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2021

Deathloop: 40 Game of the Year awards

No: Deathloop collected 40 Game of the Year awards in 2021 and finished No. 4; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

Deathloop is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Arkane Lyon and published by Bethesda Softworks. The player controls Colt Vahn, an assassin who must escape a time loop by killing eight targets known as visionaries before midnight each day.

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Deathloop finished #4 in the 2021 race, with 40 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 40Total awards
  • 34Media outlets
  • 6Readers' choice
  • 19Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Metroid Dread (37), Halo Infinite (27), Returnal (22) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Deathloop win?

Deathloop won 40 Game of the Year awards in the 2021 season — 8.9% of every award tracked that season. 34 came from editorial picks and 6 from readers' polls, across 19 countries.

Did Deathloop win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89.

Game facts

  • action-adventure game
  • science fiction video game
  • first-person shooter
  • immersive sim
  • PlayStation 5
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States8
United Kingdom6
Italy4
Czechia3
Poland2
Ireland2
France2
Iran2
Estonia1
India1
Ukraine1
Slovakia1
Belgium1
Sweden1
Brazil1
Colombia1
Denmark1
Australia1
UAE1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
AntywebPoland2021Internet Archive
Cinema St. LouisUnited States2021Internet Archive
Destructoid ReadersUnited States2021Internet Archive
DiktorEstonia2021Internet Archive
EDGE MagazineUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
EmpireUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
Entertainment.ieIreland2021Internet Archive
FossbytesIndia2021Internet Archive
Gameplay Cafe ReadersItaly2021Internet Archive
GameSpotUnited States2021Internet Archive
GamesRadar+United States2021Internet Archive
Golden Joystick AwardsUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
HBUkraine2021Internet Archive
HernáZónaSlovakia2021Internet Archive
HLNBelgium2021Internet Archive
IGN ItalyItaly2021Internet Archive
INDIAN ReadersCzechia2021Internet Archive
KukátkoCzechia2021Internet Archive
La Creme du GamingFrance2021Internet Archive
meltyFrance2021Internet Archive
Metacritic ReadersUnited States2021Internet Archive
MonkeyBitItaly2021Internet Archive
MovieZineSweden2021Internet Archive
NAVGTR AwardsUnited States2021Internet Archive
OverplayBrazil2021Internet Archive
PsproIran2021Internet Archive
RadiónicaColombia2021Internet Archive
ShacknewsUnited States2021Internet Archive
SoundvenueDenmark2021Internet Archive
StevivorAustralia2021Internet Archive
Stuff.tvUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
TesterGierPoland2021Internet Archive
The Irish NewsIreland2021Internet Archive
The TelegraphUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
TheSixthAxisUnited Kingdom2021Internet Archive
Tom's GuideUnited States2021Internet Archive
UAGNAItaly2021Internet Archive
Vigiato ReadersIran2021Internet Archive
WccftechUAE2021Internet Archive
Zing ReadersCzechia2021Internet Archive

← Full 2021 results

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.