Game of the Year 2024 country by country

Astro Bot won 2024 with 185 of 509 tracked Game of the Year awards — 36.3%, and the top spot in 27 of 45 countries. But a global majority is not a global consensus: 18 countries handed their most awards to something else, and 11 different games won at least one country outright. In Poland, UAE, Argentina and Norway, Astro Bot did not receive a single award.

• 36%Astro Bot worldwide
• 45Countries with data
• 18Backed someone else
• 11Games that won a country

Where the winner was strong, and where it was not

Grouped by region, sorted by how much of each region's vote Astro Bot took. The spread is the story: the same game can be near-unanimous in one region and absent in another.

The countries that picked something else

18 of 45 countries gave their most awards to a game other than Astro Bot: Russia, Netherlands, Poland, Japan, UAE, Slovakia, Argentina, Algeria, South Korea, Norway. Below, each of those with at least 3 tracked outlets gets its full breakdown — every game and every outlet that named it.

Russia: Silent Hill 2 Remake

29 tracked outlets, 10 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 3 of them (10%).

1. 6× Silent Hill 2 Remake
   Cubiq, Cybersport, GameMAG, Kinopoisk, Skillbox Media, StopGame
2. 5× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   Championat, CQ, Mirf.ru, Playground, Zone of Games
3. 5× Black Myth: Wukong
   Cyber.Sports, GoHa.ru, GSTV, Playground (readers), VGTimes.Ru
4. 4× Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
   Mirf.ru (readers), StopGame (readers), xDlate Production (readers), Zone of Games
5. 3× Astro Bot
   Blog For Life, Itzine, Root Nation

Netherlands: Metaphor: ReFantazio

9 tracked outlets, 6 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 1 of them (11%).

1. 4× Metaphor: ReFantazio
   Eurogamer Benelux, Gamer.nl, NRC, XGN
2. 1× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   Eurogamer Benelux
3. 1× Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
   IGN Benelux
4. 1× Silent Hill 2 Remake
   Power Unlimited
5. 1× Astro Bot
   Pragalicious (readers)

Poland: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

8 tracked outlets, 6 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 0 of them (0%).

1. 3× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   Eurogamer Poland, GRYOnline (readers), PPE.pl (readers)
2. 1× Balatro
   CD-Action (magazine excerpt)
3. 1× Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
   Ekspert Ceneo
4. 1× S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
   GRYOnline
5. 1× Helldivers 2
   ITHardware.pl

Japan: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

6 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 1 of them (17%).

1. 3× Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
   Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards (readers), Hokanko-Alt, IGN Japan (readers)
2. 1× Astro Bot
   Game*Spark
3. 1× Granblue Fantasy: Relink
   Game*Spark
4. 1× Silent Hill 2 Remake
   IGN Japan

UAE: Black Myth: Wukong / Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

6 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
   Gazettely, Wccftech (readers)
2. 2× Black Myth: Wukong
   IGN Middle East, Rozetked
3. 1× 1000xResist
   The Habibis
4. 1× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   Wccftech

Slovakia: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

5 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 1 of them (20%).

1. 3× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   CentrumHer (readers), Sector.sk, SomHráč
2. 1× Astro Bot
   CentrumHer (readers)
3. 1× Black Myth: Wukong
   CentrumHer

Argentina: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

5 tracked outlets, 4 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
   ElderPlayers (readers), TN
2. 1× Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
   ElderPlayers
3. 1× Balatro
   New Game Plus.tv
4. 1× Helldivers 2
   Orden del Pixel

Algeria: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

4 tracked outlets, 3 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 1 of them (25%).

1. 2× Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
   Grand Game Awards, Grand Game Awards (readers)
2. 1× Astro Bot
   Algeria Game Awards
3. 1× Black Myth: Wukong
   Algeria Game Awards (readers)

South Korea: Stellar Blade

4 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 1 of them (25%).

1. 3× Stellar Blade
   GameShot, INVEN, Ruliweb (readers)
2. 1× Astro Bot
   Ruliweb (readers)

Norway: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

3 tracked outlets, 2 different games awarded. Astro Bot took 0 of them (0%).

1. 2× Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
   Gamer.no, LevelUp
2. 1× Balatro
   NRK

Every game that won at least one country

All 45 countries