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2021

Forza Horizon 5: 54 Game of the Year awards

No: Forza Horizon 5 collected 54 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 3; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Forza Horizon 5 is a 2021 racing game developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is the fifth Forza Horizon title, following Forza Horizon 4, and the twelfth main instalment in the Forza series.

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Forza Horizon 5 finished #3 in the 2021 race, with 54 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 54Total awards
  • 34Media outlets
  • 20Readers' choice
  • 27Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Deathloop (40), Metroid Dread (37), Halo Infinite (27) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Forza Horizon 5 win?

Forza Horizon 5 won 54 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 12.0% of every award tracked that season. 34 came from editorial picks and 20 from readers' polls, across 27 countries.

Did Forza Horizon 5 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts Hand-verified

How the co-op works. Co-op convoys and shared world events online. No split screen.

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opYes
  • Couch co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • Online co-opYes
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerYes
  • Released9 November 2021
  • DeveloperPlayground Games
  • PublisherXbox Game Studios
  • racing video game
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 5

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States7
United Kingdom4
Greece4
Spain3
Brazil3
Slovakia3
Iran3
Canada3
Belgium2
France2
Switzerland2
Portugal2
Poland2
Mexico1
Germany1
Hungary1
Denmark1
India1
Estonia1
Italy1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
3DJuegos ReadersSpain2021
4Gamers ReadersBelgium2021
5by5 / DLC (timestamp: 1:39:30)United States2021
ActuGaming ReadersFrance2021
But Why Tho?United States2021
CanaltechBrazil2021
CentrumHer ReadersSlovakia2021
CineMediosMexico2021
DarkZeroUnited Kingdom2021
Digitec ReadersSwitzerland2021
Digitec / Galaxus ReadersSwitzerland2021
Eurogamer ReadersUnited Kingdom2021
Eurogamer Germany ReadersGermany2021
Eurogamer Portugal ReadersPortugal2021
GamAliveFrance2021
Game ChroniclesUnited States2021
Gamefa ReadersIran2021
GameInfiniteUnited States2021
GameOver.gr ReadersGreece2021
Gamer365 ReadersHungary2021
Gamereactor DenmarkDenmark2021
Gamereactor PortugalPortugal2021
GamerwebPoland2021
GameVicio ReadersBrazil2021
GamingBoltIndia2021
Go2GamesUnited Kingdom2021
GRYOnline ReadersPoland2021
IGNUnited States2021
Just Gamer ReadersGreece2021
Le Soir - GeekoBelgium2021
Link Cable GamingCanada2021
MarkazkharidIran2021
MKuubis ReadersEstonia2021
Multiplayer.it ReadersItaly2021
New Game NetworkCanada2021
One More GameAustralia2021
Power UnlimitedNetherlands2021
Premios Xataka OrangeSpain2021
RuliwebSouth Korea2021
SA Gamer ReadersSouth Africa2021
Save the Game ReadersGreece2021
Sector.skSlovakia2021
SomHráčSlovakia2021
TecnoblogBrazil2021
The Click.ggUnited Kingdom2021
The Game ButlerCanada2021
The Mercury NewsUnited States2021
TrueGamingSaudi Arabia2021
Unboxholics ReadersGreece2021
Vida Extra ReadersSpain2021
Wccftech ReadersUAE2021
WorthPlayingUnited States2021
Zone of GamesRussia2021
ZoomgIran2021

← Full 2021 results

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