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The Walking Dead: The Game: 75 Game of the Year awards

Yes: The Walking Dead: The Game won Game of the Year 2012. Its 75 awards were the most of any game that season (18.7%). Spike Video Game Awards named it Game of the Year as well.

The Walking Dead is a 2012 episodic graphic adventure video game developed and published by Telltale Games. Set in the same universe as the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, it is the first installment, or "season", in Telltale's The Walking Dead video game series, and comprises five main "episodes" and one DLC episode released between April 2012 and July 2013.

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The Walking Dead: The Game won Game of the Year 2012 in this tracker, with 75 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide — #25 of all time in this database.

  • 75Total awards
  • 66Media outlets
  • 9Readers' choice
  • 13Countries

Also in the 2012 season: Journey (58), Far Cry 3 (53), Dishonored (52) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Walking Dead: The Game win?

The Walking Dead: The Game won 75 Game of the Year awards in the 2012 season — 18.7% of every award tracked that season. 66 came from editorial picks and 9 from readers' polls, across 13 countries.

Did The Walking Dead: The Game win Game of the Year?

Yes. The Walking Dead: The Game won the 2012 season: no other game collected as many Game of the Year awards that year.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released24 April 2012
  • DeveloperTelltale Games
  • PublisherTelltale Games
  • graphic adventure game
  • episodic video game
  • zombie apocalyptic video game
  • X-BOX 360
  • PlayStation Vita
  • PlayStation 3
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation Portable
  • IOS
  • macOS
  • Android (operating system)
  • IPadOS

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States41
United Kingdom12
Australia4
Sweden3
Denmark3
Finland2
Germany2
Poland2
India2
France1
Oman1
Latvia1
Italy1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

OutletCountry YearSource
Alternative Magazine OnlineUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
Arcade SushiUnited States2012Internet Archive
BootHammerUnited States2012Internet Archive
Capsule ComputersAustralia2012Internet Archive
Cheat Code CentralUnited States2012Internet Archive
ComplexUnited States2012Internet Archive
Console MonsterUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
CraveOnlineUnited States2012Internet Archive
DarkStationUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
DestructoidUnited States2012Internet Archive
Destructoid Community Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012Internet Archive
Digital SpyUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
Digital TrendsUnited States2012Internet Archive
Dome.fiFinland2012Internet Archive
E! OnlineUnited States2012Internet Archive
Entertainment FuseUnited States2012Internet Archive
Eurogamer.seSweden2012Internet Archive
FZSweden2012Internet Archive
Game Revolution Community Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012Internet Archive
GAMEBLOG.fr Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersFrance2012Internet Archive
GameFrontUnited States2012Internet Archive
gameplay MagazineDenmark2012Internet Archive
Gamer Theory MediaUnited States2012Internet Archive
GamereactorDenmark2012Internet Archive
GamerSushiUnited States2012Internet Archive
GamesRadarUnited States2012Internet Archive
GamesweltGermany2012Internet Archive
GameZoneUnited States2012Internet Archive
Gaming TrendUnited States2012Internet Archive
GizmagAustralia2012Internet Archive
God is a GeekUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
Golden4GamesOman2012Internet Archive
GoozerNationUnited States2012Internet Archive
GRY-OnLine.plPoland2012Internet Archive
Hard ResetUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
HypableUnited States2012Internet Archive
Just Push StartUnited States2012Internet Archive
LevelUpLatvia2012Internet Archive
MashableUnited States2012Internet Archive
MegazineSweden2012Internet Archive
Metacritic Readers' Choice GOTY ReadersUnited States2012Internet Archive
MSN UKUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
Multiplayer.itItaly2012Internet Archive
NDTVIndia2012Internet Archive
New England GamerUnited States2012Internet Archive
New Game NetworkUnited States2012Internet Archive
New York Videogame Critics Circle AwardsUnited States2012Internet Archive
newbreview.comUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
Paste MagazineUnited States2012Internet Archive
Pelit MagazineFinland2012pelit.fi
Pixel.tvDenmark2012Internet Archive
PixelJumpersUnited States2012Internet Archive
Polygamia.plPoland2012Internet Archive
PolygonUnited States2012Internet Archive
Redeye ChicagoUnited States2012Internet Archive
Rocket ChainsawAustralia2012Internet Archive
ShacknewsUnited States2012Internet Archive
SideQuestingUnited States2012Internet Archive
Spike TV Video Game AwardsUnited States2012Internet Archive
StevivorAustralia2012Internet Archive
Tech2India2012Internet Archive
TelegraphUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
TG DailyUnited States2012Internet Archive
The FlickcastUnited States2012Internet Archive
The Gamer AccessUnited States2012Internet Archive
The Married GamersUnited States2012Internet Archive
TheGamersHubUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
ThunderboltUnited Kingdom2012Internet Archive
topoftheGAMESGermany2012Internet Archive
USA TODAYUnited States2012Internet Archive
Velocity GamerUnited States2012Internet Archive
VentureBeatUnited States2012Internet Archive
VG247United Kingdom2012Internet Archive
WiredUnited States2012Internet Archive
Yahoo! GamesUnited States2012Internet Archive

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