Welcome to the 12th Annual Mod of the Year Awards sponsored by Origin, a celebration of the years finest mods chosen by you and us. For the next 4 weeks it is up to you to vote for your favorite mods so that they may make the top 100 which will be announced on the 11th of December.

Who will join Black Mesa last years winner, which now sits alongside Natural Selection the inaugural 2002 victor and many others in our Hall of Fame. Up until Jan 1st 2014 join us and celebrate the joy mods bring us on a daily basis by voting for your favorites! We are also running an Indie of the Year and App of the Year awards.

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Merry Christmas, announcing the best mods of 2013 as selected by you the players!

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With more than 141,000 votes and over 13,500,000 visitors spanning 22 days this year has been another record breaking event. We shoveled the punched ballot cards into the local ModDB super computer, ran our algorithms and watched the computer churn the raw data into our top 10 list. Many talented scientists and computer experts perished, but it was worth it because now we have something awesome to share with our community.

We are also announcing the winners of the Indie of the Year 2013 and App of the Year 2013. Enjoy!



Mod of the Year

Count Down 2013


10. Wyrmstooth

A new voice acted questline that takes you across Skyrim to the large island of Wyrmstooth. Battle across new landscapes and through new dungeons in this professionally delivered adventure. The quest begins for players at level 10 and above after you have been summoned by the Greybeards in the main quest line.

9. Fallout: Project Brazil

A near Total Conversion for Fallout: New Vegas. Fallout: Project Brazil adds an all new story around a new player character, an adopted resident of Vault 18, embarking on a quest to a hidden complex in the ruins of Los Angeles. Along the way you'll discover a pitched battle between the Survivalist Army, the New California Republic, and The Super Mutants, which shapes the politics and events leading to the NCR's invasion of the Mojave. The story takes place in 2260 - many years before the "Courier" awakes in New Vegas, while the Enclave struggles to rise again on the West Coast.

8. A Clash of Kings

A modification set in the universe of George R. R Martins "A Song of Ice and Fire". Also known as "Game of Thrones". "A Clash of Kings" features eighteen unique factions, each with their own troops, distinct cultures and custom settlements, as well as a "secret" emerging faction.

7. Crusader Kings 2: A Game of Thrones

The mod takes its name from the first book in the series, as well as the “game” of plots and politics the ambitious and hopeful are said to be playing in their struggles for supremacy. Currently players are able to choose to play from any start date in the 300 years from before the Aegon's Conquest to the beginning of the fourth book (A Feast for Crows). Notable new features to mention; A new dueling engine so that lords may fight each other in personal combat on (or off) the battlefield; An all-new method for personal interaction between characters; Pets that (sometimes greatly) aid characters in battle; And a host of less significant (but no less important) features that together help create a solid and serious effort at bringing Westeros to life for gamers.

6. Underhell

Underhell is an Episodic Story Line Single Player Modification for the Source Engine. In Underhell, you play as Jake Hawkfield, a Special Weapons and Tactics officer who recently married and moved in with his wife. But soon after this happy event, his wife dies under mysterious circumstances. "Underhell is one of those mods that comes along every so often, that makes you look at retail and remember when they used to make good games like this."

5. Project Reality: Battlefield 2

Creates a more realistic combat environment for the gaming community. This includes adjusting various game play elements including physics, visual effects and overall game play formats. Along with changes to how the game handles, the Project Reality team has been introducing British, Insurgent, IDF forces, Canadian, and Russian factions, plus a number of community assisted factions are currently in the works to introduce even more factions to the virtual battlefields. This is the real deal.

4. Brutal Doom

Everything in Brutal Doom is extremely intense. Everything sounds louder, looks bigger, moves faster, and hits harder. The camera shakes every time something explodes near you. Enemies are harder and smarter, and weapons and explosions are loud. Brütal Doom will make the good an old Doom have a new and fresh look. It will give you a reason to play all the Ultimate Doom, Doom 2, and Final Doom levels again.

Mod of the Year 2013

Final 3 Countdown


3rd Place Rise of the Reds

is an ambitious project that started all the way back in 2004, when Red Army started a mod that implemented a resurgent Russian Federation into the universe of Command & Conquer Generals.

2nd Place No More Room in Hell

A cooperative survival horror game that focuses on moving from one objective to another. Players fight against a world full of AI controlled zombies, unlike most titles who deal with zombies there is a constant threat that your friends will turn into flesh eating monsters. Tread carefully.

