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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds: 6 Game of the Year awards

No: The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds collected 6 Game of the Year awards in 2013 and finished No. 8; the season went to The Last of Us with 257. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto V its Game of the Year.

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds is a 2013 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The game is the 17th in The Legend of Zelda series and is a spiritual successor to the 1991 title The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.

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The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds finished #8 in the 2013 race, with 6 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 6Total awards
  • 6Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 2Countries

Also in the 2013 season: The Last of Us (257), Grand Theft Auto V (165), BioShock Infinite (47), Gone Home (11), Tomb Raider (8), Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (6), Papers, Please (5), Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds win?

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds won 6 Game of the Year awards in the 2013 season — 1.1% of every award tracked that season. 6 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2013, behind The Last of Us, which collected 257 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • Nintendo 3DS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States5
Sweden1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
Game PodunkUnited States2013
GameFAQsUnited States2013
GameSpotUnited States2013
Irrational PassionsUnited States2013
PixlBitUnited States2013
SkillpointSweden2013

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