Game of the Year 2010 country by country

2 June 2026

Red Dead Redemption won 2010 with 111 of 304 tracked Game of the Year awards — 36.5%, and the top spot in 15 of 32 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 17 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 10 different games won at least one country outright. In Russia, Red Dead Redemption did not receive a single award.

• 37%Red Dead Redemption worldwide
• 32Countries with data
• 17Backed someone else
• 10Games that won a country

Where the winner was strong, and where it was not

Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote Red Dead Redemption took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.

The countries that picked something else

17 of 32 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Red Dead Redemption: United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Italy, Sweden, Russia. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

United Kingdom: Mass Effect 2

65 tracked outlets, 16 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 11 of them (17%).

1. 25× Mass Effect 2
   BAFTA Awards, bit-tech, Brutal Gamer, D+PAD Magazine, Daily Record Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), Empire, Eurogamer, Eurogamer Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), GameReactor, Gamestyle, GamingLives, Go! Gaming Giant, God is a Geek, Golden Joystick Awards, HEXUS.net, HEXUS.net Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), IncGamers, MediaKick, MSN UK, Shiny Media Tech Digest, The Newb Review, TheGamersHub, VG-Reloaded, VGChartz, VGChartz Readers' Choice GOTY (readers)
2. 11× Red Dead Redemption
   AceGamez, Console Monster, Critical Gamer, CVG, DarkStation, Digital Spy, Guardian, Shortlist Magazine, The Times, Thunderbolt, VideoGamer Readers' Choice GOTY (readers)
3. 6× Heavy Rain
   DIY, Gaming Union, TheSixthAxis, TVG, VideoGamer, Xtreme Gaming 24/7
4. 6× Super Mario Galaxy 2
   Edge, Games Magazine, Games TM Magazine, GamesMaster Magazine, Orange, The Independent
5. 3× Halo:Reach
   Console Monster Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), Coventry Telegraph, Yahoo! Games

Canada: Mass Effect 2

11 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 1 of them (9%).

1. 7× Mass Effect 2
   C&G Monthly Magazine, CBC News, Dose.ca, Everything 4 Gamers, Game Rant, GameFocus, GameFocus Community choice GOTY (readers)
2. 1× Red Dead Redemption
   Extreme Gamer
3. 1× God of War III
   Suite101.com
4. 1× Vanquish
   TGN Times
5. 1× Call of Duty: Black Ops
   WatchMojo

Australia: Mass Effect 2

10 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 3 of them (30%).

1. 6× Mass Effect 2
   All Age Gaming, Games On Net, Games On Net Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), IGN AU, iTWire, Kotaku AU
2. 3× Red Dead Redemption
   ABC Good Game, Kotaku AU Editor's Choice GOTY, MMGN
3. 1× Super Mario Galaxy 2
   Herald Sun

Italy: Mass Effect 2

8 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 2 of them (25%).

1. 5× Mass Effect 2
   Eurogamer Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), EVERYEYE.IT Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), Multiplayer.it Readers' Choice GOTY (readers), SpazioGames
2. 2× Red Dead Redemption
   Cinema e VideoGiochi, EVERYEYE.IT
3. 1× God of War III
   Multiplayer.it

Sweden: Super Mario Galaxy 2

8 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 1 of them (12%).

1. 4× Super Mario Galaxy 2
   GAMEcore.se, GameReactor, Level Magazine, Svampriket
2. 3× Mass Effect 2
   Dataspelsgalan 2011, Dataspelsgalan People's Choice GOTY (readers), Gameplayer.se
3. 1× Red Dead Redemption
   FZ

Russia: Mass Effect 2

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Red Dead Redemption took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Mass Effect 2
   GameMAG, PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice GOTY (readers)
2. 1× Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
   PlayGround.ru

Every game that won at least one country

All 32 countries