1st Place Just Cause 2: Multiplayer

We already gave JC2 Editors Choice, but its clear the fans agree, so rather than supply you with our review again, heres what you guys think!

TheZealot wrote: Total and complete chaos has dominion in this mod, which is awesome.

Kodasa wrote: This is just something that needed to happen, my cousin and I discussed this at length way back when I first got Just Cause 2. and now this is a thing. Damn I love PC gaming. Thank you devs.

Firzendxiw wrote: Been along for the whole run. From the first test to the last and can say this has so much potential. It is a great day for a release and look forward to future versions that the team releases with all new features no doubt :D

TyrronSlayer wrote: This is just glorious! You have to play it if you're an JC2 fan!

OhManTFE wrote: This is a magnificent mod. The meta game potential is off the hook. And to turn a single player game into a multiplayer one requires huge amounts of skill.
I cannot remember when I have had so much fun in a multiplayer game. This seriously gives AAA titles a run for their money. I'd rather be playing this than Battlefield 4 or COD Ghosts, that's for sure.
If you are a fan of mass carnage and huge multiplayer explosive action, then you do a huge disservice to yourself by not playing this game.
I'll see you in Panau!


Honorable Mentions


Black Mesa DayZ MISERY Third Age - Total War
Company of Heroes: Eastern Front The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (TSLRCM) Forgotten Hope 2
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Nokiaman
Nokiaman

Congrats to the winners!

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*Flame*
*Flame*

Awesomeness after awesomeness!

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Smiley_Riley
Smiley_Riley

**** YEAAAAAAAH JUST CAUSE 2 MP!

Also uh, why is PR:BF2 up there? They already won so they can't be on the list?

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Henley
Henley

Yeah they have however that was back in 2008, they have been releasing constantly since then. It would not make sense to keep it as the same mod it was all those years ago it (it has also been an honourable mention each year since then). Special circumstances for a very very dedicated team.

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Smiley_Riley
Smiley_Riley

Alright that makes sense

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Mkilbride
Mkilbride

(buried)

The game hasn't changed at all.

God dammit, Moddb is just trash. Underhell, 6?

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ashton93
ashton93

Seriously man, on all of your comments during these awards you've been doing nothing but complaining about how Underhell didnt make it to the top.

All of the mods earned their place for sure, and alot of hard work went into all of them.
And for the record, PR is not what it was like back in 2008.

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Dman757
Dman757

Welcome to the wonderful world of Milkbride.

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HEVcrab
HEVcrab

For Very Very dedicated teams: I´m really surprised that Lambda Wars (ex - Half-Life 2: Wars, in development since 2007, releasing since July 2008) isn't even among honorable mentions, especially given that the mod was submit to Greenlight at the beginning of December (you can vote for it, mates).
My votes this year were for Lambda Wars and The Forgotten Ones - a really masterpiece horror mod for Source SDK 2013 (going Greenlight as well ;)

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Nemanja_
Nemanja_

Play PR from year they won first and then recently released 1.0 version,you'll see that basic gist is still same,but main mod is totally different now,enhanced in every single aspect...
You are still here ? Try it !

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Praetor_Niedz
Praetor_Niedz

WTF? AGOT and no Elder Kings. BS!

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Ентони
Ентони

As good as a mod Elder Kings is and as much as I love it, it's still largely unfinished.

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SotaPoika
SotaPoika

Congratulations people! :)

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Thaiauxn

F: PB & Wyrmstooth made number 9 & 10! :D Shout out for SINGLE PLAYER RPGs!

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X1Destroy
X1Destroy

ROTR at 3rd....

That's wonderful.

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Chezzlor
Chezzlor

Congratulations to all the winners. I'm very happy to see Brutal Doom reached 4th place. Well deserved!

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Keksz
Keksz

huh? Wasnt there already a Winners List? I saw totally diffrent Rankings a week ago.

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Lоnerboner
Lоnerboner

That was the editors choice, aka the mods of Moddb's choice, not the community :)

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BioDestroyer
BioDestroyer

Keksz, there are 3 lists:

Top Upcoming Mods (Unreleased mods, players choice)
MOTY Editors Choice (as LoNer1 said, ModDB's editors choice)
and this, the MOTY Players Choice (that only counts released mods)

Congrats to all the Winners and Honorable Mentions. :)

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Radspakr
Radspakr

That's it I'm changing my mod's name to Lord of the Rings Game of Thrones Multiplayer from Hell.

