2017 · Game of the Year

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: 265 Game of the Year awards

Yes: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won Game of the Year 2017. Its 265 awards were the most of any game that season (57.0%). The Game Awards named it Game of the Year as well.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a 2017 action-adventure game developed by Nintendo EPD for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. Set near the end of the Zelda timeline, it follows Link as he sets out to save Princess Zelda and prevent Calamity Ganon from destroying the world.

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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won Game of the Year 2017 in this tracker, with 265 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide — #7 of all time in this database.

• 265Total awards
• 201Media outlets
• 64Readers' choice
• 40Countries

Also in the 2017 season: Horizon: Zero Dawn (69), Super Mario Odyssey (37), NieR: Automata (17) · full results