Forza Horizon 3: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Forza Horizon 3 collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2016 and finished No. 23; the season went to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End with 191. The Game Awards named Overwatch its Game of the Year.

Forza Horizon 3 is a 2016 racing game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One and Windows. It is the ninth instalment in the Forza series and the third instalment in the Forza Horizon sub-series.

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Forza Horizon 3 finished #23 in the 2016 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2016 season: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (191), Overwatch (114), DOOM (37), Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (1), Monster Hunter Generations (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Forza Horizon 3 win?

Forza Horizon 3 won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2016 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Forza Horizon 3 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 23 in 2016, behind Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, which collected 191 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released27 September 2016
DeveloperPlayground Games
PublisherXbox Game Studios

racing video game
Xbox One
UWP
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GameSpew	United Kingdom	2016

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