This year’s Game of the Year nominees were Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, Psychonauts 2, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and Resident Evil Village. Deathloop, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two, and Psychonauts 2 lead the pack with the most nominations. Below you will find the entire list of nominees with the winners noted in bold.

The Game Awards 2021 Winners

Game of the Year

Deathloop It Takes Two Metroid Dread Psychonauts 2 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction

Deathloop It Takes Two Returnal Psychonauts 2 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Narrative

Deathloop It Takes Tw Life is Strange: True Colors Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Psychonauts 2

Best Art Direction

The Artful Escape Deathloop Kena: Bridge of Spirits Psychonauts 2 Ratchet & Clanl: Rift Apart

Best Score and Music

The Artful Escape Cyberpunk 2077 Deathloop Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Nier Replicant

Best Audio Design

Deathloop Forza Horizon 5 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Resident Evil Village Returnal

Best Performance

Erika Mori as Alex Chen - Life is Strange: True Colors Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo - Far Cry 6 Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn - Deathloop Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu - Resident Evil Village Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake - Deathloop

Games for Impact

Before Your Eyes Boyfriend Dungeon Chicory Life is Strange: True Colors No Longer Home

Best Ongoing

Apex Legends Call of Duty: Warzone Final Fantasy 14 Online Fortnite Genshin Impact

Best Indie

12 Minutes Death’s Door Kena: Bridge of Spirits Inscryption Loop Hero

Best Mobile Game

Fantasian Genshin Impact League of Legends: Wild Rift Marvel Future Revolution Pokemon Unite

Best Community Support

Apex Legends Destiny 2 Final Fantasy 14 Online Fortnite No Man’s Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

Far Cry 6 Forza Horizon 5 Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Best AR/VR

Hitman 3 I Expect You To Die 2 Lone Echo 2 Resident Evil 4 Sniper Elite VR

Best Action Game

Back 4 Blood Chivalry 2 Deathloop Far Cry 6 Returnal

Best Action Adventure

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Metroid Dread Psychonauts 2 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Resident Evil Village

Best Roleplaying

Cyberpunk Monster Hunter Rise Scarlet Nexus Shin Megami Tensei 5 Tales of Arise

Best Sports/Racing

F1 2021 FIFA 22 Forza Horizon 5 Hot Wheels Unleashed Riders Republic

Best Fighting

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu No Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles Guilty Gear Strive Melty Blood - Type Lumina Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

Best Family

It Takes Two Mario Party Superstars New Pokemon Snap Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Warioware: Get it Together

Best Sim/Strategy

Age of Empires 4 Evil Genius 2: World Domination Humankind Inscryption Microsoft Flight Simulator

Best Multiplayer

Back 4 Blood It Takes Two Knockout City Monster Hunter Rise New World Valheim

Best Debut Indie

Kena: Bridge of Spirits Sable The Artful Escape The Forgotten City Valheim

Most Anticipated Game

Elden Ring God of War Ragnarok Horizon Forbidden West Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Starfield

Best Content Creator of the Year

Dream Fuslie Gaules Ibai TheGrefg

Best eSports Game

Call of Duty CS:GO DOTA 2 League of Legends Valorant

Best eSports Athlete

Chris “Simp” Lehr Heo “ShowMaker” Su Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best eSports Team

Atlanta FaZe (COD) DWG KIA (LOL) Natus Vincere (CS:GO) Sentinels (Valorant) Team Spirit (DOTA2)

Best eSports Coach

Airat “Silent” Gaziev Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi James “Crowder” Crowder Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best eSports Event

2021 League of Legends World Championship PGL Major Stockholm 2021 PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020 The International 2021 Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters