Metroid Prime: 5 Game of the Year awards

No count exists for 2002: Metroid Prime holds 5 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named. D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year.

Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It was the first Metroid game to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective.

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Metroid Prime collected Game of the Year awards in 2002, a season with no full count, with 5 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

5Total awards
5Media outlets
0Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2002 season: Battlefield 1942 (2), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metroid Prime win?

Metroid Prime won 5 Game of the Year awards in the 2002 season. 5 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Metroid Prime win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 2002, so this site names no winner. Metroid Prime holds 5 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 November 2002
DeveloperRetro Studios
PublisherNintendo

first-person shooter
Metroidvania
Nintendo GameCube
Wii

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	4
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Edge	United Kingdom	2002	en.wikipedia.org
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	United States	2002	prnewswire.com
Game Developers Choice Awards	United States	2002	gamechoiceawards.com
GameSpot	United States	2002	gamespot.com
GameSpy	United States	2002	Internet Archive

← Full 2002 results

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.