Summary:
- Resident Evil Requiem dominated with four wins, including Best Visuals, Best Audio, and Best PlayStation Game.
- Platform awards went to Grounded 2 (Xbox), Anno 117: Pax Romana (PC), and Love and Deepspace (Mobile).
- Indie titles Hela and Tiny Bookshop earned recognition, while community votes honored Hollow Knight: Silksong and Pokémon.
Gamescom 2025 Awards have ended in Cologne, Germany, with recognitions awarded to outstanding games and studios. Across 19 categories, the event celebrated creativity, fun, and impact in gaming. The top winner was Resident Evil Requiem, earning four awards.
Nintendo also gained recognition, and indie titles like Hela and Tiny Bookshop also shined. Fan votes helped highlight community favorites, showing how the awards balanced famous releases with smaller, inventive games that brought diversity to the industry.
Capcom Steals the Show with Resident Evil Requiem
The biggest star of Gamescom 2025 was without question Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem. This survival-horror sequel won in four different categories: Best Visuals, Best Audio, Most Epic, and Best Sony PlayStation Game. Its broad success showed not only strong technical quality, but also the cinematic style and immersive design that the series is known for.
Capcom also received the Best Lineup award, which proved once again the studio’s ability to bring strong titles across many platforms. With such dominance at the event, it already feels clear that Resident Evil Requiem is being seen as a top contender for Game of the Year.
Recognition Across Platforms
Beyond the biggest headlines, there was also platform-specific awards that helped complete the show:
- Best Microsoft Xbox Game went to Grounded 2 by Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios. It’s the sequel that was praised for making the survival mechanics bigger and more creative.
- Best PC Game was given to Ubisoft Mainz’s Anno 117: Pax Romana, which continues the series’ well-known mix of strategy and deep historical setting.
- Best Mobile Game went to Love and Deepspace by Papergames/Infold Games, a stylish release that managed to stand out in a very crowded mobile market.
These awards showed, once again, how varied modern gaming has become, with strong titles appearing on every platform and in many different genres.
Community and Culture Highlights
Gamescom 2025 Awards is not only about games themselves, but also about the culture that forms around them. This year, fans could vote in some category, which gave a different type of spotlight. For example, Hollow Knight: Silksong won Best Trailer or Announcement in the fan vote, showing how much people are still waiting for that sequel.
In terms of booths, Ubisoft was chosen by the jury as Best Booth, while Pokémon won the fan-selected award for Best Booth. That really shows how popular Pokémon still is, even after so many years. The unusual Star Birds Gacha Machine received the award for Best Merchandise, and the HEART OF GAMING Award went to the Artist Alleys. That was a way of honoring the creative community that makes the convention floor feel so full of life and color.
Complete List of Winners
Here are the complete lineup of winners in this year’s Gamescom Awards:
| Award | Game | Studio/Developers |
| Best Visuals |
Resident Evil Requiem |
Capcom |
| Best Audio | ||
| Most Epic | ||
| Best Sony PlayStation Game | ||
| Best Gameplay | Donkey Kong Bananza | Nintendo |
| Most Entertaining | Hela | Windup/Knights Peak |
| Most Wholesome | ||
| Games for Impact | Tiny Bookshop | Neoludic Games |
| Best Mobile Game | Love and Deepspace | Papergames/Infold Games |
| Best Microsoft Xbox Game | Grounded 2 | Obsidian/Xbox |
| Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game | Mario Kart World | Nintendo |
| Best PC Game | Anno 117: Pax Romana | Ubisoft Mainz |
| Best Trailer/Announcement (Fan Vote) | Hollow Knight: Silksong | Team Cherry |
| HEART OF GAMING Award | – | Artist Alleys |
| Best Lineup | – | Capcom |
| Best Booth (Jury Selected) | – | Ubisoft |
| Best Booth (Fan Selected) | – | Pokémon Company |
| Best Merch | Star Birds | Toukana Interactive |
Conclusion
Gamescom 2025 Awards have just finished, and it showed again why it’s seen as one of the most important events for games in the world. It is also where companies announce new titles and where awards are given to the best ones. This year, Capcom stood out with Resident Evil Requiem, and even smaller indie games got their own share of recognition. What really came across is the sense of community, the idea that games are made not only for playing, but for sharing with others.
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