The game appeared on several year-end lists of the best games of 2015, receiving Game of the Month and Funniest Game on PC from Rock, Paper, Shotgun,[80][81] Best Game Ever from GameFAQs,[82] and Game of the Year for PC from The Jimquisition,[83] Zero Punctuation,[84] and IGN.[85] It also received Best PC Game from Destructoid,[86] the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award[87] and Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game from the SXSW Gaming Awards;[87] and Game, Original Role Playing from the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers awards.[88]
Undertale garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with praise for its story, narrative and for its role-playing. At the IGN's Best of 2015, the game received Best Story.[89] Undertale was nominated for the Innovation Award, Best Debut, and Best Narrative at the Game Developers Choice Awards.[90] In 2016, at the Independent Games Festival the game won the Audience Award, and garnered three nominations for Excellence in Audio, Excellence in Narrative, and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize.[91][92] The SXSW Gaming Awards named it the Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game, and awarded it the Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award.[87] The same year at the Steam Awards the game received a nomination for The "I'm not crying, there's just something in my eye" award.[93] Polygon named the game among the decade's best.[94]
Award Date of ceremony Category Result Ref(s).
12th British Academy Games Awards 7 April 2016 Story Nominated [95][96]
19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards 18 February 2016 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Nominated [97]
DICE Sprite Award Nominated
Role-Playing/Massive Multiplayer Game of the Year Nominated
Dragon Awards 11 August 2016 Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC/Console Game Nominated [98]
Global Game Awards 27 November 2015 Best Indie Runner-up [99]
The Game Awards 3 December 2015 Best Independent Game Nominated [100]
Games for Change Nominated
Best Role-Playing Game Nominated
2016 Game Developers Choice Awards 16 March 2016 Innovation Award Nominated [90]
Best Debut Nominated
Best Narrative Nominated
2016 Independent Games Festival Awards Seumas McNally Grand Prize Nominated [101]
Excellence in Audio Nominated
Excellence in Narrative Nominated
Audience Award Won [91]
2016 SXSW Gaming Awards 19 March 2016 Game of the Year Nominated [102]
Excellence in Gameplay Nominated
Most Promising New Intellectual Property Nominated
Most Fulfilling Crowdfunded Game Won [87]
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award Won
NAVGTR Awards 21 March 2016 Game, Original Role Playing Won [88]
Original Light Mix Score, New IP Nominated
Game Design, New IP Nominated
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