It Takes Two
89 Game of the Year awards
It Takes Two was the most-awarded game of 2021 with 89 Game of the Year awards (19.7% of the 451 tracked). The Game Awards named it Game of the Year too. Behind it in the count: Resident Evil Village and Forza Horizon 5. Wikipedia
It Takes Two won the 2021 season with 89 Game of the Year awards, 19.7% of the season's awards, ahead of Resident Evil Village with 62.
The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year for 2021. The same game collected the most awards across all outlets.
It Takes Two, with 89 Game of the Year awards - 19.7% of every award tracked that season. Resident Evil Village was second with 62.
Counted across every outlet that gave an award, It Takes Two: 89 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. Resident Evil Village finished second in 2021 with 62 awards, behind It Takes Two.
This site documents 449 Game of the Year awards for 2021, from 384 outlets in 48 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? |
|---|---|---|
| The Game Awards | It Takes Two | Yes |
| D.I.C.E. Awards | It Takes Two | Yes |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Inscryption | No |
| BAFTA Games Awards | Returnal | No |
| New York Game Awards | Psychonauts 2 | No |
| Titanium Awards | Psychonauts 2 | No |
2 of 6 ceremonies on record picked the game the whole field rewarded most. How often each one agrees, across every season →
114 of the 2021 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 Resident Evil Village while the editorial vote went to It Takes Two.
Every game that won at least one Game of the Year award in 2021, ranked by wins.
All 449 tracked awards for 2021, from 48 countries. 114 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.