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ASTRO BOT won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024. The Team Asobi/SIE game also took Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure and Best Family. The ceremony took place on December 12, 2024, so this is the complete historical winners list—not a live results feed.
Who won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024?
ASTRO BOT, developed by Team Asobi and published by SIE, won Game of the Year. It received four awards in total.
The other Game of the Year nominees were Balatro (LocalThunk), Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science), Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (FromSoftware), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) and Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero). Shadow of the Erdtree is an expansion, not a standalone game. The organizer’s retrospective describes the Game of the Year medley as featuring music from all six nominees.
Complete list of The Game Awards 2024 winners
The table follows the category winners in The Game Awards’ official 2024 archive. Developer, publisher and recipient credits are included where listed.
#1 Best Overall
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| Category | Winner | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Game of the Year | ASTRO BOT | Team Asobi/SIE |
| Best Game Direction | ASTRO BOT | Team Asobi/SIE |
| Best Narrative | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega |
| Best Art Direction | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega |
| Best Score and Music | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Square Enix |
| Best Audio Design | Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II | Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios |
| Best Performance | Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II | Performer/game |
| Innovation in Accessibility | Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft |
| Games for Impact | Neva | Nomada Studio/Devolver |
| Best Ongoing | Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE |
| Best Community Support | Baldur’s Gate 3 | Larian Studios |
| Best Independent Game | Balatro | LocalThunk/Playstack |
| Best Debut Indie | Balatro | LocalThunk/Playstack |
| Best Mobile Game | Balatro | LocalThunk/Playstack |
| Best VR/AR | Batman: Arkham Shadow | Camouflaj/Oculus Studios |
| Best Action Game | Black Myth: Wukong | Game Science |
| Best Action/Adventure | ASTRO BOT | Team Asobi/SIE |
| Best RPG | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega |
| Best Fighting | Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco |
| Best Family | ASTRO BOT | Team Asobi/SIE |
| Best Sim/Strategy | Frostpunk 2 | 11 bit studios |
| Best Sports/Racing | EA Sports FC 25 | EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports |
| Best Multiplayer | Helldivers 2 | Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE |
| Best Adaptation | Fallout | Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios |
| Most Anticipated Game | Grand Theft Auto VI | Rockstar Games |
| Content Creator of the Year | CaseOh | Individual recipient |
| Best Esports Game | League of Legends | Riot Games |
| Best Esports Athlete | Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) | Individual recipient |
| Best Esports Team | T1 | League of Legends |
Separate fan-voted result
Players’ Voice: Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science). The official archive presents this separately from the category winners. The Game Awards said voting across participating platforms exceeded 112 million in 2024 and included Players’ Voice.
When and where was the ceremony?
The tenth-anniversary edition of The Game Awards was held on December 12, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The official livestream description identifies Geoff Keighley as host. The organizer’s December 18 retrospective reported an estimated 154 million global livestreams for the 2024 show, up 31% from 118 million in 2023. These are figures reported by The Game Awards, not independently verified audience measurements.
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How many awards did the leading games win?
According to The Game Awards’ December 18, 2024 retrospective, ASTRO BOT won four awards, while Metaphor: ReFantazio and Balatro each won three. The awards reflected different strengths: ASTRO BOT took the top prize and two genre or audience-facing categories, Metaphor won narrative, art direction and RPG, and Balatro won independent, debut indie and mobile game.
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