The Golden Joysticks 2025: Full list of winners from this year's show

Awards season has finally arrived for those of us in the games industry, and with one of the strongest years gaming has ever seen, The Golden Joystick Awards 2025 were certainly a big deal.

The 43rd edition of an event that has been running since 1983, plenty of studios saw success on the night, but one game in particular managed to stand out above the rest (more on that below).

Between Best Indie Game, Studio of the Year, Best Lead Performer and Ultimate Game of the Year, there were so many categories on offer.

We at Radio Times Gaming were privileged to be official media partners for the event, so were there to witness it all happen live.

So, if you're curious who all the winners of the Golden Joysticks 2025 were, you can read on for the full list!

When was The Golden Joysticks 2025?

The Golden Joysticks 2025 awards ceremony took place on Thursday 20th November 2025.

This year's event was held live in London, with the full show being streamed online.

Unlike The Game Awards, this show is purely for doling out awards to the best of the best in the games industry, so there weren't too many trailers to catch up on.

Who hosted The Golden Joysticks 2025?

The host of The Golden Joysticks 2025 was Maggie Robertson.

Robertson has had roles in the likes of Baldur's Gate 3, Destiny 2, God of War Ragnarök and Smite.

Her biggest role, however, came as Lady Dimitrescu in 2021's Resident Evil Village, for which she won the 2021 Golden Joystick for Performance of the Year, as well as Best Performance at The Game Awards.

She was joined by a series of guest presenters including Alix Wilton Regan (Cyberpunk 2077), Doug Cockle (The Witcher) Ciara Berkley (The Witcher 4), Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Shai Matheson (LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight) and many more.

Full list of The Golden Joysticks 2025 winners

The full list of nominees for The Golden Joysticks 2025 is as follows:

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• PEAK
• Silent Hill f
• Split Fiction

Best Storytelling

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• Silent Hill f
• Blue Prince
• Mafia: The Old Country
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• The Hundred Line – Last Defence Academy

Best Multiplayer Game

• Battlefield 6
• Peak (WINNER)
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Split Fiction
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch

Best Visual Design

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• The Midnight Walk
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Sword of the Sea
• Assassin's Creed Shadows

Best Indie Game

• Blue Prince (WINNER)
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Wanderstop
• Skin Deep
• despelote
• Herdling
• Abiotic Factor
• Baby Steps
• Caves of Qud
• Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Best Indie Game – Self Published

• Hollow Knight: Silksong (WINNER)
• Hades II
• Sword of the Sea
• Peak
• Keep Driving
• Spilled!
• Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders
• Deltarune
• Promise Mascot Agency
• Consume Me

Still Playing Award – PC and Console

• Minecraft (WINNER)
• Dead by Daylight
• Helldivers 2
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Satisfactory
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Marvel Rivals
• Fortnite
• Apex Legends
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege X
• GTA Online
• Warframe

Still Playing Award – Mobile

• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Pokémon Go (WINNER)
• Subway Surfers
• Clash Royale
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Genshin Impact
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Roblox
• Free Fire
• PUBG Mobile

Best Remake / Remaster

• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (WINNER)
• Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
• The Talos Principle: Reawakened
• Gears of War: Reloaded
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

Studio of the Year

• Team Cherry
• Sandfall Interactive (WINNER)
• Aggro Crab and Landfall
• Bloober Team
• Sloclap
• Rebellion

Best Game Expansion

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of Giants
• Lies of P: Overture (WINNER)
• No Man's Sky: Voyagers
• Atomfall Story Expansion Pack: The Red Strain
• Assassin's Creed Shadows – Claws of Awaji
• Still Wakes the Deep: Siren's Rest

Best Audio Design

• Ghost of Yōtei (WINNER)
• Battlefield 6
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Two Point Museum
• Cronos: The New Dawn

Best Soundtrack

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• South of Midnight
• Silent Hill f
• Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream
• Deltarune
• Sword of the Sea

Best Lead Performer

• Jennifer English – Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Tom McKay – Henry in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Alex Jordan – Jan Dolski in The Alters
• Erika Ishii – Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
• Adriyan Rae – Hazel in South of Midnight

Best Supporting Performer

• Troy Baker – Higgs Monaghan in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Jim High – Erik in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Ben Starr – Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
• Lucy Griffiths – Alva in Eriskholm: The Stolen Dream
• Logan Cunningham – Hades, Poseidon, Charon, Polyphemus, Chronos and the Storyteller in Hades II
• Marios Gavrilis – Emmerich Voss in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

PC Game of the Year

• Hollow Knight: Silksong (WINNER)
• The Alters
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Peak
• Abiotic Factor
• Dune: Awakening

Console Game of the Year

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Ghost of Yōtei (WINNER)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Mario Kart World

Best Early Access Game

• Grounded 2
• Schedule I
• 9 Kings
• R.E.P.O. (WINNER)
• skate.
• White Knuckle

Best Gaming Hardware

• Nintendo Switch 2
• Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller
• WD_BLACK SN8100 NVMe SSD
• Elgato Facecam 4K
• Razer Blade 16
• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (WINNER)

Best Game Adaptation

• Devil May Cry (Netflix)
• Arcane Season 2 (Netflix) (WINNER)
• The Last of Us Season 2 (HBO)
• A Minecraft Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Secret Level (Prime Video)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Paramount Pictures)

Best Game Trailer

• Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer 2 (WINNER)
• Battlefield 6: Official Launch Live Action Trailer
• Rhythm Doctor – Official Release Date Trailer
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn – Announcement Trailer
• Romeo Is A Dead Man – Announcement Trailer
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Official CGI Trailer – Live a Life Medieval

Breakthrough Award

• Schedule I (WINNER)

Critics' Choice Award

• Donkey Kong Bananza (WINNER)

Hall of Fame

• The Sims (WINNER)

Most Wanted Game

• Grand Theft Auto 6 (WINNER)
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher 4
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• 007 First Light
• Exodus
• Subnautica 2
• Light No Fire
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• Saros
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Crimson Desert
• Kingdom Hearts 4
• Marvel's Wolverine
• Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
• OD – Knock
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

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