Dead Space: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Dead Space collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 13; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Dead Space is a 2008 survival horror game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows as the debut entry in the Dead Space series.

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Dead Space finished #13 in the 2008 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (1), Halo 3 (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Dead Space win?

Dead Space won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Dead Space win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 13 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released13 October 2008
DeveloperVisceral Games
PublisherElectronic Arts

third-person shooter
psychological horror fiction
science fiction video game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Video Game Media	United States	2008

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