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Rare Ltd.: 3 Game of the Year awards
Games Rare Ltd. is credited on have won
3 Game of the Year awards across
2 titles.
2 of those years ended with one of its games as the outright Game of the Year.
- 3GOTY awards
- 2Years won outright
- 2Awarded titles
- 1997Best year (2)
Its best season was 1997, with 2 awards. GoldenEye 007 alone accounts for 67% of the total, and games it developed won awards in 2 different seasons, the latest in 1997.
Quick answers
How many Game of the Year awards has Rare Ltd. won?
Games developed by Rare Ltd. have won 3 Game of the Year awards, from 2 games, 1994–1997. GoldenEye 007 has the most, with 2.
Has Rare Ltd. ever won Game of the Year?
Only in thinly documented seasons before 2003: GoldenEye 007 (1997) and Donkey Kong Country (1994). No Rare Ltd. game has won a season tracked at full breadth.
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Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.