Guitar Hero: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Guitar Hero collected 2 Game of the Year awards in 2006 (3 counting every season) and finished No. 9; the season went to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion with 42. Spike Video Game Awards named The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion its Game of the Year.

Guitar Hero is a 2005 rhythm game developed by Harmonix and published by RedOctane for the PlayStation 2. It is the first installment in the Guitar Hero series.

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Guitar Hero finished #9 in the 2006 race, with 3 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2006 season: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (42), Gears of War (34), The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (28), Final Fantasy XII (3), Company of Heroes (2), Shadow of the Colossus (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Guitar Hero win?

Guitar Hero won 2 Game of the Year awards in the 2006 season — 1.6% of every award tracked that season. Counting every season it holds 3: 1 more was filed under another year. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Guitar Hero win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 9 in 2006, behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which collected 42.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released8 November 2005
DeveloperHarmonix Music Systems
PublisherRedOctane

music video game
rhythm game
PlayStation 2

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1
United Kingdom	1
Finland	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
St. Petersburg Times	United States	2005	Internet Archive
Eurogamer	United Kingdom	2006	Internet Archive
Pelit Magazine	Finland	2006	pelit.fi

← Full 2006 results

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