Monster Hunter Rise: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Monster Hunter Rise collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 21; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Monster Hunter Rise is a 2021 action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Switch. It was released worldwide in March 2021, with a Windows port released in January 2022 and ports for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S were released in January 2023.

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Monster Hunter Rise finished #21 in the 2021 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Age of Empires IV (2), Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (2), Nier Replicant ver. 122474487139... (2), Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Monster Hunter Rise win?

Monster Hunter Rise won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 0.4% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Monster Hunter Rise win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 21 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released26 March 2021
DeveloperCapcom
PublisherCapcom

action role-playing game
Nintendo Switch
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards Readers	Japan	2021
Fextralife	United States	2021

← Full 2021 results

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