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The Game Awards 2025 Players’ Voice Voting Begins: Full List of 30 Nominees Revealed

The Players’ Voice Award nominees for The Game Awards 2025 have officially been revealed, and voting is now underway. Unlike other categories where jury votes dominate, this one is entirely decided by fans—100% of the outcome rests on community participation.


Players’ Voice Award 2025: How to Vote, All Nominees, and Key Round Dates.
TGA Players’ Voice 2025 Kicks Off With 30 Big Nominees | Image via Gaming Amigos

How the Voting Works

The process is split into three rounds, each narrowing the field until one winner remains:

  • Round 1 (Dec 1–2, 2025): Fans choose 10 favorites from a pool of 30 nominees. Voting closes on Tuesday, Dec 2 at 6:00 PM PST.

  • Round 2 (Dec 4, 2025): The list shrinks to 10 games. You’ll be able to vote for 5 titles in this stage.

  • Round 3 (Dec 8, 2025): The final round features 5 nominees. Fans vote for a single winner, crowning the Players’ Voice Award recipient.


TGA 2025 The Players’ Voice Award Round 1 Nominees

Here’s the full list of all 30 nominees for the first round of The Game Awards 2025 Players’ Voice Award voting:

  1. Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)

  2. Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)

  3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)

  4. Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony)

  5. Delta Force (Team Jade/TiMi Studio Group)

  6. Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)

  7. Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

  8. Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)

  9. Elden Ring Nightreign (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco)

  10. Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)

  11. Fortnite (Epic Games)

  12. Genshin Impact (HoYoverse)

  13. Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony)

  14. Hades II (Supergiant Games)

  15. Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony)

  16. Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

  17. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda)

  18. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

  19. Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

  20. Marvel Rivals (NetEase Games)

  21. Megabonk (Vedinad)

  22. Ninja Gaiden 4 (Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios)

  23. No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

  24. Peak (Aggro Crab/Landfall)

  25. R.E.P.O. (Semiwork Studios)

  26. Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami)

  27. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)

  28. Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)

  29. Warframe (Digital Extremes)

  30. Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)


How to Vote

  1. Visit the official Game Awards website

  2. Sign in using your email or social media account

  3. Choose 10 games from the 30 nominees

  4. Submit your votes


Past Winners

  • 2019: Fire Emblem: Three Houses

  • 2020: Ghost of Tsushima

  • 2021: Halo Infinite

  • 2023: Baldur's Gate 3

  • 2024: Black Myth: Wukong


Important Dates

  • Round 1 ends: Dec 2, 6:00 PM PST / 9:00 PM EST / 2:00 AM GMT (Dec 3) / 11:00 AM JST (Dec 3)

  • Round 2 voting opens: Dec 4, 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST

  • Other [mainline] category voting closes: Dec 10, 6:00 PM PT

  • Main ceremony: December 11, 2025 (live from Peacock Theater, LA)


Fun fact: Last year's ceremony had 154 million livestreams, up 31% from the previous year!

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