Game of the Year 2007 country by country

18 February 2026

BioShock won 2007 with 47 of 165 tracked Game of the Year awards — 28.5%, and the top spot in 4 of 16 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 12 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 12 different games won at least one country outright. In Sweden, Spain, Canada, Russia and New Zealand, BioShock did not receive a single award.

• 28%BioShock worldwide
• 16Countries with data
• 12Backed someone else
• 12Games that won a country

Where the winner was strong, and where it was not

Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote BioShock took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.

The countries that picked something else

12 of 16 countries gave their most awards to a game other than BioShock: United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Canada, Russia, New Zealand. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

United Kingdom: Super Mario Galaxy

26 tracked outlets, 11 different games awarded. BioShock took 7 of them (27%).

1. 9× Super Mario Galaxy
   DarkZero, Digital Spy, Edge, GAME.co.uk, GAMER.tm, GamesMaster, kikizo, NTSC-uk, TVG
2. 7× BioShock
   BAFTA Awards, Console Monster, Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (readers), Games TM, Gamesmagazine-online, Jolt Online Gaming, TrustedReviews
3. 2× Crysis
   Gaming Heaven Readers GOTY (readers), The Sunday Times
4. 1× The Orange Box
   bit-tech
5. 1× Company of Heroes
   Computer Shopper

Australia: Super Mario Galaxy

8 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. BioShock took 1 of them (12%).

1. 4× Super Mario Galaxy
   AusGamers, MMGN, PALGN, PALGN Reader's Choice (readers)
2. 2× Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   iTWire, MyGEN
3. 1× Portal
   ABC Good Game
4. 1× BioShock
   DPAD

Italy: Super Mario Galaxy

6 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. BioShock took 1 of them (17%).

1. 4× Super Mario Galaxy
   EVERYEYE.IT, EVERYEYE.IT Reader's Choice GOTY (readers), Multiplayer.it, SpazioGames
2. 1× Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY (readers)
3. 1× BioShock
   Multiplayer.it Reader's Choice GOTY (readers)

Sweden: Super Mario Galaxy

4 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. BioShock took 0 of them (0%).

1. 3× Super Mario Galaxy
   Dataspelsgalan 2008, FZ, Gameplayer.se
2. 1× Portal
   FZ

Spain: Assassin's Creed / Crysis / Halo 3

3 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. BioShock took 0 of them (0%).

1. 1× Crysis
   3DJuegos
2. 1× Assassin's Creed
   3DJuegos Reader's Choice GOTY (readers)
3. 1× Halo 3
   Clipset

Canada: Mass Effect

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. BioShock took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Mass Effect
   Elan Awards, Extremegamer
2. 1× Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   PCWorld.ca

Russia: Crysis / Mass Effect / The Witcher

3 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. BioShock took 0 of them (0%).

1. 1× Mass Effect
   GameMAG (readers)
2. 1× The Witcher
   PlayGround.ru
3. 1× Crysis
   PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice GOTY (readers)

New Zealand: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare / Guitar Hero III / Super Mario Galaxy

3 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. BioShock took 0 of them (0%).

1. 1× Super Mario Galaxy
   NZGamer
2. 1× Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
   Stuff
3. 1× Guitar Hero III
   The New Zealand Herald

Every game that won at least one country

All 16 countries