Monster Hunter Generations: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Monster Hunter Generations collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2016 and finished No. 24; the season went to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End with 191. The Game Awards named Overwatch its Game of the Year.

Monster Hunter Generations is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo 3DS. Announced in May 2015, the game was released in Japan as Monster Hunter X in November 2015 and internationally in July 2016.

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Monster Hunter Generations finished #24 in the 2016 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2016 season: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (191), Overwatch (114), DOOM (37), Forza Horizon 3 (1), Rise of the Tomb Raider (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Monster Hunter Generations win?

Monster Hunter Generations won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2016 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Monster Hunter Generations win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 24 in 2016, behind Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, which collected 191 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released28 November 2015
DeveloperCapcom
PublisherCapcom

action role-playing game
Nintendo 3DS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Reno Gazette-Journal - Technobubble	United States	2016

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