The Drifter: 1 Game of the Year award

No: The Drifter collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2025 and finished No. 35; the season went to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with 540. The Game Awards named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 its Game of the Year.

The Drifter is a pulp point-and-click adventure game developed and published by Australian developer Powerhoof for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It was released on July 17, 2025 for PC, with Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 following on June 22, 2026.

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The Drifter finished #35 in the 2025 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2025 season: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (540), Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (48), Hollow Knight: Silksong (24), Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Drifter win?

The Drifter won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2025 season — 0.1% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did The Drifter win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 35 in 2025, behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which collected 540 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released17 July 2025
DeveloperPowerhoof
Publisher—

adventure video game
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
ScreenHub	Australia	2025

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