The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: 229 Game of the Year awards

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won Game of the Year 2011 in this tracker, with 229 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide — #6 of all time in this database.

229Total awards
164Media outlets
65Readers' choice
28Countries

Game facts

Campaign lengthNot documented
Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Couch co-opNot documented
Split screenNo
Online co-opNot documented
Players on one consoleNot documented
Players onlineNot documented
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released11 November 2011
DeveloperBethesda Game Studios
PublisherBethesda Softworks, 1C Company, Softclub

role-playing video game
action role-playing game
fantasy video game
action-adventure game
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	85
United Kingdom	25
Spain	13
Germany	13
Italy	11
Canada	10
Australia	9
Sweden	7
Netherlands	6
Denmark	5
Norway	5
Russia	5
Finland	4
South Africa	4
Poland	4
Brazil	3
Ireland	3
New Zealand	3
France	2
Hungary	2

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
1UP	United States	2011
1UP Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
3DJuegos Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Spain	2011
411mania	United States	2011
4News	Italy	2011
4PLAYERS Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
7outof10 Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United Kingdom	2011
ABC Good Game	Australia	2011
Actiontrip	United States	2011
Actiontrip Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
AIAS - Interactive Achievement Awards	United States	2011
al.com	United States	2011
All Age Gaming	Australia	2011
All You Need New England	United States	2011
allehanda.se	Sweden	2011
Arena iG	Brazil	2011
Ars Technica	United States	2011
AtomicGamer	United States	2011
AustralianGamer	Australia	2011
BAD HAVEN	Ireland	2011
Baixaki Jogos	Brazil	2011
Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Brazil	2011
BigPond GameArena	Australia	2011
bit-tech	United Kingdom	2011
BN Games	United States	2011
BnBGaming	United States	2011
Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards	United States	2011
Capsule Computers	Australia	2011
Cheat Happens	United States	2011
Clipset	Spain	2011
Console Monster	United Kingdom	2011
Critical Gamer	United Kingdom	2011
Daily Rush	Denmark	2011
daily sun	Bangladesh	2011
Danish Game Awards	Denmark	2011
DarkStation	United Kingdom	2011
DarkZero	United Kingdom	2011
Dataspelsgalan 2012	Sweden	2011
Destructoid Community Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Digital Life Awards	Singapore	2011
Digital Spy	United Kingdom	2011
Dome.fi	Finland	2011
Dome.fi Editors' Choice GOTY	Finland	2011
Ducktoid	United Kingdom	2011
EB Games Australia	Australia	2011
eGamer Community Choice GOTY Readers	South Africa	2011
EGM	United States	2011
EL33TONLINE Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	South Africa	2011
eLhabib	Austria	2011
Eurogamer.de Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Eurogamer.dk Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Denmark	2011
Eurogamer.es Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Spain	2011
Eurogamer.it	Italy	2011
Eurogamer.net Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United Kingdom	2011
Everyeye.it Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Italy	2011
Extreme Gamer	Canada	2011
FactPile	United States	2011
Finnish Game Awards	Finland	2011
FOK!games	Netherlands	2011
Game Breakers	United Kingdom	2011
Game Chronicles Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Game Developers Choice Awards	United States	2011
Game Industry News	United States	2011
Game Informer	United States	2011
Game Informer Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Game Revolution	United States	2011
Game-Focus Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	France	2011
Gamearth	Spain	2011
GameCaptain	Germany	2011
Gamed Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Netherlands	2011
GameDwellers	United States	2011
GameDynamo Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Spain	2011
GameFAQs	United States	2011
GameFront	United States	2011
GameFront Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
GameGuide	New Zealand	2011
Gamekapocs	Hungary	2011
Gamekult	France	2011
Gameliner	Netherlands	2011
Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Italy	2011
Gameplanet Players' Choice Game Awards Readers	New Zealand	2011
GameProTV	Spain	2011
Gamer Theory Media	United States	2011
Gamer.nl	Netherlands	2011
Gamer365	Hungary	2011
Gameranx	United States	2011
Gamereactor	Sweden	2011
Gamereactor	Norway	2011
Gamereactor	Germany	2011
Gamereactor	United Kingdom	2011
Gamereactor	Denmark	2011
Gamereactor	Finland	2011
Gamereactor Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Sweden	2011
GamerNode	United States	2011
GamersGlobal	Germany	2011
Games Abyss	United States	2011
Games.it	Italy	2011
GameSoul	Italy	2011
GameSpot	United States	2011
GameSpot Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
