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1996

Diablo: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Diablo collected 1 Game of the Year award in 1996 and finished No. 2; the season went to Super Mario 64 with 2.

Diablo is a 1997 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows. It is the first installment in the video game series of the same name.

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Diablo finished #2 in the 1996 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Diablo win?

Diablo won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1996 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Diablo win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 1996, behind Super Mario 64, which collected 2 Game of the Year awards. The 1996 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released31 December 1996
  • DeveloperBlizzard North
  • PublisherBlizzard Entertainment
  • action role-playing game
  • role-playing video game
  • dark fantasy video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • Classic Mac OS
  • PlayStation (console)

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
GameSpotUnited States1996

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