Death's Door: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Death's Door collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2021 and finished No. 28; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Death's Door is a 2021 action-adventure game developed by Acid Nerve and published by Devolver Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on July 20, 2021, and for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 23, 2021.

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Death's Door finished #28 in the 2021 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Before Your Eyes (1), Black Book (1), Blue Reflection: Second Light (1), Far Cry 6 (1), Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Death's Door win?

Death's Door won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2021 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Death's Door win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 28 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released20 July 2021
DeveloperAcid Nerve
PublisherDevolver Digital

action-adventure game
Microsoft Windows
Xbox Series X and Series S
Xbox One
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Checkpoint	Australia	2021

← Full 2021 results

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