The Game Awards 2020
Held in 2020 · 23 categories · everything in 2020
Game of the Year
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
Best Game Direction
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
Best Narrative
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim · Vanillaware
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
Best Art Direction
- Winner Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Ori and the Will of the Wisps · Moon Studios
- Nominee The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
Best Score and Music
- Winner Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Ori and the Will of the Wisps · Moon Studios
- Nominee The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
Best Audio Design
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
- Nominee Resident Evil 3 · Capcom
Best Performance
- Winner Laura Bailey · The Last of Us Part II
- Nominee Daisuke Tsuji · Ghost of Tsushima
- Nominee Logan Cunningham · Hades
- Nominee Nadji Jeter · Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- Nominee Ashley Johnson · The Last of Us Part II
Games for Impact
- Winner Tell Me Why · Don’t Nod
- Nominee If Found...
- Nominee Kentucky Route Zero · Cardboard Computer
- Nominee Spiritfarer · Thunder Lotus Games
- Nominee Through the Darkest of Times · Paintbucket Games
Best Independent Game
- Winner Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Carrion · Phobia Game Studio
- Nominee Fall Guys · Mediatonic
- Nominee Spelunky 2 · Larian Studios Spain, Mossmouth
- Nominee Spiritfarer · Thunder Lotus Games
Best Debut Indie Game
- Winner Phasmophobia · Kinetic Games
- Nominee Carrion · Phobia Game Studio
- Nominee Mortal Shell · Cold Symmetry
- Nominee Raji: An Ancient Epic
- Nominee Röki · Polygon Treehouse
Best Mobile Game
- Winner Among Us · InnerSloth
- Nominee Call of Duty: Mobile · TiMi Studio Group
- Nominee Genshin Impact · miHoYo
- Nominee Legends of Runeterra · Riot Games
- Nominee Pokémon Café ReMix · Genius Sonority
Best VR/AR Game
- Winner Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
- Nominee Dreams · Media Molecule
- Nominee Iron Man VR · Camouflaj, Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Nominee Star Wars: Squadrons · Motive Studio
- Nominee The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners · Skydance Media
Best Action Game
- Winner Hades · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Doom Eternal · id Software
- Nominee Half-Life: Alyx · Campo Santo, Valve Corporation
- Nominee Nioh 2 · Team Ninja
- Nominee Streets of Rage 4 · DotEmu, Guard Crush Games, Lizardcube
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Valhalla · Ubisoft Montreal
- Nominee Ghost of Tsushima · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Ori and the Will of the Wisps · Moon Studios
- Nominee Spider-Man: Miles Morales · Insomniac Games
- Nominee Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order · Criterion Games, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
Best Role Playing Game
- Winner Final Fantasy VII Remake · Square Enix, Square Enix Business Division 1
- Nominee Genshin Impact · miHoYo
- Nominee Persona 5 · Atlus
- Nominee Persona 5 Royal · Atlus
- Nominee Wasteland 3 · inXile entertainment
- Nominee Yakuza: Like a Dragon · Ryu ga Gotoku Studio
Best Fighting Game
- Winner Mortal Kombat 11 · NetherRealm Studios
- Nominee Granblue Fantasy Versus · Arc System Works
- Nominee One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows · Spike Chunsoft
- Nominee Street Fighter V · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee Street Fighter V: Champion Edition · Capcom
- Nominee Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] · French-Bread
- Nominee Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] · French-Bread
Best Family Game
- Winner Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time · Toys for Bob
- Nominee Fall Guys · Mediatonic
- Nominee Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit · Velan Studios
- Nominee Minecraft Dungeons · Mojang Studios
- Nominee Paper Mario: The Origami King · Intelligent Systems
Best Sim/Strategy Game
- Winner Microsoft Flight Simulator · Asobo Studio
- Nominee Crusader Kings III · Development Studio, Lab42
- Nominee Desperados III · Mimimi Productions
- Nominee Gears Tactics · Splash Damage, The Coalition
- Nominee XCOM: Chimera Squad · Firaxis Games
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Winner Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 · Beenox, Blizzard Albany
- Nominee Dirt 5 · Codemasters
- Nominee F1 2020 · Codemasters
- Nominee FIFA 21 · EA Romania, EA Vancouver
- Nominee NBA 2K21 · Visual Concepts
Best Multiplayer Game
- Winner Among Us · InnerSloth
- Nominee Animal Crossing: New Horizons · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Call of Duty: Warzone · Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Fall Guys · Mediatonic
- Nominee Valorant · Riot Games
Innovation in Accessibility
- Winner The Last of Us Part II · Naughty Dog
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Valhalla · Ubisoft Montreal
- Nominee Grounded · Obsidian Entertainment
- Nominee HyperDot · Tribe Games
- Nominee Watch Dogs: Legion · Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Toronto
Best Ongoing Game
- Winner No Man's Sky · Hello Games
- Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Call of Duty: Warzone · Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Treyarch
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
Best Community Support
- Winner Fall Guys · Mediatonic
- Nominee Apex Legends · Iron Galaxy Studios, Panic Button, Respawn Entertainment
- Nominee Destiny 2 · Bungie
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee No Man's Sky · Hello Games
- Nominee Valorant · Riot Games