Pentiment: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Pentiment collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2022 and finished No. 7; the season went to Elden Ring with 436. The Game Awards named Elden Ring its Game of the Year.

Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating the murders of prominent individuals for which other townsfolk have been accused for various reasons.

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Pentiment finished #7 in the 2022 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

4Total awards
4Media outlets
0Readers' choice
2Countries

Also in the 2022 season: Elden Ring (436), God of War Ragnarök (109), Immortality (9), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (7), Horizon Forbidden West (6), Vampire Survivors (4), A Plague Tale Requiem (3), Cult of the Lamb (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Pentiment win?

Pentiment won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2022 season — 0.7% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Pentiment win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 7 in 2022, behind Elden Ring, which collected 436 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released15 November 2022
DeveloperObsidian Entertainment
PublisherXbox Game Studios

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

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3
Poland	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Dense Pixels	United States	2022
Gfinity ESports	United States	2022
NewOnce	Poland	2022
Screen Rant	United States	2022

← Full 2022 results

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