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2021

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart: 19 Game of the Year awards

No: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart collected 19 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 9; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is a 2021 third-person shooter platform video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5. The ninth main installment in the Ratchet & Clank series, it serves as the sequel to Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (2013).

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Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart finished #9 in the 2021 race, with 19 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 19Total awards
  • 18Media outlets
  • 1Readers' choice
  • 10Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Halo Infinite (27), Returnal (22), Psychonauts 2 (19), Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (14), Inscryption (11) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart win?

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart won 19 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 4.2% of every award tracked that season. 18 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 10 countries.

Did Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 9 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • platformer
  • action game
  • adventure video game
  • fantasy video game
  • PlayStation 5
  • Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States8
United Kingdom3
Spain1
Greece1
Australia1
Canada1
Hungary1
Germany1
Israel1
Russia1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AllGamersInSpain2021
BustedGreece2021
ComicBook.comUnited States2021
EsquireUnited States2021
Explosion NetworkAustralia2021
Female FirstUnited Kingdom2021
Financial Post - Post ArcadeCanada2021
Game ChannelHungary2021
GamePro ReadersGermany2021
GAMINGbibleUnited Kingdom2021
Hardcore GamerUnited States2021
Kinda FunnyUnited States2021
Paste MagazineUnited States2021
PCGalaxyIsrael2021
Root NationRussia2021
SIFTDUnited States2021
The Whatnauts (timestamp: 2:00:40)United States2021
The Young FolksUnited States2021
Trusted ReviewsUnited Kingdom2021

← Full 2021 results

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