Amnesia: The Dark Descent: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Amnesia: The Dark Descent collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2010 and finished No. 16; the season went to Red Dead Redemption with 112. Spike Video Game Awards named Red Dead Redemption its Game of the Year.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a 2010 survival horror adventure game developed and published by the Swedish game development studio Frictional Games. It was first released on 8 September 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent finished #16 in the 2010 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2010 season: Red Dead Redemption (112), Mass Effect 2 (104), Super Mario Galaxy 2 (22), Gran Turismo 5 (2), Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (1), BioShock 2 (1), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Amnesia: The Dark Descent win?

Amnesia: The Dark Descent won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2010 season — 0.3% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Amnesia: The Dark Descent win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 16 in 2010, behind Red Dead Redemption, which collected 112 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released8 September 2010
DeveloperFrictional Games
PublisherTHQ, Frictional Games

psychological horror fiction
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Game Observer	United States	2010

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