Borderlands 3: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Borderlands 3 collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2019 and finished No. 18; the season went to Death Stranding with 118. The Game Awards named Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice its Game of the Year.

Borderlands 3 is a 2019 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. It is a sequel to 2012's Borderlands 2, and the fourth entry in the main Borderlands series.

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Borderlands 3 finished #18 in the 2019 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
1Media outlets
1Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2019 season: Death Stranding (118), Resident Evil 2 (95), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (85), Gears 5 (3), Red Dead Redemption 2 (3), Astral Chain (2), Days Gone (2), Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Borderlands 3 win?

Borderlands 3 won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2019 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Borderlands 3 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 18 in 2019, behind Death Stranding, which collected 118 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released13 September 2019
DeveloperGearbox Software
Publisher2K

first-person shooter
action role-playing game
LGBT-themed video game
looter shooter
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Netherlands	1
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Gameliner Readers' Choice Readers	Netherlands	2019
That Nerdy Site	United States	2019

← Full 2019 results

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