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2021

Deathloop: 40 Game of the Year awards

No: Deathloop collected 40 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 4; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Deathloop is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Arkane Lyon and published by Bethesda Softworks. The player controls Colt Vahn, an assassin who must escape a time loop by killing eight targets known as visionaries before midnight each day.

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Deathloop finished #4 in the 2021 race, with 40 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 40Total awards
  • 34Media outlets
  • 6Readers' choice
  • 19Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Metroid Dread (37), Halo Infinite (27), Returnal (22) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Deathloop win?

Deathloop won 40 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 8.9% of every award tracked that season. 34 came from editorial picks and 6 from readers' polls, across 19 countries.

Did Deathloop win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • science fiction video game
  • first-person shooter
  • immersive sim
  • PlayStation 5
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States8
United Kingdom6
Italy4
Czechia3
Poland2
Ireland2
France2
Iran2
Estonia1
India1
Ukraine1
Slovakia1
Belgium1
Sweden1
Brazil1
Colombia1
Denmark1
Australia1
UAE1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AntywebPoland2021
Cinema St. LouisUnited States2021
Destructoid ReadersUnited States2021
DiktorEstonia2021
EDGE MagazineUnited Kingdom2021
EmpireUnited Kingdom2021
Entertainment.ieIreland2021
FossbytesIndia2021
Gameplay Cafe ReadersItaly2021
GameSpotUnited States2021
GamesRadar+United States2021
Golden Joystick AwardsUnited Kingdom2021
HBUkraine2021
HernáZónaSlovakia2021
HLNBelgium2021
IGN ItalyItaly2021
INDIAN ReadersCzechia2021
KukátkoCzechia2021
La Creme du GamingFrance2021
meltyFrance2021
Metacritic ReadersUnited States2021
MonkeyBitItaly2021
MovieZineSweden2021
NAVGTR AwardsUnited States2021
OverplayBrazil2021
PsproIran2021
RadiónicaColombia2021
ShacknewsUnited States2021
SoundvenueDenmark2021
StevivorAustralia2021
Stuff.tvUnited Kingdom2021
TesterGierPoland2021
The Irish NewsIreland2021
The TelegraphUnited Kingdom2021
TheSixthAxisUnited Kingdom2021
Tom's GuideUnited States2021
UAGNAItaly2021
Vigiato ReadersIran2021
WccftechUAE2021
Zing ReadersCzechia2021

← Full 2021 results

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