The Game Awards 2024 Winners

The Game Awards 2024 was a huge event, let’s take a look at the award winners!

The Game Awards 2024 have finished, rounding out a great year for video games along with some major announcements! Let’s take a look at all the award winners below!

Best Ongoing Game

Destiny 2
Diablo IV
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2 – Winner!

Best Peformance

Briana White – Aerith Gainsborough (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
Hannah Telle – Maxine Caulfield (Life Is Strange: Double Exposure)
Humberly Gonzalez – Kay Vess (Star Wars Outlaws)
Luke Roberts – James Sunderland (Silent Hill 2 Remake)
Melina Juergens – Senua (Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2) – Winner!

Best Mobile Game

AFK Journey
Balatro – Winner!
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
Wuthering Waves
Zenless Zone Zero

Best Art Direction

Astro Bot
Black Myth: Wukong
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Metaphor: ReFantazio – Winner!
Neva

Best Score & Music

Astro Bot
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – Winner!
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Silent Hill 2
Stellar Blade

Best Audio Design

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

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

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

Games For Impact

Closer the Distance
Indika
Neva – Winner!
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
Tales of Kenzera: Zau

Best Community Support

Baldur’s Gate 3 – Winner
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky

Best Multiplayer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Helldivers 2 – Winner!
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Tekken 8
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2

Best Independent Game

Animal Well
Balatro – Winner!
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
Neva
UFO 50

Best Debut Indie Game

Animal Well
Balatro – Winner!
Manor Lords
Pacific Drive
The Plucky Squire

Best VR/AR Game

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

Content Creator Of The Year

CaseOh – Winner!
IlloJuan
Techo Gamerz
TypicalGamer
Usada Pekora

Most Anticipated Game

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yotei
Grand Theft Auto 6 – Winner!
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Role Playing Game

Dragon’s Dogma 2
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Metaphor: ReFantazio – Winner!

Best Fighting Game

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
GranBlue Fantasy Versus: Rising
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
MultiVersus
Tekken 8 – Winner!

Best Action Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Diablo 4
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown – Winner!
Star Wars Outlaws

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

F1 24
EA Sports FC 25 – Winner!
NBA 2K25
Top Spin 2K25
WWE 2K24

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
League of Legends – Winner!
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

33 – Neta Shapira
Aleksib – Aleksi Virolainen
Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon
Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok – Winner!
ZyWoO – Mathieu Herbaut
ZmjjKk – Zheng Yongkang

Best Esports Team

Bilibili Gaming (League Of Legends)
Gen.G (League of Legends)
Navi (Counter-Strike)
T1 (League Of Legends) – Winner!
Team Liquid (DOTA 2)

Best Game Direction

Astro Bot – Winner!
Balatro
Black Myth: Wukong
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Metaphor: ReFantazio

Game Of The Year 2024

Astro Bot (Team Asobi/ Sony Interactive Entertainment) – WINNER!
Balatro (LocalThunk/ Playstack)
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)
Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree (FromSoftware/ Bandai Namco)
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero / ATLUS)

Astro Bot came out swinging with a lot of nominations, getting four awards including Game Of The Year. Balatro had a great showing, taking home both indie awards as well as best mobile game. Metaphor: ReFantazio also had a fantastic showing, taking home three awards including best narrative and best role playing game.

This years Game Awards marked the 10th anniversary for the event and the show definitely had a great share of guests, musical performances and surprise announcements!