The Game Awards 2021: Every Nominee and Winner

The 2021 Game Awards begins at 7:30 p.m. EST. If you missed out on catching the show live, you will find the complete list of nominees as well as the winners for each category below. Winners will be highlighted as they are announced throughout the show. Check out last year’s nominees and winners here.

Winners are in bold.*

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 Two
• 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 & Clank Rift Apart

Best Score and Music

• The Artful Escape
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Deathloop
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Nier Replicant Ver.1.22474487139

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 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: A Colorful Tale
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• No Longer Home

Best Ongoing

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

Best Indie

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

Best Mobile

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

Best Community Support

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV 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 VR/AR

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

Best Action

• Back 4 Blood
• Chivalry II
• 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 Role Playing

• Cyberpunk 2077
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Scarlet Nexus
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Tales of Arise

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 IV
• Evil Genius 2: World Domination
• Humankind
• Inscryption
• Microsoft Flight Simulator

Best Sports/Racing

• F1 2021
• Fifa 22
• Forza Horizon 5
• Hot Wheels Unleashed
• Riders Republic

Best Multiplayer

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

Content Creator of the Year

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• Grefg

Best Debut Indie

• The Artful Escape
• The Forgotten City
• Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
• Sable
• Valheim

Most Anticipated

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

Best Esports Game

• Call of Duty
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• 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
• DWG Kia
• Natus Vincere
• Sentinels
• Team Spirit

Best Esports Coach

• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “Engh” Sholokhov
• Andril “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• Kim “KKOMA” Jeong-Gyun

Best Esports Event

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

There you have it, those are your winners for the 2021 Game Awards. What do you think of the winners? Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to check back for the latest gaming news and information.