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2002

Ico: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Ico collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2002 and finished No. 3; the season went to Metroid Prime with 5. D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year.

Ico (stylized in all caps) is a 2001 action-adventure video game by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game based on a "boy meets girl" concept.

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Ico finished #3 in the 2002 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2002 season: Metroid Prime (5), Battlefield 1942 (2), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1), Grand Theft Auto III (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Ico win?

Ico won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2002 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Ico win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 3 in 2002, behind Metroid Prime, which collected 5 Game of the Year awards. The 2002 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released25 September 2001
  • DeveloperTeam Ico
  • PublisherSony Interactive Entertainment
  • action-adventure game
  • PlayStation 2
  • PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United Kingdom1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
EurogamerUnited Kingdom2002

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