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Max Payne 3: 5 Game of the Year awards

No: Max Payne 3 collected 5 Game of the Year awards in 2012 and finished No. 11; 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.

Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sequel to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) and the third entry in the Max Payne series.

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Max Payne 3 finished #11 in the 2012 race, with 5 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 5Total awards
  • 4Media outlets
  • 1Readers' choice
  • 5Countries

Also in the 2012 season: The Walking Dead: The Game (75), Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Halo 4 (21), XCOM: Enemy Unknown (21), Guild Wars 2 (5), Call of Duty: Black Ops II (4), The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Max Payne 3 win?

Max Payne 3 won 5 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 1.2% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 5 countries.

Did Max Payne 3 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 11 in 2012, behind The Walking Dead: The Game, which collected 75 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released15 May 2012
  • DeveloperRockstar Vancouver, Rockstar Studios
  • PublisherRockstar Games
  • third-person shooter
  • neo-noir video game
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 3
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
Russia1
United Kingdom1
United States1
Iran1
Italy1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
GameMAGRussia2012
IBTimesUnited Kingdom2012
MediaStingerUnited States2012
PardisGame ReadersIran2012
Sky.itItaly2012

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