The Game Awards 2021 that took place the evening, 9th December 2021 in Los Angeles. A total of 26 video game prizes were awarded at The Game Awards 2021, with 103 publications.
Full List of Game Awards 2021 Winners
Award | Winner | Nominees |
The Game Awards 2021 Game of the Year | It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) | Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil Village (Capcom) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Game Direction | Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) | It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) Returnal (Housemarque/SIE) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Narrative | Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix) | Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Art Direction | Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) | Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Score and Music | NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (Keiichi Okabe, Composer) | Cyberpunk 2077 (Marcin Przybylowicz and Piotr T. Adamczyk, Composers) Deathloop (Tom Salta, Composer) Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Richard Jacques, Composer) The Artful Escape (Johnny Galvatron and Josh Abrahams, Composers) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Audio Design | Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) | Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil Village (Capcom) Returnal (Housemarque/SIE) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Performance | Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu, Resident Evil Village | Erika Mori as Alex Chen, Life is Strange: True Colors Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, Far Cry 6 Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn, Deathloop Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake, Deathloop |
The Game Awards 2021 Games for Impact | Life is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine/Square Enix) | Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games) Boyfriend Dungeon (Kitfox Games) Chicory (Greg Lobanow, Alexis dean-Jones, Lena Raine, Madeline Berger, A Shell in the Pit/Finji) No Longer Home (Humble Grove, Hana Lee, Cel Davison, Adrienne Lombardo, Eli Rainsberry/Fellow Traveler) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Ongoing Game | FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Square Enix) | Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) Call of Duty: Warzone (Infinity Ward/Raven/Activision) Fortnite (Epic Games) Genshin Impact (MiHoYo) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Indie Game | Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) — WINNER | 12 Minutes (Luis Antonio/Annapurna Interactive) Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital) Loop Hero (Four Quarters/Devolver Digital) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Mobile Game | Genshin Impact (MiHoYo) | Fantasian (Mistwalker) League of Legends: Wild Rift (Riot Games) Marvel Future Revolution (Netmarble) Pokemon Unite (TiMi Studios/The Pokemon Company) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Community Support | FINAL FANTASY XIV Online (Square Enix) | Apex Legends (Respawn/EA) Destiny 2 (Bungie) Fortnite (Epic Games) No Man’s Sky (Hello Games) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best VR/AR | Resident Evil 4 (Armature Studio/Capcom/Oculus Studios) | Hitman 3 (IO Interactive) I Expect You to Die 2 (Schell Games) Lone Echo II (Ready at Dawn/Oculus Studios) Sniper Elite VR (Coatsink/Just Add Water/Rebellion Developments) |
The Game Awards 2021 Innovation in Accessibility | Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) | Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft) Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) The Vale: Shadow of the Crown (Creative Bytes Studios/Falling Squirrel) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Action Game | Returnal (Housemarque/SIE) | Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games) Chivalry II (Torn Banner Studios/Tripwire Interactive) Deathloop (Arkane Studios/Bethesda) Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Action/Adventure Game | Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam/Nintendo) | Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos Montreal/Square Enix) Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/SIE) Resident Evil Village (Capcom) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Role Playing Game | Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco) | Cyberpunk 2077 (CD Projekt Red) Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco) Shin Megami Tensei V (Atlus/Sega) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Fighting Game | Guilty Gear -Strive- (Arc System Works) | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles (CyberConnect2/Sega) Melty Blood: Type Lumina (French-Bread/Delightworks) Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (Ludosity/Fair Play Labs/GameMill) Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown (Sega) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Family Game | It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) | Mario Party Superstars (NDcube/Nintendo) New Pokémon Snap (Bandai Namco/The Pokémon Company/Nintendo) Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) WarioWare: Get It Together! (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Sports/Racing Game | Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) | F1 2021 (Codemasters/EA Sports) FIFA 22 (EA Vancouver/EA Sports) Hot Wheels Unleashed (Milestone) Riders Republic (Ubisoft Annecy/Ubisoft) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Sim/Strategy Game | Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios) | Evil Genius 2: World Domination (Rebellion Developments) Humankind (Amplitude Studios/Sega) Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver) Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Multiplayer | It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) | Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock/WB Games) Knockout City (Velan Studios/EA) Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) New World (Amazon Games) Valheim (Iron Gate Studio/Coffee Stain) |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Debut Indie Game | Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab) | Sable (Shedworks/Raw Fury) The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna) The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers) Valheim (Iron Gate/Coffee Stain) |
The Game Awards 2021 Players’ Voice | Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios) — WINNER | Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios) It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/EA) Metroid Dread (MercurySteam/Nintendo) Resident Evil Village – Capcom |
The Game Awards 2021 Best Esports Game | League of Legends (Riot Games) | Call of Duty (Activision) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (Valve) DOTA 2 (Valve) Valorant (Riot Games) |
The Game Awards 2021 Most Anticipated Game | Elden Ring (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco) | God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica/SIE) Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games/SIE) Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda) |
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