25th Game Developers Choice Awards
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| 25th Game Developers Choice Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 19, 2025 |
| Venue | Moscone Center San Francisco, California |
| Hosted by | Alexa Ray Corriea |
| Highlights | |
| Most awards | Balatro (4) |
| Most nominations | Astro Bot (7) |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Sam Lake |
| Pioneer Award | Lucas Pope |
| Game of the Year | Balatro |
The 25th Game Developers Choice Awards was an award ceremony honoring outstanding achievements by game developers and video games released in 2024. The event took place on March 19, 2025,[1] at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California[2] and was hosted by Alexa Ray Corriea.[3] It was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards.[4]
Winners and nominees
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- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Best Audio
[edit | edit source]Best Debut
[edit | edit source]- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- 1000xResist (Sunset Visitor/Fellow Traveller Games)
- Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
- Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive)
- Tiny Glade (Pounce Light)
Best Design
[edit | edit source]- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
Innovation Award
[edit | edit source]- Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)
- Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- UFO 50 (Mossmouth)
Best Narrative
[edit | edit source]- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Atlus/Sega/Studio Zero)
- 1000xResist (Sunset Visitor/Fellow Traveller Games)
- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)
- Mouthwashing (Wrong Organ/Critical Reflex)
Best Technology
[edit | edit source]Best Visual Art
[edit | edit source]- Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
- Animal Well (Shared Memory/Bigmode)
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio (Atlus/Sega/Studio Zero)
- Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
Social Impact
[edit | edit source]- Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Deck Nine/Square Enix)
- 1000xResist (Sunset Visitor/Fellow Traveller Games)
- Astro Bot (Team Asobi/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)
- Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital)
Lifetime Achievement Award
[edit | edit source]- Sam Lake, creative director at Remedy Entertainment, writer for the Max Payne and Alan Wake series
Pioneer Award
[edit | edit source]- Lucas Pope, developer of Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn
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