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2007

Portal: 14 Game of the Year awards

No: Portal collected 14 Game of the Year awards in 2007 and finished No. 4; the season went to BioShock with 48. Spike Video Game Awards named BioShock its Game of the Year.

Portal is a 2007 puzzle-platform game developed and published by Valve. It was originally released in a bundle, The Orange Box, for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and has been ported to other systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Android (via Nvidia Shield), and Nintendo Switch.

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Portal finished #4 in the 2007 race, with 14 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 14Total awards
  • 14Media outlets
  • 0Readers' choice
  • 5Countries

Also in the 2007 season: BioShock (48), Super Mario Galaxy (46), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (23), Halo 3 (7), Rock Band (6), The Orange Box (6) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Portal win?

Portal won 14 Game of the Year awards in the 2007 season — 8.3% of every award tracked that season. 14 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 5 countries.

Did Portal win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2007, behind BioShock, which collected 48.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerYes
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released10 October 2007
  • DeveloperValve Corporation
  • PublisherValve Corporation
  • puzzle video game
  • first-person shooter
  • science fiction video game
  • Microsoft Windows
  • macOS
  • PlayStation 3
  • X-BOX 360
  • Linux
  • Android (operating system)

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States10
Australia1
United Kingdom1
Sweden1
Saudi Arabia1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
ABC Good GameAustralia2007Internet Archive
ActiontripUnited States2007Internet Archive
EurogamerUnited Kingdom2007Internet Archive
FZSweden2007fz.se
GamasutraUnited States2007Internet Archive
Game Developers Choice AwardsUnited States2007Internet Archive
GamerNodeUnited States2007Internet Archive
GWJUnited States2007Internet Archive
Houston PressUnited States2007Internet Archive
iafrica.comSaudi Arabia2007Internet Archive
JoystiqUnited States2007Internet Archive
ShacknewsUnited States2007Internet Archive
The A.V. ClubUnited States2007Internet Archive
the Village VoiceUnited States2007Internet Archive

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