The Game Awards 2024 celebrated the year’s standout achievements in gaming, honoring the most innovative titles, creators, and developers. The event featured major game reveals, including The Witcher 4, Okami 2, and Naughty Dog’s Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Here’s the complete list of winners and nominees across all categories.

Game of the Year

• Winner: Astro Bot
• Nominees:
  • Balatro
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best Game Direction

• Winner: Astro Bot
• Nominees: Same as Game of the Year

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Winner: Astro Bot
• Nominees:
  • Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Star Wars Outlaws
  • The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best Family Game

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

Best Narrative

• Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Nominees:
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Art Direction

• Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Nominees:
  • Astro Bot
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Neva

Best RPG

• Winner: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Nominees:
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Best Score and Music

• Winner: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Nominees:
  • Astro Bot
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

• Winner: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Nominees:
  • Astro Bot
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Silent Hill 2

Best Performance

• Winner: Melina Juergens (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II)
• Nominees:
  • Hannah Telle (Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
  • Briana White (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
  • Humberly González (Star Wars Outlaws)
  • Luke Roberts (Silent Hill 2)

Innovation in Accessibility

• Winner: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Nominees:
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Diablo IV
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Star Wars Outlaws

Games for Impact

• Winner: Neva
• Nominees:
  • Closer the Distance
  • Indika
  • Life is Strange: Double Exposure
  • Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Ongoing Game

• Winner: Helldivers 2
• Nominees:
  • Destiny 2
  • Diablo IV
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite

Best Multiplayer Game

• Winner: Helldivers 2
• Nominees:
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Super Mario Party Jamboree
  • Tekken 8
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Community Support

• Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3
• Nominees:
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

• Winner: Balatro
• Nominees:
  • Animal Well
  • Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
  • Neva
  • UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

• Winner: Balatro
• Nominees:
  • Animal Well
  • Manor Lords
  • Pacific Drive
  • The Plucky Squire

Best Mobile Game

• Winner: Balatro
• Nominees:
  • AFK Journey
  • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
  • Wuthering Waves
  • Zenless Zone Zero

Best VR/AR Game

• Winner: Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Nominees:
  • Arizona Sunshine Remake
  • Asgard’s Wrath 2
  • Metal: Hellsinger VR
  • Metro Awakening

Best Action Game

• Winner: Black Myth: Wukong
• Nominees:
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Helldivers 2
  • Stellar Blade
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Best Fighting Game

• Winner: Tekken 8
• Nominees:
  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
  • Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
  • MultiVersus

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Winner: Frostpunk 2
• Nominees:
  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
  • Manor Lords
  • Unicorn Overlord

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Winner: EA Sports FC 25
• Nominees:
  • F1 24
  • NBA 2K25
  • Top Spin 2K25
  • WWE 2K24

Best Adaptation

• Winner: Fallout
• Nominees:
  • Arcane
  • Knuckles
  • Like a Dragon: Yakuza
  • Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most Anticipated Game

• Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI
• Nominees:
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
  • Monster Hunter Wilds

Content Creator of the Year

• Winner: CaseOh
• Nominees:
  • IlloJuan
  • Techno Gamerz
  • TypicalGamer
  • Usada Pekora

Best Esports Game

• Winner: League of Legends
• Nominees:
  • DOTA 2
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

• Winner: Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok)
• Nominees:
  • 33 (Neta Shapira)
  • Aleksib (Aleksi Virolainen)
  • Chovy (Jeong Ji-hoon)
  • ZyWoO (Mathieu Herbaut)
  • ZmjjKk (Zheng Yongkang)

Best Esports Team

• Winner: T1 (League of Legends)
• Nominees:
  • Bilibili Gaming (League of Legends)
  • Gen.G (League of Legends)
  • NAVI (Counter-Strike)
  • Team Liquid (DOTA 2)