Resident Evil 4
38 Game of the Year awards
Resident Evil 4 was the most-awarded game of 2005 with 38 Game of the Year awards (53.5% of the 71 tracked). Spike Video Game Awards named it Game of the Year too. Behind it in the count: Shadow of the Colossus and God of War. Wikipedia
Resident Evil 4 won the 2005 season with 38 Game of the Year awards, 53.5% of the season's awards, ahead of Shadow of the Colossus with 6.
Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year for 2005. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.
Resident Evil 4, with 38 Game of the Year awards - 53.5% of every award tracked that season. Shadow of the Colossus was second with 6.
Counted across every outlet that gave an award, Resident Evil 4: 38 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. Shadow of the Colossus finished second in 2005 with 6 awards, behind Resident Evil 4.
This site documents 69 Game of the Year awards for 2005, from 67 outlets in 14 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? |
|---|---|---|
| Spike Video Game Awards | Resident Evil 4 | Yes |
| D.I.C.E. Awards | God of War | No |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Shadow of the Colossus | No |
| Golden Joystick Awards | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | No |
1 of 4 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →
10 of the 2005 awards were readers' and community votes — the public's side of the season, counted separately. Players agreed with the press: Resident Evil 4 topped the public vote too.
Thin sample. Only 10 readers' votes are documented for 2005 — read this as a glimpse, not a verdict. Coverage grows sharply from 2008 on.
Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 2005, ranked by wins.
All 69 tracked awards for 2005, from 14 countries. 10 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.
Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.