New York Game Awards 2025 - All Nominees
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The New York Video Game Critics Circle (NYVGCC) has announced the nominees for the 14th annual New York Game Awards. From standard awards like Best Game of the Year to niche categories like Best Hidden Gem, this year's awards ceremony features 13 categories and a total of 81 nominees.
Voice actors Hannah Telle (Max Caufield in Life Is Strange: Double Exposure) and Logan Cunningham (Hades in Hades 2) appeared during the nomination livestream to announce each nominee. The pair also revealed that the awards show--which takes place on January 21--will honor Sam Lake as the 2025 Andrew Yoon Legend Award recipient.
This year's awards show features the following categories:
- Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year
- Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game
- Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game
- Statue of Liberty Award - Best World
- Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game
- Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game
- Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game
- Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game
- A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game
- Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake
- Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem
- NYC GWB Award - Best DLC
- Knickerbocker Award - Best Games Journalism
The winners will be revealed during the awards ceremony, which takes place Tuesday, January 31 at the SVA Theatre in New York. (Tickets can be purchased online.) Keep scrolling for a look at each game on this year's nominee list.
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Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: Balatro
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: Astro Bot
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: UFO 50
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: 1000xResist
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: Metaphor: ReFantazio
Big Apple Award - Best Game of the Year nominee: EA Sports College Football 25
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
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Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: Balatro
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: I Am Your Beast
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: UFO 50
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: 1000xResist
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: Thank Goodness You're Here!
Off Broadway Award - Best Indie Game nominee: Neva
Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: Harold Halibut
Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: Metaphor: ReFantazio
Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: 1000xResist
Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: Life is Strange: Double Exposure
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Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: Phoenix Springs
Herman Melville Award - Best Writing in a Game nominee: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Astro Bot
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Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Statue of Liberty Award - Best World nominee: Stalker 2 Heart of Chornobyl
Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: Astro Bot
Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: Arco
Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: Black Myth Wukong
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Tin Pan Alley Award - Best Music in a Game nominee: 1000xResist
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: Abubakar Salim (Tales of Kenzara: Zau)
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: John Eric Bentley as Barret in Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Great White Way Award - Best Acting in a Game nominee: Humberly Gonzalez as Kay in Star Wars Outlaws
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Thrasher
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Batman: Arkham Shadow
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Umurangi Generation VR
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Skydance's Behemoth
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Silent Slayer: Vault of the Vampire
Coney Island Dreamland Award - Best AR/VR Game nominee: Shattered
Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game nominee: Astro Bot
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Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game nominee: Super Mario Party Jamboree
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Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game nominee: Little Kitty, Big City
Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game nominee: Sonic X Shadow Generations
Central Park Children's Zoo Award - Best Kids Game nominee: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game nominee: Rabbids: Legends of the Multiverse
A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game nominee: Wuthering Waves
A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game nominee: Zenless Zone Zero
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A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game nominee: Ex Astris
A-Train Award - Best Mobile Game nominee: Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 Remastered
Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Silent Hill 2
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Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Age of Mythology: Retold
Freedom Tower Award - Best Remake nominee: Persona 3: Reload
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Ultros
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Vampire Therapist
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Mouthwashing
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Mars After Midnight
Chumley's Speakeasy Award - Best Hidden Gem nominee: Starstruck: Hands of Time
NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Alan Wake II: Night Springs and The Lake House
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NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - Mask of Darkness
NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Remnant 2: The Dark Horizon
NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Splatoon 3: Side Order
NYC GWB Award - Best DLC nominee: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
Knickerbocker Award - Best Games Journalism nominees
The nominees for Best Games Journalism are listed below:
- Duncan Fyfe
- Alexis Ong
- Grant Stoner
- Mason Andrew Hamberlin
- Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
- Simone De Rochefort & Clayton Ashley
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