F.E.A.R.: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: F.E.A.R. collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2005 and finished No. 5; the season went to Resident Evil 4 with 38. Spike Video Game Awards named Resident Evil 4 its Game of the Year.

F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon is a 2005 first-person shooter psychological horror video game for Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

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F.E.A.R. finished #5 in the 2005 race, with 3 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
2Media outlets
1Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2005 season: Resident Evil 4 (38), Shadow of the Colossus (6), God of War (4), Civilization IV (4), Psychonauts (3), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did F.E.A.R. win?

F.E.A.R. won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2005 season — 4.2% of every award tracked that season. 2 came from editorial picks and 1 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did F.E.A.R. win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 5 in 2005, behind Resident Evil 4, which collected 38.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released18 October 2005
DeveloperMonolith Productions
PublisherVivendi

first-person shooter
psychological horror fiction
X-BOX 360
PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Actiontrip	United States	2005	Internet Archive
Actiontrip People's Choice Readers	United States	2005	Internet Archive
MegaGames	United States	2005	Internet Archive

← Full 2005 results

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