Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2019 and finished No. 21; the season went to Death Stranding with 118. The Game Awards named Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice its Game of the Year.

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first instalments in the 8th generation of the Pokémon video game series.

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Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield finished #21 in the 2019 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
1Media outlets
1Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2019 season: Death Stranding (118), Resident Evil 2 (95), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (85), Borderlands 3 (2), Days Gone (2), Super Mario Maker 2 (2), Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield win?

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2019 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 21 in 2019, behind Death Stranding, which collected 118 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released15 November 2019
DeveloperGame Freak
PublisherNintendo, The Pokémon Company

role-playing video game
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1
Netherlands	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu / Dengeki Game Awards, Readers' Choice Readers	Japan	2019
Pixel Vault	Netherlands	2019

← Full 2019 results

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