Tetris Effect: 4 Game of the Year awards

No: Tetris Effect collected 4 Game of the Year awards in 2018 and finished No. 10; the season went to God of War with 264. The Game Awards named God of War its Game of the Year.

Tetris Effect is a block-dropping arcade-styled puzzle video game developed by Japanese studios Monstars and Resonair and published by Enhance Games. The game was released worldwide exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on November 9, 2018, and features support for the PlayStation VR.

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Tetris Effect finished #10 in the 2018 race, with 4 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

4Total awards
4Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2018 season: God of War (264), Red Dead Redemption 2 (179), Marvel's Spider-Man (24), Return of the Obra Dinn (5), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (5), Astro Bot Rescue Mission (4), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (3), Assassin's Creed Odyssey (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Tetris Effect win?

Tetris Effect won 4 Game of the Year awards in the 2018 season — 0.8% of every award tracked that season. 4 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Tetris Effect win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 10 in 2018, behind God of War, which collected 264 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released9 November 2018
Developer—
PublisherEnhance

puzzle video game
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Xbox Series X and Series S
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	2
United Kingdom	1
France	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
Eurogamer.net	United Kingdom	2018
Giant Bomb	United States	2018
Les Inrockuptibles Magazine	France	2018
Wicked Local	United States	2018

← Full 2018 results

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