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2021

Resident Evil Village: 61 Game of the Year awards

No: Resident Evil Village collected 62 Game of the Year awards in 2021 (61 counting every season) and finished No. 2; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Resident Evil Village  is a 2021 survival horror game developed and published by Capcom. It is the sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017).

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Resident Evil Village finished #2 in the 2021 race, with 61 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 61Total awards
  • 29Media outlets
  • 32Readers' choice
  • 23Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Deathloop (40), Metroid Dread (37) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Resident Evil Village win?

Resident Evil Village won 62 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 13.7% of every award tracked that season. 61 of them are on record here as individual awards; the season figure is the archive's published count. 29 came from editorial picks and 32 from readers' polls, across 23 countries.

Did Resident Evil Village win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 2 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released7 May 2021
  • DeveloperCapcom
  • PublisherCapcom
  • survival horror
  • first-person shooter
  • action game
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X and Series S
  • Microsoft Windows
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • IOS
  • IPadOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States10
Russia9
Hungary5
Brazil5
United Kingdom5
Canada4
Poland3
Italy3
UAE2
Ukraine2
Algeria1
Austria1
Japan1
France1
Kuwait1
China1
Croatia1
Estonia1
Turkey1
Portugal1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
3DNews ReadersRussia2021
Al-AinUAE2021
Algeria Game AwardsAlgeria2021
CGMagazine ReadersCanada2021
Dot EsportsUnited States2021
DVD-ForumAustria2021
EarlyGame ReadersUnited States2021
Entertainment WeeklyUnited States2021
Eurogamer PolandPoland2021
FamitsuJapan2021
Gaak ReadersFrance2021
GameInfinite ReadersUnited States2021
Gamekapocs ReadersHungary2021
GamepurUnited States2021
Gamer Snack ReadersKuwait2021
Gamer-info ReadersRussia2021
Gamersky ReadersChina2021
GameStar HungaryHungary2021
GameVicioBrazil2021
Gaming AgeUnited States2021
Golden Joystick Awards ReadersUnited Kingdom2021
GRY OnLinePoland2021
HCL ReadersCroatia2021
Hey Poor PlayerUnited States2021
HynerdItaly2021
IGN HungaryHungary2021
IGN Middle East ReadersUAE2021
KG-Portal ReadersRussia2021
Komputer Świat - Tech Awards ReadersPoland2021
Laptop MagUnited States2021
Legião dos HeróisBrazil2021
Legião dos Heróis ReadersBrazil2021
Level1 ReadersEstonia2021
Link Cable Gaming ReadersCanada2021
Merlin'in Kazani ReadersTurkey2021
Mir Fantastiki / MIRF ReadersRussia2021
Moshbit Gaming ReadersPortugal2021
NerdandoItaly2021
Overclockers.uaUkraine2021
PC Guru ReadersHungary2021
PlayDome ReadersHungary2021
PlaygroundRussia2021
Playground ReadersRussia2021
Push SquareUnited Kingdom2021
Sector.sk ReadersSlovakia2021
Senpai fka BitMeMexico2021
Shazoo ReadersRussia2021
SpazioGames ReadersItaly2021
TechRadarUnited Kingdom2021
TechTudoBrazil2021
TechTudo ReadersBrazil2021
That Nerd ShowUnited States2021
The IndiependentUnited Kingdom2021
Unian ReadersUkraine2021
W2M NetworkUnited States2021
WatchMojoCanada2021
Weekly Recon ReadersCanada2021
WellPlayedAustralia2021
WhatCultureUnited Kingdom2021
xDlate Production ReadersRussia2021
Zone of Games ReadersRussia2021

← Full 2021 results

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