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The Outer Worlds: 11 Game of the Year awards

No: The Outer Worlds collected 11 Game of the Year awards in 2019 and finished No. 8; the season went to Death Stranding with 118. The Game Awards named Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice its Game of the Year.

The Outer Worlds is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. Set in an alternate future, the game takes place in Halcyon, a distant planetary system colonized by megacorporations.

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The Outer Worlds finished #8 in the 2019 race, with 11 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 11Total awards
  • 9Media outlets
  • 2Readers' choice
  • 5Countries

Also in the 2019 season: Death Stranding (118), Resident Evil 2 (95), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (85), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (21), Disco Elysium (21), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (12), Outer Wilds (10), Untitled Goose Game (8) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Outer Worlds win?

The Outer Worlds won 11 Game of the Year awards in the 2019 season — 2.3% of every award tracked that season. 9 came from editorial picks and 2 from readers' polls, across 5 countries.

Did The Outer Worlds win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 8 in 2019, behind Death Stranding, which collected 118.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released25 October 2019
  • DeveloperObsidian Entertainment
  • PublisherPrivate Division
  • action role-playing game
  • role-playing video game
  • science fiction video game
  • PlayStation 4
  • Xbox One
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States7
Australia1
France1
Finland1
Canada1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

← Full 2019 results

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