Transistor: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Transistor collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2014 and finished No. 19; the season went to Dragon Age: Inquisition with 139. The Game Awards named Dragon Age: Inquisition its Game of the Year.

Transistor is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Supergiant Games. The game was released in May 2014 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4, for OS X and Linux in October 2014, and iOS devices in June 2015.

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Transistor finished #19 in the 2014 race, with 3 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
3Countries

Also in the 2014 season: Dragon Age: Inquisition (139), Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (52), Mario Kart 8 (31), This War of Mine (4), Wolfenstein: The New Order (4), Titanfall (3) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Transistor win?

Transistor won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2014 season — 0.7% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 3 countries.

Did Transistor win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 19 in 2014, behind Dragon Age: Inquisition, which collected 139.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released20 May 2014
DeveloperSupergiant Games
PublisherSupergiant Games

action role-playing game
video game with LGBT character
cyberpunk video game
science fiction video game
PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
IOS
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Canada	1
United States	1
Brazil	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year	Source
Neoseeker	Canada	2014	Internet Archive
Tom's Guide	United States	2014	Internet Archive
WannaPlay (timestamp: 74:38)	Brazil	2014	Internet Archive

← Full 2014 results

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