The World Ends with You: 1 Game of the Year award

No: The World Ends with You collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2008 and finished No. 22; the season went to Fallout 3 with 69. Spike Video Game Awards named Grand Theft Auto IV its Game of the Year.

The World Ends with You is an action role-playing game co-developed by Square Enix and Jupiter for the Nintendo DS. Set in the modern-day Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo, The World Ends with You features a distinctive art style and urban fantasy elements inspired by Shibuya and its youth culture.

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The World Ends with You finished #22 in the 2008 race, with 1 award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2008 season: Fallout 3 (69), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (41), Grand Theft Auto IV (40), World of Goo (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The World Ends with You win?

The World Ends with You won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2008 season — 0.5% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did The World Ends with You win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 22 in 2008, behind Fallout 3, which collected 69.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released27 July 2007
DeveloperSquare Enix, h.a.n.d., Jupiter
PublisherSquare Enix, Ubisoft

role-playing video game
Nintendo DS
Android (operating system)
IOS
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Russia	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
GameMAG	Russia	2008	gamemag.ru

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