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Child of Light: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Child of Light collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2014 and finished No. 30; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Child of Light is a platforming role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One in April 2014, and was released on PlayStation Vita in July 2014. The game was later released on Nintendo Switch on 11 October 2018; the announcement of this release also teased a sequel that was later seemingly cancelled in the very early stages of development.

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Child of Light finished #30 in the 2014 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Child of Light win?

Child of Light won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2014 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Child of Light win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 30 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released29 April 2014
  • DeveloperUbisoft Montreal
  • PublisherUbisoft
  • platformer
  • role-playing video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation Portable
  • PlayStation 3
  • X-BOX 360
  • Wii U
  • PlayStation Vita
  • Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
Finland1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
IGN SuomiFinland2014

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