Palworld: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Palworld collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2024 and finished No. 31; the season went to Astro Bot with 183. The Game Awards named Astro Bot its Game of the Year.

Palworld is a monster-taming game created and published by Japanese developer Pocketpair. It was announced in 2021 and launched through early access for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in January 2024, and for the PlayStation 5 in September 2024.

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Palworld finished #31 in the 2024 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2024 season: Astro Bot (183), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (56), Balatro (45), A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (1), Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero (1), Dragon’s Dogma 2 (1), The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Palworld win?

Palworld won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2024 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Palworld win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 31 in 2024, behind Astro Bot, which collected 183 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released19 January 2024
DeveloperPocketpair
PublisherPocketpair

action-adventure game
survival game
monster-taming game
Microsoft Windows
Xbox Series X and Series S
Xbox One
macOS
PlayStation 5

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
NovaStream	Australia	2024

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