Game of the Year 2010

Quick answers

Who won Game of the Year 2010?

Red Dead Redemption won the 2010 season with 112 Game of the Year awards, 36.7% of the season's awards, ahead of Mass Effect 2 with 104.

What won Game of the Year at the Spike Video Game Awards 2010?

Spike Video Game Awards named Red Dead Redemption its Game of the Year for 2010. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.

Which game won the most Game of the Year awards in 2010?

Red Dead Redemption, with 112 Game of the Year awards - 36.7% of every award tracked that season. Mass Effect 2 was second with 104.

What was the best game of 2010?

Counted across every outlet that gave an award, Red Dead Redemption: 112 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.

Did Mass Effect 2 win Game of the Year 2010?

No. Mass Effect 2 finished second in 2010 with 104 awards, behind Red Dead Redemption.

How many Game of the Year awards were given in 2010?

This site documents 305 Game of the Year awards for 2010, from 304 outlets in 34 countries. It is a documented minimum: every award has a source, and awards nobody recorded are not in it.

Major ceremonies 2010

2 of 5 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →

The players' verdict — 2010

40 of the 2010 awards were readers' and community votes — the public's side of the season, counted separately. Players and press split this season: the public's most-voted game was Mass Effect 2 while the editorial vote went to Red Dead Redemption.

1. Mass Effect 222
2. Red Dead Redemption10
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops3
4. Halo:Reach1
5. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd1

When players and critics disagree, across every season →

Best game of 2010, by every award

Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 2010, ranked by wins.

1. Red Dead Redemptionincludes researched awards112
   Media outlets: 88 · Readers' choice: 24
2. Mass Effect 2includes researched awards104
   Media outlets: 70 · Readers' choice: 34
3. Super Mario Galaxy 2includes researched awards22
   Media outlets: 20 · Readers' choice: 2
4. Heavy Rainincludes researched awards14
   Media outlets: 13 · Readers' choice: 1
5. God of War III7
6. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty7
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops6
8. Bayonetta5
9. Fallout: New Vegas4
10. Halo:Reach4
11. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood3
12. Deadly Premonition3
13. Gran Turismo 52
14. Vanquish2
15. Alan Wake1
16. Amnesia: The Dark Descent1
17. Battlefield: Bad Company 21
18. BioShock 21
19. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2counted toward 20091
20. Darksiders1
21. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West1
22. Epic Mickey1
23. Monster Hunter Portable 3rdresearched addition1
    Media outlets: 0 · Readers' choice: 1
24. Mafia IIresearched addition1
    Media outlets: 1 · Readers' choice: 0

Who voted for what

All 305 tracked awards for 2010, from 34 countries. 40 were readers' or community votes. Tap a column heading to sort.