Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2004 and finished No. 7; the season went to Half-Life 2 with 26. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas its Game of the Year.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is a 2004 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2. It was released in late 2004 in North America and Japan, and in early 2005 in Europe and Australia.

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater finished #7 in the 2004 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

2Total awards
2Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2004 season: Half-Life 2 (26), Halo 2 (13), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (9), Katamari Damacy (3), World of Warcraft (3), Doom 3 (3), Call of Duty (1), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater win?

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2004 season — 3.1% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 7 in 2004, behind Half-Life 2, which collected 26 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released17 November 2004
DeveloperKonami
PublisherKonami

action-adventure game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	2

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
BC Magazine	United States	2004
NeoGAF	United States	2004

← Full 2004 results

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