Super Smash Bros.: 28 Game of the Year awards

No: Super Smash Bros. collected 28 Game of the Year awards in 2014 and finished No. 4; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

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Super Smash Bros. finished #4 in the 2014 race, with 28 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

28Total awards
20Media outlets
8Readers' choice
11Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), Far Cry 4 (28), Bayonetta 2 (26), Alien Isolation (24) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Super Smash Bros. win?

Super Smash Bros. won 28 Game of the Year awards in the 2014 season — 6.3% of every award tracked that season. 20 came from editorial picks and 8 from readers' polls, across 11 countries.

Did Super Smash Bros. win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released—
DeveloperSora Ltd., Bandai Namco Entertainment, Masahiro Sakurai
PublisherNintendo

platform fighter
crossover fiction
Nintendo 3DS
Wii U

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	11
France	4
United Kingdom	3
Mexico	2
Canada	2
Bolivia	1
Germany	1
Italy	1
Australia	1
Argentina	1
Spain	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Attack of the Fanboy	United States	2014	Internet Archive
CraveOnline	United States	2014	Internet Archive
Digital Spy	United Kingdom	2014	Internet Archive
El Sol	Bolivia	2014	Internet Archive
Game Podunk	United States	2014	Internet Archive
Gameblog Readers' Choice Readers	France	2014	Internet Archive
GameFAQs	United States	2014	Internet Archive
Gamekult Readers' Choice Readers	France	2014	Internet Archive
GamerGen.com	France	2014	Internet Archive
Gamespilot	Germany	2014	Internet Archive
gamrReview	United Kingdom	2014	Internet Archive
GeekNation	United States	2014	Internet Archive
IGN Italia	Italy	2014	Internet Archive
MCM	France	2014	Internet Archive
Metacritic Readers' Choice Readers	United States	2014	Internet Archive
MMGN Readers' Choice Readers	Australia	2014	Internet Archive
Music of the World	Mexico	2014	Internet Archive
Neoseeker Readers' Choice Readers	Canada	2014	Internet Archive
Nuevo Diario de Santiago del Estero	Argentina	2014	Internet Archive
Paranerds	Canada	2014	Internet Archive
Player Theory	United States	2014	Internet Archive
Reno Gazette-Journal - Technobubble	United States	2014	Internet Archive
SmashPad	United States	2014	Internet Archive
Super Cheats	United Kingdom	2014	Internet Archive
The A.V. Club Readers' Choice Readers	United States	2014	Internet Archive
TheCelebrityCafe.com Magazine	United States	2014	Internet Archive
TierraGamer	Mexico	2014	Internet Archive
VidaExtra Readers' Choice Readers	Spain	2014	Internet Archive

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