Shovel Knight: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Shovel Knight collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2014 and finished No. 15; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Shovel Knight is a platform game developed and published by Yacht Club Games. Development was crowdfunded and the game was released for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Windows in June 2014.

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Shovel Knight finished #15 in the 2014 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), Kentucky Route Zero - Act III (5), Sunset Overdrive (5), Forza Horizon 2 (5), This War of Mine (4), Wolfenstein: The New Order (4) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Shovel Knight win?

Shovel Knight won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2014 season — 0.9% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Shovel Knight win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 15 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released26 June 2014
DeveloperYacht Club Games
PublisherYacht Club Games

platformer
action-adventure game
action game
Linux
Microsoft Windows
Wii U
Nintendo 3DS
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation Vita
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Android (operating system)
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Filmoria	United Kingdom	2014
Irrational Passions	United States	2014
TechRaptor	United States	2014
The Free Cheese	United States	2014

← Full 2014 results

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