Age of Empires IV: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Age of Empires IV collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 18; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Age of Empires IV is a 2021 real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment in partnership with World's Edge and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fourth installment of the Age of Empires series, the second set during the Middle Ages after Age of Empires II, and the first installment not developed by Ensemble Studios.

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Age of Empires IV finished #18 in the 2021 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
1Media outlets
1Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Halo Infinite (multiplayer) (3), Kena: Bridge of Spirits (3), Shin Megami Tensei V (3), Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (2), Monster Hunter Rise (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Age of Empires IV win?

Age of Empires IV won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Age of Empires IV win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 18 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released28 October 2021
DeveloperRelic Entertainment
PublisherXbox Game Studios

real-time strategy
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Germany	1
France	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Gameswelt Readers	Germany	2021
Konbini	France	2021

← Full 2021 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.