Shinobi : Art of Vengeance: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Shinobi : Art of Vengeance collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2025 and finished No. 27; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is a 2025 action platform game developed by Lizardcube and published by Sega. It is a revival of Sega's Shinobi series, and the first new entry since Shinobi (2011).

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Shinobi : Art of Vengeance finished #27 in the 2025 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Hollow Knight: Silksong (24), Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo (1), DELTARUNE Chapters 3 and 4 (1), Where Winds Meet (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Shinobi : Art of Vengeance win?

Shinobi : Art of Vengeance won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2025 season — 0.1% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Shinobi : Art of Vengeance win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 27 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released29 August 2025
Developer—
PublisherSega

2D platform game
action game
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4
Xbox Series X and Series S
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
HipHopWired	United States	2025

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