Bayonetta: 5 Game of the Year awards

No: Bayonetta collected 5 Game of the Year awards in 2010 and finished No. 8; the season went to Red Dead Redemption with 112. Spike Video Game Awards named Red Dead Redemption its Game of the Year.

Bayonetta is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Sega. It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan in October 2009, and in North America and Europe in January 2010.

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Bayonetta finished #8 in the 2010 race, with 5 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

5Total awards
5Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2010 season: Red Dead Redemption (112), Mass Effect 2 (104), Super Mario Galaxy 2 (22), God of War III (7), StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (7), Call of Duty: Black Ops (6), Fallout: New Vegas (4), Halo:Reach (4) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Bayonetta win?

Bayonetta won 5 Game of the Year awards in the 2010 season — 1.6% of every award tracked that season. 5 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Bayonetta win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2010, behind Red Dead Redemption, which collected 112 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released29 October 2009
DeveloperPlatinumGames
PublisherSega, Nintendo

action-adventure game
third-person shooter
action game
character-action video game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Wii U
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	2
United States	2
Singapore	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
DarkZero	United Kingdom	2010
GameAxis	Singapore	2010
gameroni	United States	2010
Gemakei	United States	2010
IGN UK	United Kingdom	2010

← Full 2010 results

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