Astro Bot Rescue Mission: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Astro Bot Rescue Mission collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2018 and finished No. 9; the season went to God of War with 264. The Game Awards named God of War its Game of the Year.

Astro Bot Rescue Mission is a 2018 virtual reality platform game developed and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4's PlayStation VR headset. It stars a cast of robot characters first introduced in The Playroom and The Playroom VR.

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Astro Bot Rescue Mission finished #9 in the 2018 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

4Total awards
4Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2018 season: God of War (264), Red Dead Redemption 2 (179), Marvel's Spider-Man (24), Fortnite Battle Royale (5), Return of the Obra Dinn (5), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (5), Tetris Effect (4), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Astro Bot Rescue Mission win?

Astro Bot Rescue Mission won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2018 season — 0.8% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Astro Bot Rescue Mission win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 9 in 2018, behind God of War, which collected 264 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released2 October 2018
DeveloperTeam Asobi
PublisherSony Interactive Entertainment

platformer
PlayStation 4

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	2
United States	1
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GameCritics.com	United States	2018
IGN Australia Select Awards Editor's Choice	Australia	2018
Starburst Magazine	United Kingdom	2018
TCGS	United Kingdom	2018

← Full 2018 results

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