If you were unaware, Gamescom has its own set of awards given out at the annual event that are voted on by members of an independent jury, with the purpose of the awards being "to honor outstanding games, extensions, exhibitors, booths, merch, as well as announcements and trailers," per the awards regulations. For Gamescom 2025, there was a clear winner, with Capcom and Resident Evil Requiem hogging the spotlight and being one of three games to take home multiple awards.
Resident Evil Requiem took home wins for Best Visuals, Best Audio, the Most Epic Game, and the Best Sony PlayStation Game at this year's show. The only other titles to grab multiple awards were Hela, an indie game that won Most Entertaining and Most Wholesome, and Anno 117: Pax Romana, which won Best PC Game and Best Booth, though technically that last one goes to Ubisoft for the Anno 117: Pax Romana booth.
The other notable win in this year's awards was Hollow Knight Silksong taking home the prize for Best Trailer, which was one of the few awards not voted on by the pre-selected jury, but by the general public.
You can check out the full list of winners and nominees for the Gamescom 2025 Awards for yourself, below.
Gamescom 2025 Awards Nominees and Winners
Best Visuals
- Borderlands 4
- Bye Sweet Carole
- Crimson Desert
- MIO: Memories in Orbit
- Resident Evil Requiem - Winner
Best Audio
- Carin
- Little Nightmares III
- Phantom Blade Zero
- Resident Evil Requiem - Winner
- Rockbeasts
Best Gameplay
- Donkey Kong Bananza - Winner
- Hela
- Mario Kart World
- PVKK
- Resident Evil Requiem
Most Entertaining
- Dispatch
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Grounded 2
- Hela - Winner
- Mario Kart World
Most Epic
- Crimson Desert
- Dune: Awakening
- Resident Evil Requiem - Winner
- Super Meat Boy 3D
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Most Wholesome
- Hela - Winner
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Star Birds
- Tiny Bookshop
- Winter Burrow
Games for Impact
- Carin
- Forever Skies
- Hollow Home
- Monowave
- Tiny Bookshop - Winner
Best Microsoft Xbox Game
- Borderlands 4
- Crimson Desert
- Grounded 2 - Winner
- Little Nightmares III
- Ninja Gaiden 4
Best PC Game
- Anno 117: Pax Romana - Winner
- Borderlands 4
- PVKK
- Towa and the Gaurdians of the Sacred Tree
- World of Warcraft
Best Sony PlayStation Game
- Borderlands 4
- Crimson Desert
- Cronos: The New Dawn
- Pragmata
- Resident Evil Requiem - Winner
Best Nintendo Switch 2 Game
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Mario Kart World - Winner
- Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree
- Winter Burrow
Best Mobile Game
- Arknights: Endfield
- Dungeon Clawler
- Genshin Impact
- Love and Deepspace - Winner
- Servant of the Lake
Best Lineup
- Capcom - Winner
Best Booth
- Anno 117: Pax Romana Hands-On Booth+Ubisoft Community Lounge - Winner
Best Business Booth
- Ubisoft Business Lounge - Winner
Heart of Gaming Award
- Gamescom Artist Area - Winner
Best Booth (Consumer Voted)
- Pokemon Company - Winner
Best Merch (Consumer Voted)
- Star Birds Gacha Machine - Winner
Best Trailer (Consumer Voted)
- Hollow Knight Silksong - Winner
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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