Need for Speed Unbound: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Need for Speed Unbound collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2022 and finished No. 22; the season went to Elden Ring with 436. The Game Awards named Elden Ring its Game of the Year.

Need for Speed Unbound (stylised as NFS Unbound) is a 2022 racing video game developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 2, 2022.

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Need for Speed Unbound finished #22 in the 2022 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2022 season: Elden Ring (436), God of War Ragnarök (109), Immortality (9), Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak (1), PowerWash Simulator (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Need for Speed Unbound win?

Need for Speed Unbound won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2022 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Need for Speed Unbound win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 22 in 2022, behind Elden Ring, which collected 436 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released2 December 2022
DeveloperCriterion Games
PublisherElectronic Arts

racing video game
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X and Series S
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Morocco	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GamerMatters	Morocco	2022

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