Samurai Shodown: 1 Game of the Year award

No count exists for 1993: Samurai Shodown holds the only Game of the Year award on record for a season from before the census, so no winner is named.

Samurai Shodown is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It is the first installment in the Samurai Shodown series.

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Samurai Shodown collected Game of the Year awards in 1993, 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 Samurai Shodown win?

Samurai Shodown won 1 Game of the Year award in the 1993 season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Samurai Shodown win Game of the Year?

There is no full count for 1993, so this site names no winner. Samurai Shodown holds the only Game of the Year award on record for that season.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released11 August 1993
DeveloperSNK
PublisherSNK

fighting game
3DO
PlayStation 2
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Genesis
Neo Geo
Game Gear
PlayStation (console)
Game Boy
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	United States	1993	Electronic Gaming Monthly's Buyer's Guide, 1994

← Full 1993 results

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