Batman: Arkham City: 42 Game of the Year awards

No: Batman: Arkham City collected 42 Game of the Year awards in 2011 and finished No. 3; the season went to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with 230. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim its Game of the Year.

Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

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Batman: Arkham City finished #3 in the 2011 race, with 42 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

42Total awards
38Media outlets
4Readers' choice
13Countries

Also in the 2011 season: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (230), Portal 2 (59), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (20), The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (20), Battlefield 3 (8) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Batman: Arkham City win?

Batman: Arkham City won 42 Game of the Year awards in the 2011 season — 10.1% of every award tracked that season. 38 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 13 countries.

Did Batman: Arkham City win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2011, behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which collected 230 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 October 2011
DeveloperRocksteady Studios, WB Games Montréal, Feral Interactive
PublisherWarner Bros. Games

action-adventure game
beat 'em up
stealth game
action game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Wii U
macOS
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	21
United Kingdom	5
Spain	3
Sweden	3
South Africa	2
Australia	1
Italy	1
Greece	1
Poland	1
South Korea	1
Germany	1
Oman	1
New Zealand	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
BigPond GameArena Editor's Choice GOTY	Australia	2011
Canal Freak	Spain	2011
CNET	United States	2011
Comic Booked	United States	2011
CraveOnline	United States	2011
Diehard Gamefan	United States	2011
E! Online	United States	2011
El Destilador Cultural	Spain	2011
Empty Lifebar	United States	2011
Eurogamer.it Editors' Choice GOTY	Italy	2011
Eurogamer.se Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Sweden	2011
G3AR	South Africa	2011
Game 2.0	Greece	2011
GameDynamo	Spain	2011
GameFaction	Poland	2011
GamerFitNation	United States	2011
GamerLive.TV	United States	2011
Gamers XTREME Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
GamerSushi	United States	2011
GameShot	South Korea	2011
Gameswelt	Germany	2011
Global Grind	United States	2011
Golden4Games	Oman	2011
Megazine	Sweden	2011
MTV Geek	United States	2011
Muveez	United Kingdom	2011
Nerd Reactor	United States	2011
NGB	United Kingdom	2011
NY Times Syndication	United States	2011
OMGN	United States	2011
Pocket-lint Gadget Awards	United Kingdom	2011
Prylportalen	Sweden	2011
Push Start Select	United States	2011
Reverb	United States	2011
Stuff	New Zealand	2011
Telegraph	United Kingdom	2011
The Electric Playground	United States	2011
The Video Game Writers	United States	2011
Times LIVE	South Africa	2011
WhatCulture Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Yahoo! Games	United States	2011
Zavvi	United Kingdom	2011

← Full 2011 results

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