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2012 · Game of the Year

The Walking Dead: The Game: 75 Game of the Year awards

Yes: The Walking Dead: The Game won Game of the Year 2012. Its 75 awards were the most of any game that season (18.7%). Spike Video Game Awards named it Game of the Year as well.

The Walking Dead is a 2012 episodic graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Set in the same universe as the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, it is the first installment, or "season", in Telltale's The Walking Dead video game series, and comprises five main "episodes" and one DLC episode released between April 2012 and July 2013.

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The Walking Dead: The Game won Game of the Year 2012 in this tracker, with 75 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide — #25 of all time in this database.

  • 75Total awards
  • 66Media outlets
  • 9Readers' choice
  • 13Countries

Also in the 2012 season: Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Dishonored (52) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Walking Dead: The Game win?

The Walking Dead: The Game won 75 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 18.7% of every award tracked that season. 66 came from editorial picks and 9 from readers' polls, across 13 countries.

Did The Walking Dead: The Game win Game of the Year?

Yes. The Walking Dead: The Game won the 2012 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year.

Game facts

  • graphic adventure game
  • episodic video game
  • zombie apocalyptic video game
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation Vita
  • PlayStation 3
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation Portable
  • IOS
  • macOS
  • Android (operating system)
  • IPadOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States41
United Kingdom12
Australia4
Sweden3
Denmark3
Finland2
Germany2
Poland2
India2
France1
Oman1
Latvia1
Italy1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Alternative Magazine OnlineUnited Kingdom2012
Arcade SushiUnited States2012
BootHammerUnited States2012
Capsule ComputersAustralia2012
Cheat Code CentralUnited States2012
ComplexUnited States2012
Console MonsterUnited Kingdom2012
CraveOnlineUnited States2012
DarkStationUnited Kingdom2012
DestructoidUnited States2012
Destructoid Community Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
Digital SpyUnited Kingdom2012
Digital TrendsUnited States2012
Dome.fiFinland2012
E! OnlineUnited States2012
Entertainment FuseUnited States2012
Eurogamer.seSweden2012
FZSweden2012
Game Revolution Community Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
GAMEBLOG.fr Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersFrance2012
GameFrontUnited States2012
gameplay MagazineDenmark2012
Gamer Theory MediaUnited States2012
GamereactorDenmark2012
GamerSushiUnited States2012
GamesRadarUnited States2012
GamesweltGermany2012
GameZoneUnited States2012
Gaming TrendUnited States2012
GizmagAustralia2012
God is a GeekUnited Kingdom2012
Golden4GamesOman2012
GoozerNationUnited States2012
GRY-OnLine.plPoland2012
Hard ResetUnited Kingdom2012
HypableUnited States2012
Just Push StartUnited States2012
LevelUpLatvia2012
MashableUnited States2012
MegazineSweden2012
Metacritic Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012
MSN UKUnited Kingdom2012
Multiplayer.itItaly2012
NDTVIndia2012
New England GamerUnited States2012
New Game NetworkUnited States2012
New York Videogame Critics Circle AwardsUnited States2012
newbreview.comUnited Kingdom2012
Paste MagazineUnited States2012
Pelit MagazineFinland2012
Pixel.tvDenmark2012
PixelJumpersUnited States2012
Polygamia.plPoland2012
PolygonUnited States2012
Redeye ChicagoUnited States2012
Rocket ChainsawAustralia2012
ShacknewsUnited States2012
SideQuestingUnited States2012
Spike TV Video Game AwardsUnited States2012
StevivorAustralia2012
Tech2India2012
TelegraphUnited Kingdom2012
TG DailyUnited States2012
The FlickcastUnited States2012
The Gamer AccessUnited States2012
The Married GamersUnited States2012
TheGamersHubUnited Kingdom2012
ThunderboltUnited Kingdom2012
topoftheGAMESGermany2012
USA TODAYUnited States2012
Velocity GamerUnited States2012
VentureBeatUnited States2012
VG247United Kingdom2012
WiredUnited States2012
Yahoo! GamesUnited States2012

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