GamesRadar Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Gameswelt Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Gamezilla Readers' Choice Readers	Poland	2011
GameZone	United States	2011
Gamezone Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Gaming Irresponsibly	United States	2011
Gaming Precision	United States	2011
Gaming Union	United Kingdom	2011
GamingBolt	India	2011
GamingUnwrapped	United States	2011
gamona.de Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Geek.com	United States	2011
Generacion Pixel	Spain	2011
Giant Bomb	United States	2011
GMRFM	Ireland	2011
Go! Gaming Giant	United Kingdom	2011
gram.pl Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Poland	2011
GRY OnLine	Poland	2011
Gullstikka	Norway	2011
Hard Reset	United Kingdom	2011
HardGame2	Spain	2011
HCG Community Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
HEXUS.net	United Kingdom	2011
Hobbynews.es	Spain	2011
HollywoodJesus.com	United States	2011
Hooked Gamers	United States	2011
Horrible Night	United States	2011
iamgamer.de	Germany	2011
IBTimes	United States	2011
IGN Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Inside Gaming Awards	United States	2011
Inside Gaming Awards Gamers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
InsideGamer	Netherlands	2011
ITavisen	Norway	2011
Itchy Thumbs	United Kingdom	2011
JOE.ie	Ireland	2011
Joystiq	United States	2011
Just Push Start	United States	2011
Kotaku AU Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Australia	2011
Kotaku Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Lazygamer	South Africa	2011
Looki.de Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Germany	2011
Mail.Ru	Russia	2011
Mania	United States	2011
Matt's Games Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Italy	2011
Meristation	Spain	2011
Meristation Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Spain	2011
Metacritic Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
MGnews	Russia	2011
MiastoGier Readers	Poland	2011
Middle East Gamers	UAE	2011
Middle East Gamers Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	UAE	2011
MMGN	Australia	2011
MSN Canada	Canada	2011
Multiplayer.it	Italy	2011
Multiplayer.it Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Italy	2011
Mundogamers	Spain	2011
MyGaming Community Choice GOTY Readers	South Africa	2011
New Game Network	United States	2011
New York Daily News	United States	2011
News10 Gamers' Choice Awards Readers	United States	2011
Newzglobe.com	Sweden	2011
Nukezilla	United Kingdom	2011
NY Videogame Critics Circle Awards	United States	2011
OC Weekly	United States	2011
Opdalingen	Norway	2011
Pads & Panels	United States	2011
PCWorld	United States	2011
Phoenix New Times	United States	2011
Pixel.tv	Denmark	2011
Platform Nation	United States	2011
PlayGround.ru	Russia	2011
PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Russia	2011
PowerGamer	Sweden	2011
PowerGamer Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Sweden	2011
Ready Up	United Kingdom	2011
RipTen	United States	2011
SanDiego.com	United States	2011
Sentinel and Enterprise	United States	2011
ShogunGamer	Canada	2011
Softonic	Germany	2011
Softpedia	Romania	2011
SpazioGames	Italy	2011
Spike TV Video Game Awards	United States	2011
Split Screen	United Kingdom	2011
Strategy Informer	United States	2011
Stuff Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	New Zealand	2011
Suite101	Canada	2011
Sunday Mercury	United Kingdom	2011
Talking About Games Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
Technoholik	India	2011
The A.V. Club	United States	2011
The Controller Online	Canada	2011
The Controller Online Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Canada	2011
The Daily Rotation	United States	2011
The Escapist	United States	2011
The Express Tribune Media Watchdog	Pakistan	2011
The Game Effect	United States	2011
The Game Effect Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	United States	2011
The London Free Press / Toronto Sun	Canada	2011
The Tower Pulse	United States	2011
The Video Game Masters Club	United States	2011
The Windsor Star	Canada	2011
TheVine	Australia	2011
Tom's Hardware Turkey	Turkey	2011
topoftheGAMES	Germany	2011
Trendy Gamers	Canada	2011
UGO	United States	2011
Unwinnable	United States	2011
Uptown Magazine	Canada	2011
USA TODAY Game Hunters	United States	2011
Vagary.TV	United States	2011
Velocity Gamer	United States	2011
VG Nett Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Norway	2011
VGChartz gamrReview	United Kingdom	2011
VGTimes	Russia	2011
VidaExtra Readers' Choice GOTY Readers	Spain	2011
Virgin Media	United Kingdom	2011
Wall Street Journal - Speakeasy	United States	2011
WhatIfGaming	United States	2011
Wired	United States	2011
WorthPlaying	United States	2011
X-Play	United States	2011
XGN	Netherlands	2011
Yell! Magazine	United States	2011
Z-Giochi	Italy	2011
Games Magazine	United Kingdom	2012
Golden Joystick Awards	United Kingdom	2012
The Stuff Gadget Awards	United Kingdom	2012

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: 229 Game of the Year awards

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Where the awards came from

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year