Sakura Wars: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 1996: Sakura Wars holds 1 of the 4 Game of the Year awards on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named.

Sakura Wars is a cross-genre video game developed by Sega and Red Company and published by Sega in 1996. It is the first installment in the Sakura Wars series, created by Oji Hiroi.

Description via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sakura Wars collected Game of the Year awards in 1996, a season with no full count, with 1 award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

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

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Sakura Wars win?

Sakura Wars won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1996 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Sakura Wars win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 1996, so this site names no winner. Sakura Wars holds 1 of the 4 Game of the Year awards on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released27 September 1996
DeveloperRed Entertainment, Sega
PublisherSega

dating sim
tactical role-playing game
Dreamcast
Sega Saturn
PlayStation Portable
Microsoft Windows

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Japan	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Japan Game Awards	Japan	1996	red-entertainment.co.jp

← Full 1996 results

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