Deus Ex has earned a number of awards and many nominations, including over a dozen Game of the Year and/or best in its class awards.[33] This includes ones from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,[3] IGN,[34] GameSpy,[35] PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, and The Adrenaline Vault, among many others. Deus Ex was also awarded "Excellence in Game Design", and "Game Innovation Spotlight" at the 2000 Game Developers Choice Awards[4] and won in the "Computer Innovation" and "Computer Action/Adventure" categories at the Interactive Achievement Awards.[36][37] It has additionally received many Best Story accolades,[38] including first prize in the 2006 Gamasutra "Quantum Leap" awards for storytelling in a video game.[39]
Deus Ex has appeared in a number of Greatest games of all times lists and hall of fame features, placing in the top thirty for most, and in the top ten for many. This includes numerous IGN 100 Greatest Games of All Time lists,[40][41] GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time,[42] 25 Most Memorable Games of the Past 5 Years,[43] and Hall of Fame,[44] numerous PC Gamer Top 50 PC Games lists,[45] Yahoo! UK Video Games' 100 Greatest Computer Games of All Time,[46] GameFAQs' Top 100 Games of All Time,[47] IGN's Top 100 games,[48] and in the Top 5 Shooters list at Flicker Gaming.[49]