Beat Saber: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Beat Saber collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2018 and finished No. 14; the season went to God of War with 264. The Game Awards named God of War its Game of the Year.

Beat Saber is a virtual reality rhythm game developed by Beat Games. The game was originally published by Beat Games before the studio was acquired by Oculus Studios in 2019.

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Beat Saber finished #14 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), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (3), Assassin's Creed Odyssey (1), Detroit: Become Human (1), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Beat Saber win?

Beat Saber 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 Beat Saber win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 14 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—
DeveloperBeat Games
PublisherBeat Games

music video game
rhythm game
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Meta Horizon OS
PlayStation 5

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Game Developers Choice Awards	United States	2018

← Full 2018 results

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