Axiom Verge: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Axiom Verge collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2015 and finished No. 16; the season went to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. The Game Awards named The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt its Game of the Year.

Axiom Verge is a metroidvania video game by American indie developer Thomas Happ. The game was released in March 2015 in North America and April 2015 in Europe and Australia for PlayStation 4.

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Axiom Verge finished #16 in the 2015 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34), Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Axiom Verge win?

Axiom Verge won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2015 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Axiom Verge win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 16 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released1 January 2015
DeveloperThomas Happ Games
PublisherThomas Happ Games

action-adventure game
Metroidvania
science fiction video game
X-BOX 360
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
macOS
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
SmashPad	United States	2015

← Full 2015 results

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