Sonic the Hedgehog: 2 Game of the Year awards

Yes: Sonic the Hedgehog won Game of the Year 1991. Its 2 awards were the most of any game that season.

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 1991 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in North America and PAL regions in June and in Japan the following month.

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Sonic the Hedgehog won Game of the Year 1991 in this tracker, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Sonic the Hedgehog win?

Sonic the Hedgehog won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 1991 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Sonic the Hedgehog win Game of the Year?

Yes. Sonic the Hedgehog won the 1991 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year. The 1991 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released23 June 1991
DeveloperSonic Team
PublisherSega

platformer
Sega Genesis
Wii
Nintendo GameCube
Android (operating system)
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
X-BOX 360
IOS
arcade video game
mobile phone
GBA
Java Platform, Micro Edition
BlackBerry
Nintendo 3DS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	United States	1991
Golden Joystick Awards	United Kingdom	1991

← Full 1991 results

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