| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Locus Poll Award | Best SF Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| 2012 | Locus Online | 20th Century Science Fiction Novel | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1988 |
|
The Player of Games | Macmillan UK | Novel | |
| August 1988 |
|
The Player of Games | Macmillan UK | Novel | |
| January 1989 |
|
The Player of Games | Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press | Novel | |
| August 1989 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| August 1989 |
|
The Player of Games | Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press / SFBC | Novel | |
| 1990 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | 1 |
| November 1990 |
|
The Player of Games | HarperPaperbacks | Novel | 3 |
| 1993 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 1993 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | 3 |
| 1994 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | 3 |
| June 1995 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 1996 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| February 1997 |
|
The Player of Games | HarperPrism | Novel | |
| 1998 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 2000 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | 3 |
| 2000 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | 3 |
| 2001 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 2005 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 2006 | The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | ||
| 2007 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| 2008 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| March 2008 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit (US) | Novel | 1 |
| September 2008 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| December 2009 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit (US) | Novel | |
| 2010 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel | |
| May 2011 |
|
The Player of Games | Hachette Audio | Novel | |
| August 2011 |
|
The Player of Games | Hachette | Novel | |
| October 2012 |
|
Iain M. Banks Culture - 25th Anniversary Box Set | Orbit | Omnibus | |
| November 2012 |
|
The Culture | Orbit (US) | Omnibus | |
| November 2023 |
|
The Player of Games | Orbit | Novel |