Spore: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Spore collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 17; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy god game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Designed by Will Wright, it covers many genres including action, real-time strategy, and role-playing games.

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Spore finished #17 in the 2008 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), Halo 3 (1), Super Mario Galaxy (1), World of Goo (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Spore win?

Spore won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Spore win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 17 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released1 September 2008
DeveloperMaxis
PublisherElectronic Arts, Softclub

life simulation game
god game
space trading and combat game
real-time strategy
Microsoft Windows
macOS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Gamesmagazine-online	United Kingdom	2008

← Full 2008 results

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