Balatro dominated the Sport Builders Alternative Awards final night time, taking residence Sport of the Yr and Finest Debut alongside Finest Design and the Innovation award.
Astro Bot gained two awards within the Audio and Expertise classes, whereas Black Delusion: Wukong acquired the accolade for Finest Visible Artwork.
Studio Zero’s Metaphor: ReFantazio gained Finest Narrative with Deck 9 Video games’ Life is Unusual: Double Publicity taking residence the Social Influence award.
As beforehand reported, Treatment’s artistic director Sam Lake acquired the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was introduced by Alan Wake and Management actor Matthew Porretta.
Lucas Pope was given the Pioneer Award for his contributions to sport improvement – each because the creator of Paper’s, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn and his work at Naughty Canine.
The Unbiased Video games Pageant additionally happened yesterday, with Devour Me awarded the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Developed by Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thompson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, and Ken ‘coda’ Synder, the sport additionally gained the Nuvo and Wings awards.
Freehold Video games’ Caves of Qud gained Excellence in Narrative, Moonloop Video games’ Hauntii took residence the Excellence in Visible Arts award, whereas Suspicious Developments’ Tactical Breach Wizards gained Excellence in Design.
Despelote, developed by Julián Cordero and Sebastian Valbuena, gained Excellence in Audio, and Vinny Roca’s Slot Waste gained Finest Scholar Sport.
Listed here are the total listing of winners for each ceremonies:
GDCA 2025 winners
- Sport of the Yr: Balatro (Native Thunk, Playstack)
- Finest Debut: Balatro
- Finest Visible Artwork: Black Delusion: Wukong (Sport Science)
- Finest Audio: Astro Bot (Workforce Asobi, Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Finest Narrative: Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero, Atlus, Sega)
- Finest Expertise: Astro Bot
- Finest Design: Balatro
- Social Influence Award: Life is Unusual: Double Publicity (Deck 9 Video games, Sq. Enix)
- Innovation Award: Balatro
- Pioneer Award: Lucas Pope
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Sam Lake
IGF 2025 winners
- Seumas McNally Grand Prize: Devour Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thompson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘coda’ Synder)
- Excellence in Visible Artwork: Hauntii (Moonloop Video games, Firestoke)
- Excellence in Audio: Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Panic)
- Excellence in Design: Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)
- Excellence in Narrative: Caves of Qud (Freehold Video games, Kitfox Video games)
- Nuovo Award: Devour Me
- Wings Award: Devour Me
- Finest Scholar Sport: Slot Waste (Vinny Roca)
