BioShock Infinite: 47 Game of the Year awards

No: BioShock Infinite collected 47 Game of the Year awards in 2013 and finished No. 3; the season went to The Last of Us with 257. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto V its Game of the Year.

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K. The third installment of the BioShock series, Infinite was released worldwide for the PlayStation 3, Windows, Xbox 360, and OS X platforms in 2013.

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BioShock Infinite finished #3 in the 2013 race, with 47 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

47Total awards
43Media outlets
4Readers' choice
18Countries

Also in the 2013 season: The Last of Us (257), Grand Theft Auto V (165), Super Mario 3D World (13), Gone Home (11), Tomb Raider (8) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did BioShock Infinite win?

BioShock Infinite won 47 Game of the Year awards in the 2013 season — 8.6% of every award tracked that season. 43 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 18 countries.

Did BioShock Infinite win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2013, behind The Last of Us, which collected 257 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released26 March 2013
DeveloperIrrational Games, 2K, Aspyr
Publisher2K

first-person shooter
Microsoft Windows
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
macOS
Linux
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	20
Russia	6
Czechia	2
Finland	2
Spain	2
Germany	2
Australia	2
Iran	1
Colombia	1
Poland	1
Israel	1
United Kingdom	1
Hungary	1
Chile	1
Canada	1
Bangladesh	1
UAE	1
Italy	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Alaska Commons - Spoiler Alert	United States	2013
Another Castle Readers' Choice Readers	United States	2013
Associated Press	United States	2013
Attack of the Fanboy	United States	2013
BaziCenter	Iran	2013
Blesk.cz	Czechia	2013
Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards	United States	2013
Brutal Gamer	United States	2013
CNN	United States	2013
Denver Post	United States	2013
Dome.fi	Finland	2013
EGM	United States	2013
ENTER.co	Colombia	2013
Entertainment Weekly	United States	2013
Forbes	United States	2013
Gamebomb	Russia	2013
GameFaction	Poland	2013
Gamer.ru	Russia	2013
GamerNode	United States	2013
GamersPack	Israel	2013
Games Magazine	United Kingdom	2013
GameShampoo	United States	2013
Generacion Pixel	Spain	2013
GIGA	Germany	2013
Gmbox	Russia	2013
Gmbox Readers' Choice Readers	Russia	2013
HunGamer	Hungary	2013
IGN Suomi	Finland	2013
Killeen Daily Herald	United States	2013
LevelSave	United States	2013
LOUD.cl	Chile	2013
Neoseeker	Canada	2013
Pixelburg	Germany	2013
PLAY.CZ	Czechia	2013
PlayGround.ru	Russia	2013
Press Play	United States	2013
Riot Pixels Readers	Russia	2013
Snackbar Games	United States	2013
Stevivor Readers' Choice Readers	Australia	2013
STFUandPlay	United States	2013
The AU Review	Australia	2013
The Charleston Gazette	United States	2013
The Daily Star	Bangladesh	2013
The Married Gamers	United States	2013
The National	UAE	2013
VicioJuegos.com	Spain	2013
Z-Giochi	Italy	2013

← Full 2013 results

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