The choice will be difficult: the list of contenders for the title of "Game of the Year" according to the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 has been published
The 43rd Golden Joystick Awards ceremony will take place on November 20. In 2025, a large number of creative, exciting, and high-tech games were released, each deserving an award.
Today, the organizers of the award published the list of contenders for the title of "Game of the Year," among which it is incredibly difficult to make a choice.
What is known
Until 02:00 (CET) on November 8, everyone can vote for the best game of 2025 in their opinion — you can do this on the GamesRadar website, and you can choose from twelve contenders:
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- 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 II
- PEAK
- Silent Hill f
- Split Fiction.
Most bookmakers, as well as many gamers and critics, are confident in the victory of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 not only at the Golden Joystick Awards but also at other similar ceremonies. Indeed, it's an outstanding game, but it cannot be denied that it also has strong competitors.
It was also announced that the Golden Joystick Awards ceremony will be hosted by actress Maggie Robertson, who voiced Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil Village and Orin from Baldur’s Gate III.
Source: GamesPress
