According to data collected by users on the ResetERA forum, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has officially become the video game with the highest number of Game of the Year awards ever recorded. The total has now reached 436 GOTY wins, surpassing Elden Ring, which previously held the record with 435 awards in 2022.
Earlier this year, the role-playing game ranked third with 291 awards. Over time, many new prizes were added from media outlets, associations, and organizations around the world, steadily increasing the total and pushing the game to the top of the all-time list.
A Major Achievement for Sandfall Interactive
This is a major milestone for Sandfall Interactive, the studio behind Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. With this result, the game has surpassed not only Elden Ring, but also several legendary titles such as The Last of Us Part II, Baldur’s Gate 3, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Based on ResetERA’s data, the current ranking of the most awarded GOTY games includes:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – 436
- Elden Ring – 435
- The Last of Us Part II – 326
- Baldur’s Gate 3 – 288
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 281
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 264
- God of War (2018) – 263
This places Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at the very top of an already prestigious list.
It is important to note that these figures are based on community-tracked data and should be viewed with some caution. Comparing games from different years using raw numbers is not always precise, as the total number of awards given each year has changed significantly over time. In fact, the number of tracked GOTY awards has nearly doubled since 2010.
For example, if games were ranked by the percentage of wins compared to nominations, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time would still lead, with an impressive 87% win rate, despite having fewer than 100 total awards. Earlier this year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood at a 68% success rate, though updated figures for this metric are not currently available.
Even with these considerations, the achievement remains remarkable and confirms Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as one of the most celebrated games of all time.
In other news, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 significantly outperformed the development team’s initial expectations. Before its release and subsequent success at award shows, the studio was betting the RPG might only scrape a Metacritic score of 80.
