 13th on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017 , while '' Polygon '' ranked it 29th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017 , and '' The Verge '' named it one of their 15 Best Games of 2017
The Game Awards 2017
The Game Awards 2017
Sonic Mania