F.E.A.R.: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: F.E.A.R. collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2005 and finished No. 5; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon is a 2005 first-person shooter psychological horror video game for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

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F.E.A.R. finished #5 in the 2005 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
2Media outlets
1Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Civilization IV (3), Psychonauts (3), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did F.E.A.R. win?

F.E.A.R. won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2005 season — 4.2% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did F.E.A.R. win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 5 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 October 2005
DeveloperMonolith Productions
PublisherVivendi

first-person shooter
psychological horror fiction
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Actiontrip	United States	2005
Actiontrip People's Choice Readers	United States	2005
MegaGames	United States	2005

← Full 2005 results

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