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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: 2 Game of the Year awards

Yes: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won Game of the Year 1998. Its 2 awards were the most of any game that season. D.I.C.E. Awards named it Game of the Year as well.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 1998 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was the first Legend of Zelda game with 3D graphics.

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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won Game of the Year 1998 in this tracker, with 2 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time win?

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 1998 season. 2 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 2 countries.

Did The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time win Game of the Year?

Yes. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time won the 1998 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year. The 1998 season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • Nintendo 64
  • Nintendo GameCube
  • Wii
  • Virtual Console
  • Nintendo 3DS
  • iQue Player
  • Wii U

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States1
United Kingdom1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry Year
D.I.C.E. AwardsUnited States1998
EdgeUnited Kingdom1998

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