The Artful Escape: 1 Game of the Year award

No: The Artful Escape collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2021 and finished No. 42; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

The Artful Escape is a platform video game developed by Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Annapurna Interactive. The game was originally released on September 9, 2021 for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, and for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 on January 25, 2022.

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The Artful Escape finished #42 in the 2021 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (1), Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (1), Scarlet Nexus (1), The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (1), The Forgotten City (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Artful Escape win?

The Artful Escape won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2021 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did The Artful Escape win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 42 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released9 September 2021
DeveloperBeethoven and Dinosaur
PublisherAnnapurna Interactive

adventure video game
Microsoft Windows
IOS
Xbox Series X and Series S
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
LA Times	United States	2021

← Full 2021 results

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