Baba Is You: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Baba Is You collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2019 and finished No. 26; the season went to Death Stranding with 118. The Game Awards named Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice its Game of the Year.

Baba Is You is a puzzle video game created by Arvi Teikari (known professionally as Hempuli), a Finnish independent developer. The game centers around the manipulation of rules—represented in the play area by movable tiles with words written on them—in order to allow the player character, usually the titular Baba, to reach a specified goal.

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Baba Is You finished #26 in the 2019 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2019 season: Death Stranding (118), Resident Evil 2 (95), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (85), Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (1), Assetto Corsa Competizione (1), Life Is Strange 2 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Baba Is You win?

Baba Is You won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2019 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Baba Is You win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 26 in 2019, behind Death Stranding, which collected 118 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released13 March 2019
DeveloperHempuli Oy
PublisherHempuli Oy

puzzle video game
sokoban video game
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
Nintendo Switch
Android (operating system)
IOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
France	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Le Monde	France	2019

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