Ico: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 2002: Ico holds 1 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named. D.I.C.E. Awards named Battlefield 1942 its Game of the Year.

Ico (stylized in all caps) is a 2001 action-adventure video game by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game based on a "boy meets girl" concept.

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Ico collected Game of the Year awards in 2002, a season with no full count, with 1 award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2002 season: Metroid Prime (5), Battlefield 1942 (2), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (1), Grand Theft Auto III (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Ico win?

Ico won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2002 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Ico win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 2002, so this site names no winner. Ico holds 1 of the 10 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released25 September 2001
DeveloperTeam Ico
PublisherSony Interactive Entertainment

action-adventure game
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United Kingdom	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Eurogamer	United Kingdom	2002	en.wikipedia.org

← Full 2002 results

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