Dragon Quest IV: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 1990: Dragon Quest IV holds 1 of the 2 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named.

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, titled Dragon Warrior IV when initially localized to North America, is a 1990 role-playing video game, the fourth installment of the Dragon Quest video game series developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, and the first of the Zenithian Trilogy. It was originally released for the Famicom on 11 February 1990 in Japan.

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Dragon Quest IV collected Game of the Year awards in 1990, 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 Dragon Quest IV win?

Dragon Quest IV won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1990 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Dragon Quest IV win Game of the Year?

It shares the top of 1990 with Strider on 1 award each. A tied season has no winner on this site.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released11 February 1990
DeveloperChunsoft
PublisherEnix

role-playing video game
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Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Famitsu	Japan	1990	groups.google.com

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