The Game Award for Best Action Game
The Game Awards · 60 nominations across 12 ceremonies · 12 wins
The Game Awards 2025 · 2025
- Winner Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Shinobi: Art of Vengeance · Lizardcube
- Nominee Doom: The Dark Ages · id Software
- Nominee Battlefield 6 · Criterion Games, DICE, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect Studios
- Nominee Ninja Gaiden 4 · PlatinumGames, Team Ninja
The Game Awards 2024 · 2024
- Winner Black Myth: Wukong · Game Science
- Nominee Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II · Saber Interactive
- Nominee Stellar Blade · PlayStation Studios XDev, Shift Up
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 · Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Helldivers 2 · Arrowhead Game Studios
The Game Awards 2023 · 2023
- Winner Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon · FromSoftware
- Nominee Remnant 2 · Gunfire Games
- Nominee Hi-Fi Rush · Tango Gameworks
- Nominee Ghostrunner 2 · One More Level
- Nominee Dead Island 2 · Deep Silver Dambuster Studios
The Game Awards 2022 · 2022
- Winner Bayonetta 3 · PlatinumGames
- Nominee Neon White
- Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
- Nominee Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge · Tribute Games
- Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II · Infinity Ward
The Game Awards 2021 · 2021
- Winner Returnal · Housemarque
- Nominee Back 4 Blood · Turtle Rock Studios
- Nominee Deathloop · Arkane Studios
- Nominee Far Cry 6 · Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Chivalry 2 · Torn Banner Studios
The Game Awards 2020 · 2020
- Winner Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Nioh 2 · Team Ninja
- Nominee Streets of Rage 4 · DotEmu, Guard Crush Games, Lizardcube
- Nominee Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
The Game Awards 2019 · 2019
- Winner Devil May Cry 5 · Capcom
- Nominee Astral Chain · PlatinumGames
- Nominee Call of Duty: Modern Warfare · Beenox, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games
- Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Metro Exodus · 4A Games
- Nominee Gears 5 · The Coalition
The Game Awards 2018 · 2018
- Winner Dead Cells · Evil Empire, Motion Twin
- Nominee Destiny 2: Forsaken · Bungie
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 · Beenox, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Mega Man 11 · Capcom
- Nominee Far Cry 5 · Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
The Game Awards 2017 · 2017
- Winner Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus · MachineGames
- Nominee Prey · Arkane Studios
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Nioh · Team Ninja
- Nominee Cuphead · Studio MDHR
The Game Awards 2016 · 2016
- Winner Doom · Bethesda Game Studios, id Software
- Nominee Gears of War 4 · Splash Damage, The Coalition
- Nominee Titanfall 2 · Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Battlefield 1 · DICE
- Nominee Overwatch · Blizzard Entertainment
The Game Awards 2015 · 2015
- Winner Splatoon · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Nominee Call of Duty: Black Ops III · Treyarch
- Nominee Destiny: The Taken King · Bungie
- Nominee Halo 5: Guardians · Halo Studios
The Game Awards 2014 · 2014
- Winner Far Cry 4 · Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto
- Nominee Wolfenstein: The New Order · MachineGames
- Nominee Destiny · Bungie
- Nominee Titanfall · Bluepoint Games, Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare · High Moon Studios, Sledgehammer Games