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Super Mario Maker: 8 Game of the Year awards

No: Super Mario Maker collected 8 Game of the Year awards in 2015 and finished No. 6; the season went to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. The Game Awards named The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt its Game of the Year.

Super Mario Maker is a 2015 platform game and game creation system developed and published by Nintendo. An entry in the Super Mario series, the game allowed players to create, play, and share courses based on previous Super Mario titles including Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario Maker finished #6 in the 2015 race, with 8 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 8Total awards
  • 8Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 3Countries

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34), Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (31), Life Is Strange (14), Rocket League (7), Undertale (7), Rise of the Tomb Raider (6) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Super Mario Maker win?

Super Mario Maker won 8 Game of the Year awards in the 2015 season — 1.7% of every award tracked that season. 8 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Super Mario Maker win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 6 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • platformer
  • side-scrolling video game
  • Wii U

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States6
United Kingdom1
Netherlands1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
AmazonUnited States2015
Giant BombUnited States2015
SquabbleBox.co.uk - Entertainment Under AttackUnited Kingdom2015
Tom's GuideUnited States2015
USgamerUnited States2015
VentureBeatUnited States2015
WiredUnited States2015
Zoomin.TVNetherlands2015

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