Hitman: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Hitman collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2016 and finished No. 13; the season went to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End with 191. The Game Awards named Overwatch its Game of the Year.

Hitman is a 2016 stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix. The game, which has six episodes, is the sixth mainline entry in the Hitman franchise, the first installment of the World of Assassination trilogy, and the successor to Hitman: Absolution (2012).

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Hitman finished #13 in the 2016 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2016 season: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (191), Overwatch (114), DOOM (37), Dishonored 2 (10), The Witness (8), Titanfall 2 (6), Pokémon GO (3), XCOM 2 (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Hitman win?

Hitman won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2016 season — 0.6% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Hitman win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 13 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
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released11 March 2016
DeveloperIO Interactive
PublisherSquare Enix, Feral Interactive, Warner Bros. Games

action-adventure game
stealth game
Christmas video game
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows
Linux
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1
Germany	1
Canada	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Giant Bomb	United States	2016
Pixelburg	Germany	2016
The Winnipeg Free Press	Canada	2016

← Full 2016 results

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