Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2017 and finished No. 11; the season went to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with 265. The Game Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild its Game of the Year.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Ninja Theory. It is the first installment in the Hellblade series.

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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice finished #11 in the 2017 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

4Total awards
4Media outlets
0Readers' choice
4Countries

Also in the 2017 season: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (265), Horizon: Zero Dawn (69), Super Mario Odyssey (37), Divinity: Original Sin II (10), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (5), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (5), Prey (4), Agents of Mayhem (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice win?

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2017 season — 0.9% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 4 countries.

Did Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 11 in 2017, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which collected 265 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released8 August 2017
DeveloperNinja Theory
PublisherNinja Theory

hack and slash
action-adventure game
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
Xbox One

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Russia	1
France	1
Brazil	1
Italy	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
DTF	Russia	2017
Je Suis un Gameur	France	2017
Mais Goiás	Brazil	2017
Nerdando	Italy	2018

← Full 2017 results

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