Golden Joystick Awards 2025: Full list of all award nominees & more

The show will air on November 20, 2025

The gamers and fans are pretty hyped as the full list of award nominees has been revealed for the upcoming Golden Joystick Awards 2025.

This iconic London gaming award event announced the game categories on October 3, 2025. Since then, the fan voting has been going on.

Over 20 categories honor everything from indie gems to blockbuster soundtracks, with public voting ending October 31. The Ultimate Game of the Year voting is now open until November 15, while panel-selected awards such as Streamers’ Choice and Breakthrough will be announced at the ceremony.

Golden Joystick Awards 2025 is going to air on November 20, 2025 via YouTube and IGN. Let’s check out the full list of all award nominees in this article.

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Full list of award nominees in Golden Joystick Awards 2025

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Split Fiction
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Peak
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Blue Prince
• Silent Hill f
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Hades 2
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Best Storytelling

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Silent Hill f
• Blue Prince
• Mafia: The Old Country
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• The Hundred Line – Last Defense Academy

Best Multiplayer Game

• Battlefield 6
• Peak
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Split Fiction
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch

Best Visual Design

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• The Midnight Walk
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Sword of the Sea
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Best Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Wanderstop
• Skin Deep
• Despelote
• Herdling
• Abiotic Factor
• Baby Steps
• Caves of Qud
• Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Best Indie Game – Self-Published

• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hades II
• Sword of the Sea
• Peak
• Keep Driving
• Spilled!
• Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
• Deltarune
• Promise Mascot Agency
• Consume Me

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Still Playing Award – PC and Console

• Minecraft
• Dead by Daylight
• Helldivers 2
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Satisfactory
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Marvel Rivals
• Fortnite
• Apex Legends
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X
• GTA Online
• Warframe

Still Playing Award – Mobile

• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Pokémon GO
• Subway Surfers
• Clash Royale
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Genshin Impact
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Roblox
• Free Fire
• PUBG Mobile

Best Remake / Remaster

• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
• The Talos Principle: Reawakened
• Gears of War: Reloaded
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4

Studio of the Year

• Team Cherry
• Sandfall Interactive
• Aggro Crab and Landfall
• Bloober Team
• Sloclap
• Rebellion

Best Game Expansion

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants
• Lies of P: Overture
• No Man’s Sky: Voyagers
• Atomfall Story Expansion Pack: The Red Strain
• Assassin’s Creed Shadows – Claws of Awaji
• Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest

Best Audio Design

• Ghost of Yōtei
• Battlefield 6
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Two Point Museum
• Cronos: The New Dawn

Best Soundtrack

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• South of Midnight
• Silent Hill f
• Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
• Deltarune
• Sword of the Sea

Best Lead Performer

• Jennifer English – Maelle (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)
• Tom McKay – Henry (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)
• Alex Jordan – Jan Dolski (The Alters)
• Erika Ishii – Atsu (Ghost of Yōtei)
• Adriyan Rae – Hazel (South of Midnight)

Best Supporting Performer

• Troy Baker – Higgs Monaghan (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach)
• Jim High – Erik (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)
• Ben Starr – Verso (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Lucy Griffiths – Alva (Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream)
• Logan Cunningham – Hades II
• Marios Gavrilis – Emmerich Voss (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

PC Game of the Year

• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• The Alters
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Peak
• Abiotic Factor
• Dune: Awakening

Console Game of the Year

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Mario Kart World

Best Early Access Game

• Grounded 2
• Schedule I
• 9 Kings
• R.E.P.O.
• Skate.
• White Knuckle

Best Gaming Hardware

• Nintendo Switch 2
• Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller
• WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD
• Elgato Facecam 4K
• Razer Blade 16
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Best Game Adaptation

• Devil May Cry (Netflix)
• Arcane Season 2 (Netflix)
• The Last of Us Season 2 (HBO)
• A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Secret Level (Prime Video)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Paramount Pictures)

Best Game Trailer

• Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2
• Battlefield 6: Official Launch Live Action Trailer
• Rhythm Doctor – Official Release Date Trailer
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn – Announcement Trailer
• Romeo Is a Dead Man – Announcement Trailer
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Official CGI Trailer – Live a Life Medieval

Most Wanted Game

• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher 4
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Night
• 007 First Light
• Exodus
• Subnautica 2
• Light No Fire
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• Saros
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Crimson Desert
• Kingdom Hearts IV
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
• OD – Knock
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

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