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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic: 18 Game of the Year awards

Yes: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic won Game of the Year 2003. Its 18 awards were the most of any game that season (40.9%). Spike Video Game Awards named Madden NFL 2004 its Game of the Year.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (often abbreviated KOTOR or KotOR) is a role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by LucasArts. The first installment of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic series, it was released for the Xbox on July 16, 2003 and Windows on November 19, 2003, and it was ported to Mac OS X, iOS, and Android by Aspyr.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic won Game of the Year 2003 in this tracker, with 18 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 18Total awards
  • 17Media outlets
  • 1Readers' choice
  • 3Countries

Also in the 2003 season: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (8), Call of Duty (6), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic win?

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic won 18 Game of the Year awards in the 2003 season — 40.9% of every award tracked that season. 17 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic win Game of the Year?

Yes. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic won the 2003 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released1 January 2003
  • DeveloperBioWare
  • PublisherLucasfilm Games
  • role-playing video game
  • space opera video game
  • Xbox (console)
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • Android (operating system)
  • IOS
  • Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States15
United Kingdom2
Canada1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
ActiontripUnited States2003
Amazon.comUnited States2003
Console GoldUnited States2003
DailyGameUnited States2003
ExtremegamerCanada2003
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2003
Game-RevolutionUnited States2003
GameFly Q AwardsUnited States2003
Games DomainUnited Kingdom2003
GamespyUnited States2003
IGNUnited States2003
International Press Academy Satellite AwardsUnited States2003
JIVE MagazineUnited States2003
Marin Independent JournalUnited States2003
NTSC-uk Reader's Choice GOTY ReadersUnited Kingdom2003
Pittsburgh TribuneUnited States2003
X-PlayUnited States2003
G4TV G-phoria 2004United States2004

← Full 2003 results

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