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2021

Halo Infinite: 27 Game of the Year awards

No: Halo Infinite collected 27 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 6; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Halo Infinite is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the sixth mainline installment in the Halo series, following Halo 5: Guardians (2015).

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Halo Infinite finished #6 in the 2021 race, with 27 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 27Total awards
  • 21Media outlets
  • 6Readers' choice
  • 12Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Deathloop (40), Metroid Dread (37), Returnal (22), Psychonauts 2 (19), Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (19) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Halo Infinite win?

Halo Infinite won 27 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 6.0% of every award tracked that season. 21 came from editorial picks and 6 from readers' polls, across 12 countries.

Did Halo Infinite win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 6 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Campaign co-op for four players arrived in a free update after launch; split-screen co-op was announced and then cancelled.

  • first-person shooter
  • Xbox One
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States12
United Kingdom4
Sweden2
Netherlands1
Colombia1
Belgium1
Germany1
Poland1
Iran1
Peru1
Switzerland1
Portugal1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
DextertoUnited Kingdom2021
Game InformerUnited States2021
Gamer.nlNetherlands2021
Gamereactor SwedenSweden2021
Gamereactor Sweden ReadersSweden2021
GamerFocus ReadersColombia2021
Gaming BoulevardBelgium2021
GAMINGbible ReadersUnited Kingdom2021
Goodnight GroofsUnited States2021
IGN ReadersUnited States2021
inside digitalGermany2021
ITHardware.plPoland2021
Kerrang! Magazine ReadersUnited Kingdom2021
Maxim MagazineUnited States2021
MonsterVineUnited States2021
NeoGAF ReadersUnited States2021
New York Daily NewsUnited States2021
Par30GameIran2021
PopTonicUnited States2021
TECPeru2021
TechRaptor ReadersUnited States2021
The Scottish SunUnited Kingdom2021
The Spokesman-ReviewUnited States2021
TicinOnlineSwitzerland2021
TwinfiniteUnited States2021
VentureBeat / GamesBeatUnited States2021
WASDPortugal2021

← Full 2021 results

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