Kingdom Hearts II: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Kingdom Hearts II collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2005 and finished No. 17; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

Kingdom Hearts II is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2. The game is a sequel to Kingdom Hearts, and like the original game, combines characters and settings from Disney films with those of Square Enix's Final Fantasy series.

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Kingdom Hearts II finished #17 in the 2005 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Myst V: End of Ages (1), Tekken 5 (1), World of Warcraft (1), Sid Meier's Civilization IV (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Kingdom Hearts II win?

Kingdom Hearts II won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2005 season — 1.4% of every award tracked that season. 0 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Kingdom Hearts II win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 17 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released22 December 2005
DeveloperSquare Enix
PublisherSquare Enix

action role-playing game
crossover fiction
role-playing video game
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu Readers	Japan	2005

← Full 2005 results

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