GOTY 2024: discover the list of Game Awards nominees

What will be the best game of 2024? This question will be answered at the Game Awards ceremony, to be held on December 13 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with the announcement of the GOTY ("Game Of The Year"), eagerly awaited by fans. But while we await the final result, on Monday November 18, 2024, the Games Awards unveiled the list of nominees vying for the title of best game of the year.

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What are these games? Without further ado, we reveal the list:

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor : ReFantazio

One of these six titles will replace Baldur's Gate 3, voted GOTY 2023. In addition to Best Game of the Year, other titles will be honored in other categories: "Best Action Game", "Best Multiplayer Game", "Best VR Game", "Best Simulation/Strategy Game", "Best Role-playing Game", "Best Indie Game", "Best Fighting Game" and "Best eSport Game". And on the games side, Helldivers 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Hellblade 2, Prince of Persia: the Lost Crown, Star Wars Outlaws, Age of Mythology Retold and Silent Hill 2, to name but a few.

And for the other categories, here is the list of nominees:

Best direction :

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor : ReFantazio

Best narration :

• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor : ReFantazio
• Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best art direction :

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth Wukong
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Neva

Best soundtrack :

• Astro Bot
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Metaphor : ReFantazio
• Silent Hill 2
• Stellar Blade

Best audio design :

• Astro Bot
• Call of Duty
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Hellblade 2
• Silent Hill 2

Best performance :

• Brianna White (Aerith in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth)
• Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield in Life is Strange: Double Exposure)
• Humberly Gonzales (Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws)
• Luke Roberts (James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2)
• Melina Juergens (Senua in Hellblade 2)

Most impactful game :

• Closer the Distance
• Indika
• Neva
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Hellblade 2
• Tales of Kenzera : ZAU

Best independent game :

• Animal Well
• Balatra
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
• Neva
• UFO 50

Best mobile game :

• AFK Journey
• Balatro
• Pokémon TCG Pocket
• Wuthering Waves
• Zenless Zone Zero

Best community support :

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man's Sky

Innovation in accessibility :

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Diablo 4
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Star Wars Outlaws

Best VR / AR game :

• Arizona Sunshine Remake
• Asgard's Wrath 2
• Batman Arkham Shadows
• Metal Hellsinger VR
• Metro Awakening

Best action game :

• Black Myth Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Stellar Blade
• Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2

Best action-adventure game :

• Astro Bot
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Best role-playing game :

• Dragon's Dogma 2
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metaphor: ReFantazio

Best fighting game :

• Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero
• Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising
• Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics
• Multiversus
• Tekken 8

Best family game :

• Astro Bot
• Princess Peach Showtime
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Le Vaillant Petit Page

Best simulation/strategy game :

• Age of Mythology Retold
• Frostpunk 2
• Kunitsu Gami Path of the Goddess
• Manor Lords
• Unicorn Overlord

Best sports/racing game :

• F1 24
• EA Sports FC 25
• NBA 2K25
• Top Spin 2K25
• WWE 2K24

Best multiplayer game :

• Call of Duty Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tekken 8
• Warhammer 40000 Space Marine 2

Content creator of the year :

• Caseoh
• Illojuan
• Techno Gamerz
• Typical Gamer
• Usada Pekora

Best first independent game :

• Animal Well
• Balatro
• Manor Lords
• Pacific Drive
• Le Vaillant Petit Page

Best adaptation :

• Arcane
• Fallout
• Knuckles
• Like A Dragon: Yakuza
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Most anticipated game :

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• GTA VI
• Metroid Prime 4
• Monster Hunter Wilds

Best e-sport game :

• Counter Strike 2
• DOTA 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang
• Valorant

Best professional e-sport player :

• 33
• Aleksib
• Chovy
• Faker
• Zywoo
• Zmjjkk

Best e-sport team :

• Bilibili Gaming(League of Legends)
• Gen.G(League of Legends)
• NAVI(Counter Strike)
• T1(League of Legends)
• Team Liquid(DOTA 2)

In the meantime, we're taking a look back at future GOTYs, so you can rediscover them before the final verdict... Get ready!