Saints Row 2: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Saints Row 2 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 16; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Saints Row 2 is a 2008 action-adventure game developed by Volition and published by THQ. It is the sequel to 2006's Saints Row and the second installment in the Saints Row series.

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Saints Row 2 finished #16 in the 2008 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Dead Space (1), Halo 3 (1), Spore (1), Super Mario Galaxy (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Saints Row 2 win?

Saints Row 2 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Saints Row 2 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 16 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released29 May 2008
DeveloperVolition (company)
PublisherTHQ

action-adventure game
LGBT-themed video game
video game with LGBT character
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Ripten	United States	2008

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