Splatoon: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Splatoon collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2015 and finished No. 12; 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.

Splatoon is a 2015 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game centers around player-controlled Inklings—squid-like creatures that can transform between humanoid and cephalopodic forms at will.

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Splatoon finished #12 in the 2015 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
2Media outlets
1Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34), Rise of the Tomb Raider (6), Batman: Arkham Knight (4), Her Story (3), Assassin's Creed Syndicate (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Splatoon win?

Splatoon won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2015 season — 0.6% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Splatoon win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 12 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released28 May 2015
DeveloperNintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
PublisherNintendo

third-person shooter
post-apocalyptic video game
Wii U

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	2
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu Readers	Japan	2015
Gaming Age	United States	2015
Invisible Gamer	United States	2015

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