25th Game Developers Choice Awards
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, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California and was hosted by Alexa Ray Corriea. It was held alongside the Independent Games Festival awards.
Winners and nominees
Game of the Year">Game Developers Choice Award for Game of the Year">Game of the Year
- Balatro
- * Astro Bot
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- * Helldivers 2
- * ''Metaphor: ReFantazio''
Best Audio
- Astro Bot
- * Animal Well
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- * ''Senua's Saga: Hellblade II''
Best Debut
- Balatro
- * 1000xResist
- * Animal Well
- * Pacific Drive
- * ''Tiny Glade''
Best Design
- Balatro
- * Animal Well
- * Astro Bot
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * ''Lorelei and the Laser Eyes''
Innovation Award
- Balatro
- * Animal Well
- * Astro Bot
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * ''UFO 50''
Best Narrative
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- * 1000xResist
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
- * ''Mouthwashing''
Best Technology
- Astro Bot
- * Black Myth: Wukong
- * Helldivers 2
- * Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
- * ''Tiny Glade''
Best Visual Art
- Black Myth: Wukong
- * Animal Well
- * Astro Bot
- * Metaphor: ReFantazio
- * ''Neva''
Social Impact
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- * 1000xResist
- * Astro Bot
- * Frostpunk 2
- * ''Neva''
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Sam Lake, creative director at Remedy Entertainment, writer for the Max Payne and Alan Wake series
Pioneer Award
- Lucas Pope, developer of Papers, Please and ''Return of the Obra Dinn''