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Metroid Prime: 5 Game of the Year awards

Yes: Metroid Prime won Game of the Year 2002. Its 5 awards were the most of any game that season. D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year.

Metroid Prime is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It was the first Metroid game to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective.

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Metroid Prime won Game of the Year 2002 in this tracker, with 5 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 5Total awards
  • 5Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 2Countries

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metroid Prime win?

Metroid Prime won 5 Game of the Year awards in the 2002 season. 5 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Metroid Prime win Game of the Year?

Yes. Metroid Prime won the 2002 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year. 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
  • Released18 November 2002
  • DeveloperRetro Studios
  • PublisherNintendo
  • first-person shooter
  • Metroidvania
  • Nintendo GameCube
  • Wii

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States4
United Kingdom1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
EdgeUnited Kingdom2002
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)United States2002
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2002
GameSpotUnited States2002
GameSpyUnited States2002

← Full 2002 results

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