Wordle: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Wordle collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2022 and finished No. 14; the season went to Elden Ring with 436. The Game Awards named Elden Ring its Game of the Year.

Wordle is a web-based word game created and developed by Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle. In the game, players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, receiving feedback through colored tiles that indicate correct letters and their placement.

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Wordle finished #14 in the 2022 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2022 season: Elden Ring (436), God of War Ragnarök (109), Immortality (9), The Last of Us Part 1 (2), Stray (2), Marvel Snap (1), Return to Monkey Island (1), Marvel’s Midnight Suns (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Wordle win?

Wordle won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2022 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Wordle win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 14 in 2022, behind Elden Ring, which collected 436 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released1 October 2021
DeveloperJosh Wardle
PublisherThe New York Times

word video game
letter game
web browser

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
The Guardian	United Kingdom	2022

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