All The Game Awards 2021 Winners

The Game Awards 2021, known as one of the most prestigious events in the video game industry and held every year in December, has been completed. The excitement was at its peak this year as well, at the events where votes were made in dozens of categories and the best game of the year was chosen by the players themselves.

In addition to the best game of the year, The Game Awards 2021 awards were handed out in various categories such as best developer, best story, best mobile game, best performance, creator of the year, best esports team and most anticipated game. If you are ready, let’s take a look at which productions received awards at The Game Awards 2021.

Game of The Year

Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields

Winner: It Takes Two

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Metroid Dread
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction

Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design

Winner: Deathloop

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Returnal
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Narrative

For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game

Winner: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

• Deathloop
• It Takes Two
• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2

Best Art Direction

For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation

Winner: Deathloop

• Deathloop
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• The Artful Escape

Best Score and Music

For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack

Winner: Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139

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

Best Audio Design

Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design

Winner: Forza Horizon 5

• Deathloop
• Forza Horizon 5
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

Best Performance

Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture

Winner: Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)

• Erika Mori (Alex Chen/Life is Strange: True Colors)
• Giancarlo Esposito (Antón Castillo/Far Cry 6)
• Jason Kelly (Colt Vahn/Deathloop)
• Maggie Robertson (Alcina Dimitrescu/Resident Evil Village)
• Ozioma Akagha (Julianna Blake/Deathloop)

Games for Impact

For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message

Winner: Life is Strange: True Colors

• Life is Strange: True Colors
• Before Your Eyes
• Boyfriend Dungeon
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• No Longer Home

Best Ongoing

Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV Online

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

Best Indie

For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system

Winner: Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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

Best Mobile Game

For the best game playable on a mobile device

Winner: Genshin Impact

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

Best Community Support

Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches

Winner: Final Fantasy XIV Online

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Innovation in Accessibility

Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience

Winner: Forza Horizon 5

• 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

For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform

Winner: Resident Evil 4

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

Best Action Game

For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat

Winner: Returnal

• Back 4 Blood
• Chivalry II 
• Deathloop 
• Far Cry 6
• Returnal

Best Action / Adventure

For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving

Winner: Metroid Dread

• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Metroid Dread 
• Psychonauts 2 
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 
• Resident Evil Village

Best Role Playing

For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences

Winner: Tales of Arise

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

Best Fighting

For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat

Winner: Guilty Gear -Strive-

• 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

For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform

Winner: It Takes Two

• It Takes Two 
• Mario Party Superstars 
• New Pokémon Snap
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
• WarioWare: Get It Together!

Best SIM / Strategy

Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform

Winner: Age of Empires IV

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

Best Sports / Racing

For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game

Winner: Forza Horizon 5

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

Best Multiplayer

For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform

Winner: It Takes Two

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

Content Creator of the Year

For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2021

Winner: Dream

• Dream
• Fuslie
• Gaules
• Ibai
• TheGrefg

Best Debut Indie

For the best debut game created by a new independent studio

Winner: Kena: Bridge of Spirits

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

Most Anticipated Game

Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward

Winner: Elden Ring

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

Best Esports Game

For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform

Winner: League of Legends

• Call of Duty 
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• DOTA2
• League of Legends 
• Valorant 

Best Esports Athlete

The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021, irrespective of game

Winner: Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev

• Chris “Simp” Lehr
• Heo “ShowMaker” Su
• Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
• Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
• Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best Esports Team

Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021

Winner: Natus Vincere (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive)

• Atlanta FaZe (COD)
• DWG KIA (LOL)
• Natus Vincere (CS:GO)
• Sentinels (Valorant)
• Team Spirit (DOTA2)

Best Esports Coach

The esports coach judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2021

Winner: Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

• Airat “Silent” Gaziev
• Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
• Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
• James “Crowder” Crowder
• Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun

Best Esports Event

Recognizing an event (across single or multiple days) that delivered a best-of-class experience for participants and the broadcast audience

Winner: 2021 League of Legends World Championship

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