Dead Island: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Dead Island collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2011 and finished No. 15; 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.

Dead Island is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver. Released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, the game is centered on the challenge of surviving a zombie-infested open world with an important emphasis on melee combat.

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Dead Island finished #15 in the 2011 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2011 season: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (230), Portal 2 (59), Batman: Arkham City (42), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3), Star Wars: The Old Republic (2), Minecraft (2), Dead Space 2 (1), Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Dead Island win?

Dead Island won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2011 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Dead Island win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 15 in 2011, behind The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which collected 230 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released6 September 2011
DeveloperTechland
PublisherDeep Silver

action role-playing game
post-apocalyptic video game
survival horror
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GameCritics.com	United States	2011

← Full 2011 results

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