Pokémon GO: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Pokémon GO collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2016 and finished No. 14; the season went to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End with 191. The Game Awards named Overwatch its Game of the Year.

Pokémon Go (stylized as Pokémon GO) is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game originally developed and published by Niantic and since 2025 by Scopely Explore, in partnership with Nintendo and the Pokémon Company, for iOS and Android devices. The game uses GPS to locate, capture, train, and battle Pokémon.

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Pokémon GO finished #14 in the 2016 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
2Media outlets
1Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2016 season: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (191), Overwatch (114), DOOM (37), The Witness (8), Titanfall 2 (6), Hitman (3), XCOM 2 (3), Persona 5 (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Pokémon GO win?

Pokémon GO won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2016 season — 0.6% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Pokémon GO win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 14 in 2016, behind Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, which collected 191 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released6 July 2016
DeveloperScopely, Niantic Games Team
PublisherNintendo, Niantic Games Team, The Pokémon Company

augmented reality
location-based game
Android (operating system)
IOS
IPadOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
France	1
Singapore	1
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Les Inrockuptibles	France	2016
The Straits Times Digital Awards Readers' Choice Readers	Singapore	2016
UPROXX	United States	2016

← Full 2016 results

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