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Studios with the most Game of the Year awards
8,976 Game of the Year awards, each credited to the developing studio of the game that won it. Sort by any column.
Regional publishers appear here too.
Our source credits localisation and regional publishers the same way it credits the original one, so a company that only published a game in one territory can appear high in this list. Read a row as "was credited on games that won this many awards", not as "made this many hit games".
How this is counted.
Every credited developer gets the award, because the credit order in our source carries no meaning — a game listing two studios counts for both. That means this column intentionally does not add up to the 8,976 awards in the database.
Who led each season
The developer that collected the most Game of the Year awards in each individual year, and what share of that season's awards they took.
- 4Naughty Dog
years on top - 3Capcom
years on top - 3Bethesda Game Studios
years on top - 2Rare Ltd.
years on top - 2Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
years on top
| Year | Studio | Awards | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sandfall Interactive | 540 | 71.1% |
| 2024 | Team Asobi | 183 | 36.1% |
| 2023 | Larian Studios | 290 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | FromSoftware | 436 | 72.2% |
| 2021 | Hazelight Studios | 88 | 19.6% |
| 2020 | Naughty Dog | 325 | 50.1% |
| 2019 | Guerrilla Games | 118 | 25.1% |
| 2018 | Santa Monica Studio | 262 | 50.8% |
| 2017 | Monolith Soft Inc. | 265 | 57.4% |
| 2016 | Naughty Dog | 191 | 39.6% |
| 2015 | CD Projekt RED | 281 | 58.3% |
| 2014 | BioWare | 139 | 31.6% |
| 2013 | Naughty Dog | 257 | 47.2% |
| 2012 | Telltale Games | 75 | 18.7% |
| 2011 | Bethesda Game Studios | 227 | 55.1% |
| 2010 | Rockstar San Diego | 112 | 36.7% |
| 2009 | Naughty Dog | 117 | 51.5% |
| 2008 | Bethesda Game Studios | 66 | 30.8% |
| 2007 | Irrational Games | 47 | 28.5% |
| 2006 | Bethesda Game Studios | 41 | 33.9% |
| 2005 | Capcom | 38 | 55.1% |
| 2004 | Valve Corporation | 26 | 41.3% |
| 2003 | BioWare | 17 | 40.5% |
| 2002 | Retro Studios | 5 | 50.0% |
| 2001 | Rockstar North | 3 | 42.9% |
| 2000 | Neversoft | 3 | 42.9% |
| 1999 | Maxis | 1 | 25.0% |
| 1998 | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development | 2 | 100.0% |
| 1997 | Rare Ltd. | 2 | 66.7% |
| 1996 | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development | 2 | 50.0% |
| 1995 | 989 Studios | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1994 | Rare Ltd. | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1993 | SNK | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1992 | Capcom | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1991 | Sonic Team | 2 | 66.7% |
| 1990 | Capcom | 1 | 50.0% |
Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.