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2015

Rocket League: 7 Game of the Year awards

No: Rocket League collected 7 Game of the Year awards in 2015 and finished No. 7; the season went to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. The Game Awards named The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt its Game of the Year.

Rocket League is a 2015 vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. A sequel to 2008's Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, Rocket League features up to eight players assigned to each of the two teams, using "rocket-powered" vehicles to hit a ball into their opponent's goal and score points over the course of a match.

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Rocket League finished #7 in the 2015 race, with 7 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 7Total awards
  • 7Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 5Countries

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34), Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (31), Life Is Strange (14), Super Mario Maker (8), Undertale (7), Rise of the Tomb Raider (6) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Rocket League win?

Rocket League won 7 Game of the Year awards in the 2015 season — 1.5% of every award tracked that season. 7 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 5 countries.

Did Rocket League win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 7 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Four-player split screen on console plus full online play.

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opYes
  • Split screenYes
  • Online co-opYes
  • Players on one console4
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released7 July 2015
  • DeveloperPsyonix
  • PublisherPsyonix, 505 Games
  • association football video game
  • PlayStation 4
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • macOS
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Linux

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States3
Canada1
Ireland1
Norway1
United Kingdom1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Ars TechnicaUnited States2015
BagoGamesUnited States2015
DorklyUnited States2015
Geeks and Com'Canada2015
Independent.ieIreland2015
PressFire.noNorway2015
VGChartzUnited Kingdom2015

← Full 2015 results

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