Tell Me Why: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Tell Me Why collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2020 and finished No. 25; 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.

Tell Me Why is a 2020 episodic adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The game consists of three chapters released for Windows and Xbox One in late 2020.

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Tell Me Why finished #25 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), Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (1), Spiritfarer (1), Streets of Rage 4 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Tell Me Why win?

Tell Me Why 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 Tell Me Why win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 25 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
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released27 August 2020
DeveloperDon’t Nod
PublisherXbox Game Studios

adventure video game
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
VGU.tv	United States	2020

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