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Tatsur0
Tatsur0

Congrats everyone! Especially our friends at NMRiH for 2nd place! Love that Brutal Doom is in there and Project Reality is still tearing the scene apart. Holy hell I've got to play me some JC2:MP :O

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Buckshot20
Buckshot20

Thanks Tatsur0!

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Rus[T]
Rus[T]

Nice picks, congratz to all!

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Halloween4
Halloween4

I'm sure that JC2-multiplayer is a great play, I wouldn't know as I don't play multiplayer games, & congratulations to the guys that worked hard to make this mod, as turning a single player game into multiplayer is no mean feat.

However, having said that, it must come as hard knock to the other contenders for ModDB's Mod Of THe Year to be beaten by a mod that simply turns single player game into multiplayer, when you consider that other modders have been creating completely New content, Maps, & even games ( Total Conversions ), with their mods. I think i'd be a bit confused & miffed by this result if it was myself.

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Dune_Jumper
Dune_Jumper

My thoughts exactly, JC2-Multiplayer is probably a lot of fun, but that doesn't mean it's truly 'the best'.

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Dead|Wing
Dead|Wing

Welcome to Democracy.

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Mkilbride
Mkilbride

(buried)

Just Cause 2 is a project that has taken years, thousands of dollars, and alot of work. Trust me - getting 3,000 concurrent players into a seamless world from an Engine not designed to support it, is no easy feat.

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Halloween4
Halloween4

I already acknowledged that.

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Thaiauxn

The only real problem is that there needs to be separate Top categories for Total Conversion, story based mods, and then content mods. We are very different in nature, only sharing a base game engine and this website as a common element. JC2:MP would still be at the top of its list, but we'd be fighting for the top on ours.

It's extreamly difficult for a single player game to beat the outright popularity contest of an online multiplayer mod. We don't have the persistent online element, nor fans who are inherently social. If a single player game makes this list at all, you know it's because we made an impact.

Publishers, studio executives, and investors all see that trend too. That's why offline story based games and RPGs are so painfully rare.

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medve
medve

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they had the best pr. deal with it.

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rida220
rida220

And you had the lowest votes . deal with it.

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boredgunner
boredgunner

lmao

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DavoX
DavoX

No Duke Nukem Forever 2013 :(

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ViolentValentine
ViolentValentine

Everything is alright, exept JC2MP being on the list. Seriously, it's just simple multiplayer port with over 1000 players per server. AND THAT'S IT! Look at the others 9 mods, they're definitely deserved more attention. Multiplayer doesn't mean best IMO.

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Mkilbride
Mkilbride

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The work put into JC2MP is more than the rest(save Underhell) combined.

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SeBu
SeBu

Wow. There is a six man team, and this has been long project i get it, but that doesn't mean that they have been going around the clock like madmen?

Thats massive workload but don't u think thats a bit overstatement?

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RockAnimator
RockAnimator

Woop woop NMRiH second place

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OhNoesBunnies!
OhNoesBunnies!

Just Cause 2 MP is probably one of the worst MP mods I've played. Just personal opinion anyway. :I

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Mr.tibbs
Mr.tibbs

No Dark Mod?

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TroHea
TroHea

Just Cause 2? Well.. but its 2013 and it wasn't an really nice year except for some things ;)

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Xendrid
Xendrid

Congrats JC2MP. Incredible work. I'll take 2nd any day to that!

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Mkilbride
Mkilbride

(buried)

And holy ****. I just realized I was quoted in the post.

That's awesome.

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TKAzA Author
TKAzA

Indeed :O :D well done to the winners, some mods here i need to try!

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DoomVideoVault
DoomVideoVault

Nice to see BD getting mod of the year again.

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^Namaekeks
^Namaekeks

PR:BF2 had the most badass Video part!

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xXBerethorXx
xXBerethorXx

Congrats to all the winners and honourable mentions :D!

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SeBu
SeBu

Congrats to the winners!!! Grats to JCMP for MOTY. In my books Underhell was moty, but this is how it goes. I REALLY like the idea of seperating SP and MP mods, as it has been back in the days before? right?

Too many categories will result in a mess though but my toughts are that we cant get the best out of it if SP and MP mods are combined.

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JuanDela_Cruz
JuanDela_Cruz

3rd place..great achievement, you deserve it. :D

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Richardastock
Richardastock

I wish Third Age Total War was in the top 10.

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EDOC_32
EDOC_32

congratulations winners :D, flawless victory ;D

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