The Witcher 3 has emerged the emphatic winner of a GameSpot poll that asked readers to vote for their favourite game of 2015.

Fallout 4 took second place, while Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain was voted third-best game of the year. From Software's PS4-exclusive Bloodborne finished fourth, while indie breakthrough Rocket League took fifth.

However that list doesn't portray the extent of the Witcher 3's dominance in the poll. The open-world opus amassed 62 percent of all votes, which means it accumulated more endorsements than all the other 24 entrants combined. By the final count, its lead over second-placed Fallout 4 was an extraordinary 53 percent.

The top five finalists closely resemble GameSpot Editors' Game of The Year list, in which Witcher 3 took first place above Rocket League, MGS 5, Bloodborne, and Super Mario Maker (Fallout 4 finished in 6th).

Meanwhile, in the individual platform categories for People's Choice Game of the Year, The Witcher 3 took first on all platforms it shipped on (PC, PS4, Xbox One). Xenoblade Chronicles X won best Wii U game, while Fallout Shelter was voted best mobile game.

Upon release in May, GameSpot awarded The Witcher 3 a rare 10/10 review score, with critic Kevin VanOrd eulogising it as "one of the greatest games ever made."

GameSpot's People's Choice Top 25:

Proportion of popular vote in parenthesis. Games ranked by vote count.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (62%) Fallout 4 (9%) Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (6%) Bloodborne (5%) Rocket League (3%) Undertale (2%) Rise of the Tomb Raider (2%) Assassin's Creed Syndicate (1%) Super Mario Maker (1%) Xenoblade Chronicles X (1%) Halo 5: Guardians (1%) Dying Light (1%) Until Dawn (1%) Just Cause 3 (1%) Ori and the Blind Forest (1%) Splatoon (1%) Tales From the Borderlands (1%) Cities: Skylines (0%) Kerbal Space Program (0%) Rainbow Six Siege (0%) Heroes of the Storm (0%) SOMA (0%) Project CARS (0%) Evolve (0%) Her Story (0%)

Individual People's Choice Categories

Winner in bold, second place in parenthesis.

Best PC Game

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

(Fallout 4)

Best PS4 Game

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

(Bloodborne)

Best Xbox One Game

The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

(Rise of the Tomb Raider)

Best Wii U Game

Xenoblade Chronicles X

(Super Mario Maker)

Best PS Vita Game

Persona 4: Dancing All Night

(OlliOlli 2)

Best 3DS Game:

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

(The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes)

Best Mobile Game

Fallout Shelter

(Lara Croft GO)

Best Reissued Game:

Grand Theft Auto 5

(Zelda Majora's Mask)

Best Game Expansion: