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1991

Final Fantasy IV: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Final Fantasy IV collected 1 Game of the Year award in 1991 and finished No. 2; the season went to Sonic the Hedgehog with 2.

Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series.

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Final Fantasy IV finished #2 in the 1991 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 Final Fantasy IV win?

Final Fantasy IV won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1991 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Final Fantasy IV win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 1991, behind Sonic the Hedgehog, which collected 2 Game of the Year awards. The 1991 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
  • Released19 July 1991
  • DeveloperSquare
  • PublisherSquare
  • role-playing video game
  • turn-based Japanese role-playing game
  • GBA
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • PlayStation Portable
  • PlayStation (console)
  • Android (operating system)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • IOS
  • Nintendo DS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
Japan1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
FamitsuJapan1991

← Full 1991 results

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