Game of the Year 2016 country by country

10 June 2026

Uncharted 4: A Thief's End won 2016 with 191 of 482 tracked Game of the Year awards — 39.6%, and the top spot in 30 of 49 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 19 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 14 different games won at least one country outright. In Belgium, Singapore, Japan and New Zealand, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End did not receive a single award.

• 40%Uncharted 4: A Thief's End worldwide
• 49Countries with data
• 19Backed someone else
• 14Games 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 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End 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

19 of 49 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Uncharted 4: A Thief's End: United States, Brazil, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, Japan, New Zealand, India. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

United States: Overwatch

123 tracked outlets, 20 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 28 of them (23%).

1. 41× Overwatch
   AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards, Amazon, App Trigger, Ars Technica, Bleeding Cool, Brutal Gamer, Cheat Code Central, CINEMABLEND, CraveOnline, Den Of Geek, Destructoid, Digital Trends, EGM, Entertainment Buddha, FilmGamesEtc, GAMbIT Magazine, Game Developers Choice Awards, Game Informer, Game Rant, Game Revolution, Gamer Assault Weekly, GameSpot, IDigital Times, IGN, Kotaku Speakys Readers' Choice (readers), Mashable, Middle Of Nowhere Gaming, mxdwn, NAVGTR Awards, Nerd Much?, Nerd Reactor, The A.V. Club Readers' Choice (readers), The Auburn Citizen, The Escapist, The Fresno Bee, The Game Awards, The Mercury News, Tom's Guide, USgamer, VentureBeat, Wired
2. 28× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   Attack of the Fanboy, BGR, Bit Cultures, CNET, Easy Allies (readers), GameSpot Readers' Choice (readers), Gaming Age, Gaming Trend, IGN Readers' Choice (readers), Kinda Funny, Metacritic Readers' Choice (readers), MonsterVine, N4G Readers' Choice (readers), NeoGAF, Play Legit, Play Legit Readers' Choice (readers), SelectButton, Slant Magazine, SmashPad, Sword Chomp, SXSW Gaming Awards, Tech Times, The Buttonsmashers, The Denver Post, The Escapist Readers' Choice (readers), The Game Fanatics, The New York Videogame Awards, Twinfinite
3. 18× DOOM
   80Level, Brutal Gamer, DarkStation, Gamer Professionals, Gameranx, Gamespresso, Giant Bomb Readers' Choice (readers), Hey Poor Player, Horrible Night, Polygon, Shacknews, TechRaptor, TechRaptor Readers' Choice (readers), The Free Cheese, The Gamer Access, The Toledo Blade, WorthPlaying, WWG
4. 5× Final Fantasy XV
   Critically Sane, Game Industry News (readers), Game Industry News Readers' Choice (readers), Game It All, GameFAQs
5. 4× The Last Guardian
   Easy Allies, Game Podunk, High-Def Digest, The New Yorker

Brazil: Overwatch

21 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 7 of them (33%).

1. 9× Overwatch
   Combo Infinito, Critical Hits Readers' Choice (readers), Globo - G1, IGN Brasil, Overloadr, Overloadr Readers' Choice (readers), TechTudo, UOL Jogos, Videogame Mais
2. 7× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   GameVicio Readers' Choice (readers), IGN Brasil Readers' Choice (readers), SuperGamePlay, TecMundo, UOL Jogos Readers' Choice (readers), Videogames Brasil Readers' Choice (readers), WannaPlay (timestamp: 65:20)
3. 3× DOOM
   Canaltech, Critical Hits, Mais Goiás
4. 1× Titanfall 2
   99Vidas
5. 1× Final Fantasy XV
   Rádio JHero (readers)

Sweden: Overwatch

12 tracked outlets, 5 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 3 of them (25%).

1. 5× Overwatch
   CtrlAltElite, FZ, MovieZine, Svampriket, Varvat
2. 3× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   IGN Sverige Readers' Choice (readers), Loading.se Readers' Choice (readers), Svampriket (readers)
3. 2× INSIDE
   Gamereactor Sverige, Senses.se
4. 1× XCOM 2
   nwt.se
5. 1× DOOM
   Nördliv

Belgium: Battlefield 1

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Battlefield 1
   4Gamers Readers' Choice (readers), Game4Me Readers' Choice (readers)
2. 1× Dishonored 2
   HLN.be / De Morgen
3. 1× The Last Guardian
   KnackFocus

Denmark: DOOM

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 1 of them (25%).

1. 2× DOOM
   Soundvenue, Soundvenue
2. 1× INSIDE
   Berlingske
3. 1× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   Gamereactor Danmark

Norway: Overwatch

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 1 of them (25%).

1. 2× Overwatch
   Gamer.no Readers' Choice (readers), NRK Filmpolitiet
2. 1× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   Gamereactor Norge
3. 1× The Last Guardian
   PressFire.no

Singapore: Overwatch

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Overwatch
   HWM+Hardwarezone.com Tech Awards, The Straits Times Digital Awards
2. 1× DOOM
   The New Paper
3. 1× Pokémon GO
   The Straits Times Digital Awards Readers' Choice (readers)

Japan: Persona 5

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Persona 5
   IGN Japan, IGN Japan (readers)
2. 1× Pokémon Sun and Moon
   Famitsu (readers)

New Zealand: Overwatch

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Overwatch
   Gameplanet Readers' Choice (readers), NZGamer.com Readers' Choice (readers)
2. 1× The Last Guardian
   The New Zealand Herald

India: Overwatch

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× Overwatch
   Gamepur, NDTV Gadgets 360
2. 1× Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
   GamingBolt

Every game that won at least one country

All 49 countries