Every Game Nominated for GameGrin's Game of the Year 2025
On Saturday 13th of December starting at 7pm GMT, the members of our podcasting team will debate which titles deserve to win the 17 awards we give every year to the best games released in the past 12 months. If a game was released between December 2024 and December 2025, it's eligible for a nomination!
The event will be streamed on our Twitch channel, and will be released as two episodes of the GrinCast podcast on 23rd December and 30th December.
Any game which was awarded a 10/10 score is automatically included, but the rest have been nominated by members of our staff. These are in alphabetical order, unless the game scored a 10, then those games are in a seperate alphabetical order. So, keep reading to discover which titles will be talked about!
Most Anticipated
- Fate/EXTRA RECORD
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
- MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
- Marvel's Wolverine
- My Time at Evershine
Best Remaster/Remake
- FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
- GEX Trilogy
- Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1&2 Remastered
- LUNAR Remastered Collection
- METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER
- Platypus Reclayed
- Tales of Graces f Remastered
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
- Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Biggest Disappointment
- AI use in games in general
- Infinity Nikki
- Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos
Best New Character
- Chea (On Your Tail)
- Diana Caproni (On Your Tail)
- King Arthur (Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon)
- Mackenzie "Chief" Cathays (Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog)
- Melinoë (Hades II)
- The Protagonist (Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog)
Best Visuals
Best Soundtrack
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- DELTARUNE
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
- On Your Tail
- Skate Story
Best Story
- Digimon Story Time Stranger
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
- On Your Tail
- Quantum Witch
- Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
Best Debut
Old Game of The Year
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- League of Legends
- Lies of P
- Trombone Champ
- Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Best Studio
- Arrowhead Game Studios
- Pan Studios
- Riot Games
Best Sequel
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Carmen Sandiego
- Digimon Story Time Stranger
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
- NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
- PowerWash Simulator 2
Best Multiplayer
- FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
- Marvel Rivals
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- RV There Yet?
Best Accessibility
- Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion
- Hades II
- NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
- The Knightling
Biggest Surprise
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Duet Night Abyss
- Hytale being returned to Hypixel
- Marvel Rivals
- Silksong launch crashing servers
- Silksong releasing
- The God Slayer
Best Self Published Indie
- DELTARUNE
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
- Duck Detective: The Ghost of Glamping
- Misc. A Tiny Tale
- Quantum Witch
- RV There Yet?
Best Indie
- DELTARUNE
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- On Your Tail
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
- A Game About Digging A Hole
- Blue Prince
- Completely Stretchy
- Date Everything!
- Deliver At All Costs
- MainFrames
- RV There Yet?
- Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog
- The Knightling
- The Séance of Blake Manor
And now what you've all been waiting for:
GameGrin Game of the Year
- Battle Suit AcesBionic Bay
- DELTARUNE
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Infinity Nikki
- Katanaut
- Marvel Rivals
- NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
- On Your Tail
- Squeakross: Home Squeak Home
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Digimon Story Time Stranger
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
Congratulations to all of the nominees!
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