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2021

Emily Is Away <3: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Emily Is Away <3 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2021 and finished No. 29; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Emily Is Away is an indie visual novel by game developer Kyle Seeley, released for free in November 2015. Set in the early-to-mid 2000s, Emily Is Away tells the story of the protagonist's relationship with a girl, Emily, over the course of five years, from the senior year of high school to the senior year of college.

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Emily Is Away <3 finished #29 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), Black Book (1), Blue Reflection: Second Light (1), Death's Door (1), Far Cry 6 (1), Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Emily Is Away <3 win?

Emily Is Away <3 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 Emily Is Away <3 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 29 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
  • Released16 April 2021
  • DeveloperKyle Seeley
  • PublisherKyle Seeley
  • visual novel
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
That Nerdy SiteUnited States2021

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