Stray: 2 Game of the Year awards

No: Stray collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2022 and finished No. 12; the season went to Elden Ring with 436. The Game Awards named Elden Ring its Game of the Year.

Stray is a 2022 adventure game developed by BlueTwelve Studio and published by Annapurna Interactive. The story follows a stray cat who falls into a walled city populated by robots, machines, and mutant bacteria; the cat sets out to return to the surface with the help of a drone companion, B-12.

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Stray finished #12 in the 2022 race, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2022 season: Elden Ring (436), God of War Ragnarök (109), Immortality (9), Cult of the Lamb (2), The Last of Us Part 1 (2), Marvel Snap (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Stray win?

Stray won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2022 season — 0.3% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did Stray win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 12 in 2022, behind Elden Ring, which collected 436 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released19 July 2022
DeveloperBlueTwelve Studio
PublisherAnnapurna Interactive

puzzle video game
cyberpunk video game
science fiction video game
graphic adventure game
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
macOS
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Czechia	1
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
GamingProfessors	Czechia	2022
Geek to Geek Media	United States	2022

← Full 2022 results

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