Golden Joystick Awards 2026: who won and which video game took home the GOTY

The Golden Joystick Awards 2026 were held on November 11 in London. The 44th edition of the awards brought together video games from various genres and scales, featuring 25 categories and a wide list of nominees.

The majority of the awards were determined by public voting. Among the awarded titles were Dispatch, Meccha Chameleon, Resident Evil Requiem, and Crimson Desert.

Golden Joystick Awards 2026: complete list of winners

Here are the results of the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 in the main categories, with the winners highlighted in bold and the voting percentages when reported.

Best Narrative

• 007 First Light

• The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Dispatch (winner)

• Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

• Silent Hill: Townfall

• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

Best Sound Design

• Rhythm Heaven Groove

• Big Walk

• Saros

• Marathon

• Star Wars: Galactic Racer

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword (winner, 32% of votes)

Best Multiplayer Game

• Big Walk

• Valheim

• Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls

• Marathon

• ARC Raiders

• Meccha Chameleon (winner, 31% of votes)

Best Visual Design

• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

• Forza Horizon 6

• Saros

• Phonopolis

• Control Resonant (winner, 31% of votes)

• Orbitals

Best Game Expansion

• Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations (winner)

• World of Warcraft: Midnight

• Dave the Diver – In the Jungle Content Pack

• Quake: Dawn of the Machine

• The Alters: Last Variable

• Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven

Best Self-Published Indie Game

• Mewgenics

• Mina the Hollower

• Perfect Tides: Station to Station

• Phonopolis

• The Incident at Galley House

• Meccha Chameleon (winner, 32% of votes)

• Rhythm Doctor

• Fields of Mistria

• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

• Cairn

Best Indie Game

• Big Walk

• Valheim (winner, 28% of votes)

• Order of the Sinking Star

• Titanium Court

• Mixtape

• Denshattack!

• Esoteric Ebb

• Mouse: P.I. For Hire

• Reanimal

• Sovereign Tower

Best Video Game Hardware

• Sony INZONE M10S II

• Steam Controller (winner, 51% of votes)

• Secretlab ATLAS

• Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE

• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II

• Razer Viper V4 Pro

Studio of the Year

• Capcom (winner, 57% of votes)

• House House

• IO Interactive

• Nintendo EPD

• Frogwares

• Square Enix

Best Early Access Game

• Slay the Spire 2

• Subnautica 2 (winner, 35% of votes)

• Dead as Disco

• Wardogs

• Menace

• skate.

Best Soundtrack

• Lumines Arise

• Mewgenics

• Mixtape

• Crimson Desert

• Dispatch (winner, 26% of votes)

• 007 First Light

Ongoing Game: Mobile

• Genshin Impact

• Honkai: Star Rail

• Marvel Snap

• Pokémon Go

• Wuthering Waves

• Monopoly Go!

• Old School RuneScape

• NTE: Neverness to Everness

• Sky: Children of the Light

• Roblox

• Balatro (winner, 22% of votes)

• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Mobile

Ongoing Game: PC and Consoles

• No Man’s Sky

• Helldivers 2

• Minecraft (winner, 23% of votes)

• Fortnite

Streamer’s Choice Award

• Meccha Chameleon (winner)

Best Video Game Trailer

• Big Walk – Release Date Announcement

• Resident Evil Requiem – Evil Has Always Had A Name (winner, 27% of votes)

• Mouse: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer

• Prove You’re Human – Announcement Trailer

• Cairn – Launch Trailer

• Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer

Best Remake or Remaster

• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

• Gothic 1 Remake

• Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered (winner, 37% of votes)

• Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2

• Star Fox

Developer’s Choice Award

• Meccha Chameleon (winner)

Best Video Game Adaptation

• Fallout (season 2)

• Iron Lung (winner, 32% of votes)

• Resident Evil

• Exit 8

• Mortal Kombat II

• Devil May Cry (season 2)

Best Supporting Performance

• Troy Baker – Nathaniel Essex in Marvel’s Wolverine

• Vic Michaelis – Runa Blask in Star Wars Zero Company

• Lennie James – John Greenway in 007 First Light

• Terry O’Quinn – Richard in Silent Hill: Townfall

• Frankie Kevich – Zoe de Vera in Control Resonant

• Grace Saif – Diana in Pragmata (winner, 54% of votes)

Best Lead Performance

• Liam McIntyre – Wolverine in Marvel’s Wolverine

• Patrick Gibson – James Bond in 007 First Light

• Aaron Paul – Robert Robertson III in Dispatch

• Angela Sant’Albano – Grace Ashcroft in Resident Evil Requiem (winner, 36% of votes)

• Will de Renzy-Martin – Coen in The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Anna Demetriou – Sophia in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

PC Game of the Year

• Big Walk

• Escape from Tarkov

• Valheim

• Star Wars Zero Company

• The Blood of Dawnwalker

• Esoteric Ebb

• Mewgenics

• Meccha Chameleon

• Crimson Desert (winner, 18% of votes)

• Order of the Sinking Star

Console Game of the Year

• Resident Evil Requiem (winner, 27% of votes)

• Pragmata

• Pokémon Pokopia

• 007 First Light

• Forza Horizon 6

• Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword

• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

• Saros

• Nioh 3

Critics’ Choice Award

• Big Walk (winner)

Most Anticipated Game

• The Witcher 4 (winner, 18% of votes)

• God of War Laufey

• Black Myth: Zhong Kui

• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

• Fable

• Final Fantasy VII Revelation

• Kingdom Hearts IV

• Persona 6

• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn

• Metro 2039

• Total War: Warhammer 40,000

• Stranger Than Heaven

• Tides of Annihilation

• Exodus

• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

• Resident Evil Veronica

• Alien: Isolation 2

• No Law

• Stuntman: Hollywood

• Ananta

Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026

• 007 First Light

• Big Walk

• Control Resonant

• Crimson Desert

• Dispatch

• Forza Horizon 6

• Phantom Blade Zero

• Pokémon Pokopia

• Pragmata

• Resident Evil Requiem (winner)

• Star Wars: Galactic Racer

• The Blood of Dawnwalker