Anno 1404: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Anno 1404 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2009 and finished No. 10; the season went to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves with 117. Spike Video Game Awards named Uncharted 2: Among Thieves its Game of the Year.

Anno 1404, known as Dawn of Discovery in North America, is a city-building and economic simulation game with real-time strategy elements, part of the Anno series. Released in 2009, it was developed by Related Designs, produced by Blue Byte, and published by Ubisoft.

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Anno 1404 finished #10 in the 2009 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2009 season: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (117), Batman: Arkham Asylum (30), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (27), Fallout 3 (3), Borderlands (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Anno 1404 win?

Anno 1404 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2009 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Anno 1404 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 10 in 2009, behind Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which collected 117 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released23 June 2009
DeveloperBlue Byte Mainz, Ubisoft Blue Byte
PublisherUbisoft

city-building game
business simulation game
real-time strategy
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Germany	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Deutscher Computerspielpreis	Germany	2009

← Full 2009 results

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