Our census begins in 2003. For 1997 we list only the awards we could source one at a time, so this is a record that these awards happened — not a count of how many were given. It must not be compared with a tracked season; see the methodology.
GoldenEye 007
2 Game of the Year awards
GoldenEye 007 was the most-awarded game of 1997 with 2 Game of the Year awards of the 3 on record. D.I.C.E. Awards named it Game of the Year too. Behind it in the count: Total Annihilation.
GoldenEye 007 won the 1997 season with 2 Game of the Year awards, ahead of Total Annihilation with 1. The season is only partly documented, so this is a record of surviving awards, not a full count.
D.I.C.E. Awards named GoldenEye 007 its Game of the Year for 1997. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.
GoldenEye 007, with 2 Game of the Year awards. Total Annihilation was second with 1.
Counted across every outlet that gave an award, GoldenEye 007: 2 Game of the Year awards. 'Best' is each outlet's own judgement; this site adds those judgements up rather than making one of its own.
No. Total Annihilation finished second in 1997 with 1 award, behind GoldenEye 007.
This site documents 3 Game of the Year awards for 1997, from 3 outlets in 1 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.
| Ceremony | Game of the Year | Same as the count? |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | GoldenEye 007 | Yes |
1 of 1 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →
Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 1997, ranked by wins.
All 3 tracked awards for 1997, from 1 countries. 0 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.
| Media outlet | Country | Their GOTY |
|---|---|---|
| D.I.C.E. Awards | United States | GoldenEye 007 |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) | United States | GoldenEye 007 |
| GameSpot | United States | Total Annihilation |
Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.