22nd Game Developers Choice Awards
The 22nd Game Developers Choice Awards was an award ceremony by Game Developers Choice Awards for outstanding game developers and video games which was held on March 23, 2022. The ceremony was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards.
Winners and nominees
Nominees were announced on January 11, 2022.Winners were named on March 23, 2022 in a ceremony hosted by Leslee Sullivant at the Moscone Center.
Game of the Year">Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year">Game of the Year
- Inscryption
- * Deathloop
- * Forza Horizon 5
- * It [Takes Two (video game)|It Takes Two]
- * ''Resident Evil Village''
Best Audio
- Unpacking
- * Deathloop
- * Forza Horizon 5
- * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- * ''Returnal''
Best Debut
- Valheim
- * The Artful Escape
- * Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- * Sable
- * ''Wildermyth''
Best Design
- Inscryption
- * Deathloop
- * Halo Infinite
- * It Takes Two
- * ''Psychonauts 2''
Innovation Award
- Inscryption
- * Deathloop
- * It Takes Two
- * Unpacking
- * ''Wildermyth''
Best Narrative
- Psychonauts 2
- * Deathloop
- * It Takes Two
- * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
- * ''Unpacking''
Best Technology
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- * Forza Horizon 5
- * Halo Infinite
- * Hitman 3
- * ''Returnal''
Best Visual Art
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- * Deathloop
- * Forza Horizon 5
- * Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- * ''Psychonauts 2''
Social Impact Award
- Boyfriend Dungeon
- * Before Your Eyes
- * Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- * It Takes Two
- * ''Life Is Strange: True Colors''
Audience Award
- '''Valheim'''
Lifetime Achievement Award