Despelote: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Despelote collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2025 and finished No. 17; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

Despelote is a first-person adventure video game and that released on 1 May 2025. It is slice-of-life set in Quito during Ecuador's qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where the player is able to explore and play with a soccer ball in the city.

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Despelote finished #17 in the 2025 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
2Media outlets
0Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Hollow Knight: Silksong (24), Mario Kart World (3), Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Despelote win?

Despelote won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2025 season — 0.3% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Despelote win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 17 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released1 May 2025
Developer—
PublisherPanic

association football video game
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X and Series S
PlayStation 4
Nintendo Switch
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Brazil	1
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Nerdlicious	Brazil	2025
The A.V. Club	United States	2025

← Full 2025 results

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