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2015

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: 31 Game of the Year awards

No: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain collected 31 Game of the Year awards in 2015 and finished No. 4; the season went to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with 281. The Game Awards named The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt its Game of the Year.

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is a 2015 action-adventure stealth game developed and published by Konami. Directed, written, and produced by Hideo Kojima (as his final work at Konami), it is the ninth installment in the Metal Gear franchise, following Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a stand-alone prologue released the previous year.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain finished #4 in the 2015 race, with 31 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 31Total awards
  • 29Media outlets
  • 2Readers' choice
  • 12Countries

Also in the 2015 season: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (281), Fallout 4 (65), Bloodborne (34), Life Is Strange (14), Super Mario Maker (8), Rocket League (7) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain win?

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain won 31 Game of the Year awards in the 2015 season — 6.4% of every award tracked that season. 29 came from editorial picks and 2 from readers' polls, across 12 countries.

Did Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2015, behind The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which collected 281.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released1 September 2015
  • Developer—
  • PublisherKonami
  • third-person shooter
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation 3
  • Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States12
United Kingdom4
Italy3
Czechia2
Brazil2
Netherlands2
Germany1
Mexico1
Colombia1
Canada1
Argentina1
Norway1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
AreaGamesGermany2015Internet Archive
Bidness EtcUnited States2015Internet Archive
Blesk.czCzechia2015Internet Archive
Cine PREMIEREMexico2015Internet Archive
City A.M.United Kingdom2015Internet Archive
Colorado Springs GazetteUnited States2015Internet Archive
Complex MagazineUnited States2015Internet Archive
Den of GeekUnited States2015Internet Archive
ENTER.co ReadersColombia2015Internet Archive
Entertainment WeeklyUnited States2015Internet Archive
FilmGamesEtcUnited States2015Internet Archive
Game RevolutionUnited States2015Internet Archive
Games.czCzechia2015Internet Archive
GamesRadarUnited States2015Internet Archive
GamingShogunCanada2015Internet Archive
Giant Bomb Readers' Choice ReadersUnited States2015Internet Archive
Golden Joystick Awards Critics ChoiceUnited Kingdom2015Internet Archive
IGN ItaliaItaly2015Internet Archive
Malditos NerdsArgentina2015Internet Archive
Middle Of Nowhere GamingUnited States2015Internet Archive
New Media RockstarsUnited States2015Internet Archive
Next-Gen Gaming BlogUnited Kingdom2015Internet Archive
NRK FilmpolitietNorway2015Internet Archive
Panorama MagazineItaly2015Internet Archive
San Jose Mercury NewsUnited States2015Internet Archive
Sky MagItaly2015Internet Archive
SuperinteressanteBrazil2015Internet Archive
Tech AwardsNetherlands2015Internet Archive
UOL JogosBrazil2015Internet Archive
VICE UKUnited Kingdom2015Internet Archive
Video Game ShelfNetherlands2015Internet Archive

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