Best Visuals
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Black Myth: Wukong, Game Science Interactive Technology
 REKA, Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
 Sand Land, ILCA, Inc. / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, Gammera Nest / Meridiem Games

Best Audio
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Glee-Cheese / Team17 Digital
 REKA, Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
 Savant - Ascent Remix, D-Pad Studio
 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo

Best Gameplay
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Paper Trail, Newfangled Games
 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Mimimi Games
 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo
 The Wandering Village, Stray Fawn Studio

Most Entertaining
 AK-xolotl, 2Awesome Studio / Playstack
 Core Keeper, Pugstorm / Fireshine Games
 Headbangers: Rhythm Royale, Glee-Cheese / Team17 Digital
 PAYDAY 3, Starbreeze Studios / Plaion
 Pizza Possum, Cosy Computer / Raw Fury

Most Epic
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Black Myth: Wukong, Game Science Interactive Technology
 Dwarf Fortress, Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games
 Sand Land, ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo

Most Wholesome
 Pikmin 4, Nintendo
 Pioneers of Pagonia, Envision Entertainment
 Smushi Come Home, Mooneye Publishing
 The Wandering Village, Stray Fawn Studio
 Tiny Booskhop, neoludic games

Games for Impact
 A Space for the Unbound, Mojiken / Toge Productions
 Belonging, Farbspiel Interactive
 Dead Pets Unleashed, Triple Topping Games
 Fall of Porcupine, Critical Rabbit / Assemble Entertainment
 Sky: Children of the Light, thatgamecompany

Best Microsoft Xbox Game
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Enotria: The Last Song, Jyamma Games
 Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Entertainment
 The Wandering Village, Stray Fawn Studio
 Towerborne, Stoic / Xbox Game Studios

Best Nintendo Switch Game
 Fall of Porcupine, Critical Rabbit / Assemble Entertainment
 Figment 2: Creed Valley, Bedtime Digital Games
 Paper Trail, Newfangled Games
 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo
 The Smurfs 2 - The Prisoner of the Green Stone, Osome Studio / Microids

Best PC Game
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Dwarf Fortress, Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games
 PAYDAY 3, Starbreeze Studios / Plaion
 REKA, Emberstorm Entertainment / Fireshine Games
 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, Mimimi Games

Best Sony PlayStation Game
 Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, From Software / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Enotria: The Last Song, Jyamma Games
 Mortal Kombat 1, NetherRealm Studios / Warner Bros. Entertainment
 Sand Land, ILCA / Bandai Namco Entertainment
 Tekken 8, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Best Mobile Game
 Genshin Impact, HoYoverse
 Marvel Snap, Second Dinner Studios / Nuverse
 Monster Hunter Now, Niantic / Capcom
 Paper Trail, Newfangled Games
 Sky: Children of the Light, thatgamecompany