Fable: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Fable collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2004 and finished No. 13; the season went to Half-Life 2 with 26. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas its Game of the Year.

Fable is an action role-playing video game, the first in the Fable series. It was developed for the Xbox, Windows, and macOS platforms by Big Blue Box Studios, a satellite developer of Lionhead Studios, and was published by Microsoft Studios.

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Fable finished #13 in the 2004 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2004 season: Half-Life 2 (26), Halo 2 (13), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (9), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1), The Sims 2 (1), City of Heroes (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Fable win?

Fable won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2004 season — 1.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Fable win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 13 in 2004, behind Half-Life 2, which collected 26 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released14 September 2004
DeveloperLionhead Studios
PublisherXbox Game Studios

action role-playing game
video game with LGBT character
fantasy video game
action game
X-BOX 360
Xbox (console)
Microsoft Windows
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Play Magazine	United States	2004

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