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2020

Final Fantasy VII Remake: 37 Game of the Year awards

No: Final Fantasy VII Remake collected 37 Game of the Year awards in 2020 and finished No. 5; the season went to The Last of Us Part II with 325. The Game Awards named The Last of Us Part II its Game of the Year.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is a 2020 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4. It is the first in a trilogy of games remaking Final Fantasy VII (1997), originally released for the PlayStation.

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Final Fantasy VII Remake finished #5 in the 2020 race, with 37 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 37Total awards
  • 33Media outlets
  • 4Readers' choice
  • 15Countries

Also in the 2020 season: The Last of Us Part II (325), Ghost of Tsushima (75), Hades (74), Cyberpunk 2077 (42), Animal Crossing: New Horizons (33), Doom Eternal (14), Half Life: Alyx (14) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Final Fantasy VII Remake win?

Final Fantasy VII Remake won 37 Game of the Year awards in the 2020 season — 5.6% of every award tracked that season. 33 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 15 countries.

Did Final Fantasy VII Remake win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 5 in 2020, behind The Last of Us Part II, which collected 325 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Japanese role-playing video game
  • action role-playing game
  • cyberpunk video game
  • science fiction video game
  • PlayStation 4
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation 5
  • Nintendo Switch 2
  • Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States16
United Kingdom4
Brazil2
France2
India2
Sweden2
Australia1
Singapore1
Japan1
Indonesia1
Poland1
Italy1
Saudi Arabia1
Norway1
China1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
59GamingUnited States2020
Cubed3United Kingdom2020
DashGamerAustralia2020
Easy Allies ReadersUnited States2020
GameFAQs ReadersUnited States2020
GameHallBrazil2020
GamerGenFrance2020
Gamespace ReadersUnited States2020
GamingBoltIndia2020
HalfGenUnited States2020
Hey Poor PlayerUnited States2020
HPCriticalUnited States2020
HWM+Hardwarezone.com Tech AwardsSingapore2020
IGN JapanJapan2020
Jagat PlayIndonesia2020
Jogabilidade (timestamp: 2:59:00)Brazil2020
Kinda FunnyUnited States2020
Loading.se ReadersSweden2020
MensXPIndia2020
MinnMaxUnited States2020
mxdwnUnited States2020
Noisy PixelUnited States2020
PCWorldPoland2020
PowerWave83Italy2020
RBCPFrance2020
Reno Gazette JournalUnited States2020
RespawningUnited Kingdom2020
Saudi GamerSaudi Arabia2020
Senses.seSweden2020
SideQuestingUnited States2020
SiliconeraUnited States2020
Spill.noNorway2020
The Free CheeseUnited States2020
TheSixthAxisUnited Kingdom2020
Trusted ReviewsUnited Kingdom2020
VGTime / UCG ReadersChina2020
W2M NetworkUnited States2020

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