Prey: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Prey collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2017 and finished No. 12; the season went to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with 265. The Game Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild its Game of the Year.

Prey is a 2017 first-person shooter immersive sim video game developed by Arkane Austin and published by Bethesda Softworks. It occurs in an alternate timeline in which mankind has taken to orbital stations following an accelerated Space Race.

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Prey finished #12 in the 2017 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2017 season: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (265), Horizon: Zero Dawn (69), Super Mario Odyssey (37), Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (5), Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (5), Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (4), Agents of Mayhem (1), Cuphead (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Prey win?

Prey won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2017 season — 0.9% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Prey win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 12 in 2017, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which collected 265 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released5 May 2017
DeveloperArkane Studios
PublisherBethesda Softworks

first-person shooter
video game with LGBT character
immersive sim
science fiction video game
X-BOX 360
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Russia	3
Finland	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
3DNews	Russia	2017
Age of Geeks	Russia	2017
Pelit Magazine	Finland	2017
PlayGround.ru	Russia	2017

← Full 2017 results

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