Tekken 5: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Tekken 5 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2005 and finished No. 16; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

Tekken 5 (鉄拳5) is a 2004 fighting game developed and published by Namco for arcades, before being ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005. It is the fifth main game in the Tekken series, marking the tenth anniversary of the series.

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Tekken 5 finished #16 in the 2005 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Halo 2 (1), Myst V: End of Ages (1), World of Warcraft (1), Sid Meier's Civilization IV (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Tekken 5 win?

Tekken 5 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2005 season — 1.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Tekken 5 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 16 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released24 February 2005
DeveloperNamco
PublisherNamco

3D fighting game
PlayStation 2
arcade video game

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
e-AAGH.net	United States	2005

← Full 2005 results

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