Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2012 and finished No. 18; the season went to The Walking Dead: The Game with 75. Spike Video Game Awards named The Walking Dead: The Game its Game of the Year.

Dark Souls is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. It is the first game in the Dark Souls series and a spiritual successor to FromSoftware's Demon's Souls.

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Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition finished #18 in the 2012 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Sleeping Dogs (2), Xenoblade Chronicles (2), Blade & Soul (1), Hitman: Absolution (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition win?

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2012 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 18 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released22 September 2011
DeveloperFromSoftware
PublisherNamco Bandai Games America Inc., FromSoftware

action role-playing game
adventure video game
soulslike
dark fantasy video game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Germany	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
4Players Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2012

← Full 2012 results

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