World of Goo: 1 Game of the Year award

No: World of Goo collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 20; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

World of Goo is a physics-based puzzle video game developed and published by independent game developer 2D Boy. The game was released on Windows and Wii on October 13, 2008, with releases on Nintendo Switch, OS X, Linux, and various mobile devices in subsequent years.

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World of Goo finished #20 in the 2008 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Spore (1), Super Mario Galaxy (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did World of Goo win?

World of Goo won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did World of Goo win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 20 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released13 October 2008
Developer2D Boy
Publisher2D Boy

puzzle video game
physics game
Wii
Android (operating system)
Microsoft Windows
Linux
macOS
Nintendo Switch
BlackBerry 10
IOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
livemint.com	United States	2008

← Full 2008 results

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