Spiritfarer: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Spiritfarer collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2020 and finished No. 23; the season went to The Last of Us Part II with 325. The Game Awards named The Last of Us Part II its Game of the Year.

Spiritfarer is an indie management sim and sandbox action game developed and published by Canadian studio Thunder Lotus Games. It was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android and Stadia in August 2020.

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Spiritfarer finished #23 in the 2020 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2020 season: The Last of Us Part II (325), Ghost of Tsushima (75), Hades (74), Kentucky Route Zero (1), Persona 5 Royal (1), Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (1), Streets of Rage 4 (1), Tell Me Why (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Spiritfarer win?

Spiritfarer won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2020 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Spiritfarer win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 23 in 2020, behind The Last of Us Part II, which collected 325 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 August 2020
DeveloperThunder Lotus Games
PublisherThunder Lotus Games

construction and management simulation
platformer
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One
PlayStation 4

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Toledo Blade	United States	2020

← Full 2020 results

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