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2012

Dishonored: 52 Game of the Year awards

No: Dishonored collected 52 Game of the Year awards in 2012 and finished No. 4; 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.

Dishonored is a 2012 action-adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows the story of Corvo Attano, bodyguard to the Empress of the Isles.

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Dishonored finished #4 in the 2012 race, with 52 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 52Total awards
  • 44Media outlets
  • 8Readers' choice
  • 11Countries

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Mass Effect 3 (32), Borderlands 2 (28), Assassin's Creed III (26) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Dishonored win?

Dishonored won 52 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 12.9% of every award tracked that season. 44 came from editorial picks and 8 from readers' polls, across 11 countries.

Did Dishonored win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • stealth game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation 3
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States15
United Kingdom9
Spain8
Italy6
France3
Norway3
Canada2
Germany2
Mexico2
Russia1
Sweden1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
3DJuegosSpain2012
Akihabara BluesSpain2012
Akihabara Blues Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersSpain2012
Ars TechnicaUnited States2012
Associated PressUnited States2012
Attack of the FanboyUnited States2012
BAFTA AwardsUnited Kingdom2012
Cheat HappensUnited States2012
ClipsetSpain2012
CNETUnited States2012
CNNUnited States2012
Daily RecordUnited Kingdom2012
Edge MagazineUnited Kingdom2012
El Destilador CulturalSpain2012
Eurogamer Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited Kingdom2012
Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersItaly2012
Everyeye.itItaly2012
ForbesUnited States2012
GamAliveFrance2012
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2012
GameFocusCanada2012
GamekultFrance2012
GamersGlobalGermany2012
GamerSyndromeCanada2012
Hobby ConsolasSpain2012
IGN ItaliaItaly2012
ITavisenNorway2012
Jeux Vidéo MagazineFrance2012
JugaccinoUnited Kingdom2012
MANIAC.deGermany2012
Matt's GamesItaly2012
MeristationSpain2012
MGnewsRussia2012
MirrorUnited Kingdom2012
MundogamersSpain2012
NetmediaMexico2012
NotebookReviewUnited States2012
Phoenix New TimesUnited States2012
PowerGamerSweden2012
Press X or DieUnited Kingdom2012
PressFire.noNorway2012
Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun AwardsUnited States2012
Stars and StripesUnited States2012
The BitbagUnited States2012
The GuardianUnited Kingdom2012
unoceroMexico2012
VG NettNorway2012
VGNetwork.itItaly2012
Wall Street Journal - SpeakeasyUnited States2012
WorthPlayingUnited States2012
Z-GiochiItaly2012
zConnectionUnited Kingdom2012

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