Game of the Year 2020 country by country

27 January 2026

The Last of Us Part II won 2020 with 325 of 651 tracked Game of the Year awards — 49.9%, and the top spot in 42 of 58 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 16 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 11 different games won at least one country outright. In China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, The Last of Us Part II did not receive a single award.

• 50%The Last of Us Part II worldwide
• 58Countries with data
• 16Backed someone else
• 11Games 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 The Last of Us Part II 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

16 of 58 countries gave their most awards to a game other than The Last of Us Part II: China, Japan, UAE, Finland, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, South Korea, Argentina, Costa Rica. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

China: Cyberpunk 2077

5 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 0 of them (0%). Every entry here is a community vote — the archive holds no editorial pick from this country for this year, so this is what players chose, not what the press wrote.

1. 4× Cyberpunk 2077
   3DM Game (readers), Ali213 (readers), BiliBili (readers), Gamersky (readers)
2. 1× Final Fantasy VII Remake
   VGTime / UCG (readers)

Japan: Ghost of Tsushima

5 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 0 of them (0%).

1. 3× Ghost of Tsushima
   Famitsu, Game*Spark (readers), IGN Japan (readers)
2. 1× Animal Crossing: New Horizons
   Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards (readers)
3. 1× Final Fantasy VII Remake
   IGN Japan

UAE: Ghost of Tsushima

5 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 2 of them (40%).

1. 3× Ghost of Tsushima
   Gadgets Middle East (readers), IGN Middle East, Wccftech
2. 2× The Last of Us Part II
   IGN Middle East (readers), Wccftech (readers)

Finland: Cyberpunk 2077

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 1 of them (25%).

1. 2× Cyberpunk 2077
   Pelit Magazine, Pelit Magazine (readers)
2. 1× Ghost of Tsushima
   GameReactor Finland
3. 1× The Last of Us Part II
   Muropaketti

Saudi Arabia: Ghost of Tsushima

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Ghost of Tsushima
   Arab Game Awards (readers), TrueGaming
2. 1× Final Fantasy VII Remake
   Saudi Gamer

Switzerland: Cyberpunk 2077

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× Cyberpunk 2077
   Digitec / Galaxus (readers), PilatusToday
2. 1× The Last of Us Part II
   TicinOnline

South Korea: Half Life: Alyx

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Half Life: Alyx
   GameShot, Ruliweb
2. 1× Animal Crossing: New Horizons
   Minimap (readers)

Argentina: Animal Crossing: New Horizons

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× Animal Crossing: New Horizons
   Infobae, Malditos Nerds
2. 1× The Last of Us Part II
   Geeky

Costa Rica: Ghost of Tsushima

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. The Last of Us Part II took 1 of them (33%).

1. 2× Ghost of Tsushima
   Level Up Awards / Teletica (readers), Revista Level Up
2. 1× The Last of Us Part II
   Level Up Awards / Teletica

Every game that won at least one country

All 58 countries