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Psychonauts: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Psychonauts collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2005 and finished No. 6; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

Psychonauts is a 2005 platform game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by Majesco for Microsoft Windows, Xbox, and PlayStation 2. The game follows Razputin (Raz), a young boy gifted with psychic abilities, who runs away from a circus to try to sneak into a summer camp for those with similar powers to become a "Psychonaut", a spy with psychic abilities.

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Psychonauts finished #6 in the 2005 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 3Total awards
  • 3Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 2Countries

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Civilization IV (3), F.E.A.R. (3), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Psychonauts win?

Psychonauts won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2005 season — 4.2% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Psychonauts win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 6 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released19 April 2005
  • DeveloperDouble Fine, Budcat Creations
  • PublisherMajesco Entertainment, THQ
  • platformer
  • adventure video game
  • Xbox (console)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation 2
  • Linux
  • X-BOX 360
  • macOS
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United Kingdom2
India1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
EurogamerUnited Kingdom2005
Gamesmagazine-onlineUnited Kingdom2005
TechWhackIndia2005

← Full 2005 results

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