Recent updates:
November 19, 2024: Scorecard launched with this year's The Game Awards and Indie Game Award nominees.
Key to awards:
[BAFTA] BAFTA Games Awards - noms/winners announced tbd spring 2025
[DICE] D.I.C.E. Awards - nominations tbd; winners announced Feb. 13
[GDC] Game Developers Choice Awards - noms/winners tbd spring 2025
[IND] Indie Game Awards - winners announced Dec. 19
[MC] Metacritic Game of the Year (overall highest Metascore) - tbd early Jan
[NY] New York Game Awards - nominations tbd; winners announced Jan. 21
[TGA] The Game Awards - winners announced Dec. 12
★ Wins in bold and starred / nominations in regular text
Game of the Year
tbd Astro Bot - TGA
tbd Balatro - TGA
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - TGA
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - TGA
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - TGA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - TGA
Indie Game of the Year
tbd 1000xRESIST - IND
tbd Animal Well - IND, TGA
tbd Arco - IND
tbd Balatro - IND, TGA
tbd Crypt Custodian - IND
tbd Lorelei and the Laser Eyes - IND, TGA
tbd Mouthwashing - IND
tbd Neva - IND, TGA
tbd Nine Sols - IND
tbd UFO 50 - IND, TGA
Debut Game of the Year
tbd Animal Well - TGA
tbd Arranger - IND
tbd Balatro - TGA
tbd Lil' Guardsman - IND
tbd Little Kitty, Big City - IND
tbd Manor Lords - TGA
tbd Mullet Madjack - IND
tbd Pacific Drive - TGA
tbd The Plucky Squire - TGA
tbd Worldless - IND
AR/VR/IR Game of the Year *
tbd Arizona Sunshine Remake - TGA
tbd Asgard's Wrath 2 - TGA
tbd Batman: Arkham Shadow - TGA
tbd Metal: Hellsinger VR - TGA
tbd Metro Awakening - TGA
* Note: In cases where a game is playable on both VR and non-VR devices, the Metascore displayed above is for the general version of the game and not specifically the VR version.
Multiplayer/Online Game of the Year
tbd Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - TGA
tbd Helldivers 2 - TGA
tbd Super Mario Party Jamboree - TGA
tbd Tekken 8 - TGA
tbd Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - TGA
Ongoing/Evolving Game of the Year
Games first released prior to 2024 with new content added in 2024
Destiny 2 - TGA
Diablo IV - TGA
Final Fantasy XIV - TGA
Fortnite - TGA
Helldivers 2 - TGA
Mobile Game of the Year
tbd AFK Journey - TGA
tbd Balatro - TGA
tbd Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket - TGA
tbd Wuthering Waves - TGA
tbd Zenless Zone Zero - TGA
Best Narrative/Story/Writing
tbd 1000xRESIST - IND
tbd Arco - IND
tbd Caravan SandWitch - IND
tbd Fear the Spotlight - IND
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - TGA
tbd Last Time I Saw You - IND
tbd Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - TGA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - TGA
tbd Mouthwashing - IND
tbd Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - TGA
tbd Silent Hill 2 - TGA
Best Art Direction/Visual Design
tbd Astro Bot - TGA
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - TGA
tbd Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus - IND
tbd Crow Country - IND
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - TGA
tbd Harold Halibut - IND
tbd Hauntii - IND
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - TGA
tbd Neva - TGA
tbd The Plucky Squire - IND
tbd Ultros - IND
Genre-Specific Awards
Action Game of the Year
tbd Black Myth: Wukong - TGA
tbd Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 - TGA
tbd Helldivers 2 - TGA
tbd Stellar Blade - TGA
tbd Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - TGA
Adventure (or Action-Adventure) Game of the Year
tbd Astro Bot - TGA
tbd The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - TGA
tbd Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - TGA
tbd Silent Hill 2 - TGA
tbd Star Wars Outlaws - TGA
Fighting Game of the Year
tbd Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero - TGA
tbd Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising - TGA
tbd Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics - TGA
tbd MultiVersus - TGA
tbd Tekken 8 - TGA
Role-Playing Game of the Year
tbd Dragon's Dogma 2 - TGA
tbd Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - TGA
tbd Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - TGA
tbd Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - TGA
tbd Metaphor: ReFantazio - TGA
Simulation/Strategy Game of the Year
tbd Age of Mythology: Retold - TGA
tbd Frostpunk 2 - TGA
tbd Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - TGA
tbd Manor Lords - TGA
tbd Unicorn Overlord - TGA
Sports/Racing Game of the Year
tbd F1 24 - TGA
tbd EA Sports FC 25 - TGA
tbd NBA 2K25 - TGA
tbd TopSpin 2K25 - TGA
tbd WWE 2K24 - TGA
Note that most awards organizations also honor games and creators in additional categories not listed above. We opted to concentrate on those categories that tend to recur most frequently among the different awards groups. In addition, we have omitted awards and organizations (such as the Golden Joystick Awards) that are determined solely by public voting, as well as any awards (like those theoretically handed out in the summer at E3) that don't primarliy correspond to the calendar year.
