Diablo: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 1996: Diablo holds 1 of the 4 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named.

Diablo is a 1997 action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment for Windows. It is the first installment in the video game series of the same name.

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Diablo collected Game of the Year awards in 1996, a season with no full count, with 1 award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Diablo win?

Diablo won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1996 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Diablo win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 1996, so this site names no winner. Diablo holds 1 of the 4 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released31 December 1996
DeveloperBlizzard North
PublisherBlizzard Entertainment

action role-playing game
role-playing video game
dark fantasy video game
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Classic Mac OS
PlayStation (console)

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
GameSpot	United States	1996	gamespot.com

← Full 1996 results

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