Final Fantasy IV: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 1991: Final Fantasy IV holds 1 of the 3 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named.

Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy II in its initial North American release, is a 1991 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth main installment of the Final Fantasy series.

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Final Fantasy IV collected Game of the Year awards in 1991, 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 Final Fantasy IV win?

Final Fantasy IV won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1991 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Final Fantasy IV win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 1991, so this site names no winner. Final Fantasy IV holds 1 of the 3 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released19 July 1991
DeveloperSquare
PublisherSquare

role-playing video game
turn-based Japanese role-playing game
GBA
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation (console)
Android (operating system)
Microsoft Windows
IOS
Nintendo DS

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Famitsu	Japan	1991	archive.org

← Full 1991 results

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