Guitar Hero: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Guitar Hero collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2006 (3 counting every season) and finished No. 9; the season went to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 42. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion its Game of the Year.

Guitar Hero is a 2005 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2. It is the first installment in the Guitar Hero series.

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Guitar Hero finished #9 in the 2006 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2006 season: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (42), Gears of War (34), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (28), Final Fantasy XII (3), Company of Heroes (2), Shadow of the Colossus (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Guitar Hero win?

Guitar Hero won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2006 season — 1.6% of every award tracked that season. Counting every season it holds 3: 1 more was filed under another year. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Guitar Hero win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 9 in 2006, behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which collected 42 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released8 November 2005
DeveloperHarmonix Music Systems
PublisherRedOctane

music video game
rhythm game
PlayStation 2

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1
United Kingdom	1
Finland	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
St. Petersburg Times	United States	2005
Eurogamer	United Kingdom	2006
Pelit Magazine	Finland	2006

← Full 2006 results

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