Gamescom 2025 Awards Announced

As is the case every year, Gamescom 2025 played host to one of the most significant moments in the gaming world. As the event concluded, the awards were presented, revealing remarkable results across a variety of categories. This year’s list, which featured both major titles and indie titles, offered a surprising array of winners.

All Nominees and Winners at the Gamescom 2025 Awards

Best Visual

• Borderlands 4 – Gearbox Software/2K
• Bye Sweet Carole – Little Sewing Machine/Maximum Entertainment
• Crimson Desert – Pearl Abyss
• MIO: Memories In Orbit – Douze Dixièmes/Focus Entertainment
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom Entertainment

Best Voice

• Cairn – The Game Bakers
• Little Nightmares 3 – Supermassive Games/Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Phantom Blade Zero – S-Game
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom Entertainment
• Rockbeasts – Lichthund/Team17

Best Gameplay

• Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo
• Hela – Windup/Knights Peak
• Mario Kart World – Nintendo
• PVKK – Bippinbits/Kepler Interactive
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom Entertainment

Best Epic Game

• Crimson Desert – Pearl Abyss
• Dune: Awakening – Funcom
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom Entertainment
• Super Meat Boy 3D – Sluggerfly, Team Meat/Headup Games
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment

Best Fun Game

• Dispatch – AdHoc Studio
• Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo
• Grounded 2 – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
• Hela – Windup/Knights Peak
• Mario Kart World – Nintendo

Best Cute Game

• Hela – Windup/Knights Peak
• Is This Seat Taken? – Poti Poti Studio/Wholesome Games Presents
• Star Birds – Toukana Interactive
• Tiny Bookshop – neoludic games/Skystone Games, 2P Games
• Winter Burrow – Pine Creek Games/Noodlecake

Games for Impact

• Cairn – The Game Bakers
• Forever Skies – Far From Home
• Hollow Home – Twigames/Galaktus
• Monowave – Studio BBB
• Tiny Bookshop – neoludic games/Skystone Games, 2P Games

Best Mobile

• Arknights: Endfield – Hypergryph/Gryphline
• Dungeon Clawler – Stray Fawn/Playworks
• Genshin Impact – HoYoverse
• Love and Deepspace – Papergames/Infold Games
• Servant of the Lake – Rusty Lake

Best Xbox Game

• Borderlands 4 – Gearbox Software/2K
• Crimson Desert – Pearl Abyss
• Grounded 2 – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
• Little Nightmares 3 – Supermassive Games/Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – PlatinumGames, Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios

Best Playstation Game

• Borderlands 4 – Gearbox Software/2K
• Crimson Desert – Pearl Abyss
• Cronos: The New Dawn – Bloober Team
• Pragmata – Capcom Entertainment
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom Entertainment

Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game 

• Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo
• Mario Kart World – Nintendo
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Nintendo
• Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree – Brownies Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Winter Burrow – Pine Creek Games/Noodlecake

Best PC Game

• Anno 117: Pax Romana – Ubisoft Mainz/Ubisoft
• Borderlands 4 – Gearbox Software/2K
• PVKK – Bippinbits/Kepler Interactive
• Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree – Brownies Inc./Bandai Namco Entertainment
• World of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment/Activision Blizzard

Heart of Gaming Award

• Artist Alleys

Best Lineup

• Capcom

Best Trailer/Announcement (Community)

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Stand (Jury)

• Ubisoft

Best Stand (Community)

• Pokémon

Best Product

• Star Birds Gacha Machine

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