Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: 1 Game of the Year award

No: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2020 and finished No. 22; the season went to The Last of Us Part II with 325. The Game Awards named The Last of Us Part II its Game of the Year.

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is an action role-playing simulation video game developed by Edelweiss and published by Marvelous. It was first released in North America on November 10, 2020, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and the PC through Steam.

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin finished #22 in the 2020 race, with 1 award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Also in the 2020 season: The Last of Us Part II (325), Ghost of Tsushima (75), Hades (74), Kentucky Route Zero (1), Persona 5 Royal (1), Spiritfarer (1), Streets of Rage 4 (1), Tell Me Why (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin win?

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2020 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 22 in 2020, behind The Last of Us Part II, which collected 325.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released12 November 2020
DeveloperEdelweiss
PublisherMarvelous, Xseed Games

action role-playing game
simulation video game
platformer
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Australia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Digitally Downloaded	Australia	2020	Internet Archive

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