Yakuza 6: The Song of Life: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2018 and finished No. 22; the season went to God of War with 264. The Game Awards named God of War its Game of the Year.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega for PlayStation 4. The game is the seventh main installment in the Yakuza series and the final main game to feature Kazuma Kiryu as the primary protagonist, and was released in Japan in December 2016.

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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life finished #22 in the 2018 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2018 season: God of War (264), Red Dead Redemption 2 (179), Marvel's Spider-Man (24) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Yakuza 6: The Song of Life win?

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2018 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Yakuza 6: The Song of Life win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 22 in 2018, behind God of War, which collected 264 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released—
DeveloperSega
PublisherSega

action game
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
The Buttonsmashers	United States	2018

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