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2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons: 32 Game of the Year awards

No: Animal Crossing: New Horizons collected 33 Game of the Year awards in 2020 (32 counting every season) and finished No. 6; the season went to The Last of Us Part II with 325. The Game Awards named The Last of Us Part II its Game of the Year.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a 2020 social simulation game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth main installment in the Animal Crossing series, following Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons finished #6 in the 2020 race, with 32 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 32Total awards
  • 28Media outlets
  • 4Readers' choice
  • 16Countries

Also in the 2020 season: The Last of Us Part II (325), Ghost of Tsushima (75), Hades (74), Cyberpunk 2077 (42), Final Fantasy VII Remake (37), Doom Eternal (14), Half Life: Alyx (14), Assassin's Creed Valhalla (6) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Animal Crossing: New Horizons win?

Animal Crossing: New Horizons won 33 Game of the Year awards in the 2020 season — 5.0% of every award tracked that season. 32 of them are on record here as individual awards; the season figure is the archive's published count. 28 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 16 countries.

Did Animal Crossing: New Horizons win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 6 in 2020, behind The Last of Us Part II, which collected 325 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Four players share one island on a single screen; up to eight can visit online.

  • life simulation game
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Switch 2

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States12
Canada3
United Kingdom3
Argentina2
Mexico1
Japan1
Chile1
Spain1
Czechia1
Brazil1
Russia1
Belgium1
South Korea1
Germany1
South Africa1
Hong Kong1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
But Why Tho?United States2020
CBRCanada2020
ComicBook.comUnited States2020
ComicYearsUnited States2020
Digital News QRMexico2020
EarlyGameUnited States2020
Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards ReadersJapan2020
FayerWayer ReadersChile2020
Game RevolutionUnited States2020
GameInfinite ReadersUnited States2020
Gamereactor SpainSpain2020
Games.czCzechia2020
Gaming AgeUnited States2020
Geek to Geek MediaUnited States2020
Globo - G1Brazil2020
GreatGamer.ruRussia2020
HPCriticalUnited States2020
InfobaeArgentina2020
KotplanetBelgium2020
Link Cable GamingCanada2020
Los Angeles TimesUnited States2020
Malditos NerdsArgentina2020
Metro - GameCentralUnited Kingdom2020
Minimap ReadersSouth Korea2020
PixelBurg (timestamp: 240:50)Germany2020
SA GamerSouth Africa2020
SCMP - YPHong Kong2020
The Game CraterCanada2020
The GuardianUnited Kingdom2020
The Young FolksUnited States2020
VGCUnited Kingdom2020
VultureUnited States2020

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