The Game Awards Winners 2024: Full List

I could’ve sworn that the 2023 Game Awards happened just yesterday — time flies! It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the best in gaming, from extraordinary technical achievements to the most memorable stories and more. It has been quite an exciting year for gamers all over the world. Here are the 2024 winners!

Images are chosen from the nominees and do not reflect the winner of each category; they are there to break text.

Best Game Direction

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.

• Astro Bot (WINNER)
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.

• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (WINNER)
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2 (2024)

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (WINNER)
• Neva

Best Score And Music

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.

• Astro Bot
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH (WINNER)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2 (2024)
• Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

Recognising the best in-game audio and sound design

• Astro Bot
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (WINNER)
• Silent Hill 2 (2024)

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over action, motion, and/or performance capture.

• Briana White (FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH)
• Hannah Telle (LIFE IS STRANGE: DOUBLE EXPOSURE)
• Humberly González (Star Wars Outlaws)
• Luke Roberts (Silent Hill 2)
• Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II) (WINNER)

Innovation In Accessibility

Recognising software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo® IV
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (WINNER)
• Star Wars Outlaws

Games For Impact

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.

• Closer the Distance
• INDIKA
• Neva (WINNER)
• LIFE IS STRANGE: DOUBLE EXPOSURE
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU

Best Ongoing

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.

• Destiny 2
• Diablo® IV
• FINAL FANTASY XIV
• Fortnite
• HELLDIVERS 2 (WINNER)

Best Community Support

Recognising a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.

• Baldur's Gate 3 (WINNER)
• FINAL FANTASY XIV
• Fortnite
• HELLDIVERS 2
• No Man's Sky

Best Independent Game

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.

• ANIMAL WELL
• Balatro (WINNER)
• Lorelei And The Laser Eyes 
• Neva
• UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.

• ANIMAL WELL
• Balatro (WINNER)
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device.

• AFK Journey 
• Balatro (WINNER)
• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
• Wuthering Waves 
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.

• Arizona: Sunshine Remake
• Asgard’s Wrath 2 
• Batman: Arkham Shadow (WINNER)
• Metal: Hellsinger VR
• Metro Awakening

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.

• Black Myth: Wukong (WINNER)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• HELLDIVERS 2
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Action/Adventure

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.

• Astro Bot (WINNER)
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2 (2024)
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best RPG

For the best game designed with rich player character customisation and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.

• Dragon's Dogma 2
• ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (WINNER)

Best Fighting

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.

• DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
• Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
• MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
• MultiVersus
• TEKKEN 8 (WINNER)

Best Family

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.

• Astro Bot (WINNER)
• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• The Plucky Squire

Best Sim/Strategy

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.

• Age of Mythology: Retold
• Frostpunk 2 (WINNER)
• Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
• Manor Lords
• Unicorn Overlord

Best Sports/Racing

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.

• F1 24
• EA SPORTS FC 25 (WINNER)
• NBA 2K25
• Top Spin 2K25 
• WWE 2K24

Best Multiplayer

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• HELLDIVERS 2 (WINNER)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• TEKKEN 8
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Adaptation

Recognising outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a videogame to another entertainment medium.

• Arcane
• Fallout (WINNER)
• Knuckles
• Like a Dragon: Yakuza
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most Anticipated Game

Recognising an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.

• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
• Ghost of Yōtei 
• Grand Theft Auto VI (WINNER)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2024.

• Caseoh (WINNER)
• Illojuan
• Techo Gamerz
• TypicalGamer
• Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.

• Counter-Strike 2
• Dota 2
• League of Legends (WINNER)
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 
• VALORANT

Best Esports Athlete

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2024, irrespective of game.

• 33 (Neta Shapira)
• ALEKSIB (Aleksi Virolainen)
• CHOVY (Jeong Ji-hoon)
• FAKER (Lee Sang-hyeok) (WINNER)
• ZYWOO (Mathieu Herbaut)
• ZMJJKK (Zheng Yongkang)

Best Esports Team

Recognising a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2024.

• Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• Navi (Counter-Strike)
• T1 (League of Legends) (WINNER)
• Team Liquid (Dota 2)

Player's Voice

The Game Awards' 100% fan-voted award that asks fans to pick one singular game after three rounds of voting. 

• Black Myth: Wukong (WINNER)
• Genshin Impact
• ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Game Of The Year

Recognising a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.

Astro Bot (WINNER)
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Metaphor: ReFantazio

That concludes this year's winners. Congratulations to The Game Awards for 10 incredible years!