Awarded gamesGames of the Year
Award results of The JAPAN GAME AWARDS 2025 have been announced as follows.
Grand Award
Metaphor: ReFantazio
| Company | ATLUS CO., LTD. |
|---|---|
| Platform | Xbox Series X|S / Windows / PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Steam |
This is a completely new fantasy RPG in the “fantasy world,” showing battles for the throne after the murder of the king.
An epic story and a fantastic world view, the epoch-making battle system, which achieves both actions and strategies, beautiful sounds in the background and the user interfaces like European drawings, and the overwhelming play volume.
The game has a magnificent drama with many strong personalities, attracted a lot of enthusiastic supports and received the award.
Game Designers Award
INDIKA
| Company | Odd Meter |
|---|---|
| Platform | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Windows / Steam |
Usually, the Game Designers Award is often given to a novel game system, but the game system of this work “INDIKA” is a common action game with a third party perspective.
Still, you cannot enjoy its mental sceneries, stories with themes of anti-establishment religious outlook and virtues, the world building, and atmosphere in other games.
First of all, few games strongly promote any religious outlook.
The vote was split at the time of judgment at first, but this game finally won the largest support and was selected for the award.
Award for excellence
| Awards | Title | Platform | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Award | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Xbox Series X|S / Windows / PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Steam | ATLUS CO., LTD. |
| Game Designers Award |
INDIKA | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Windows / Steam | Odd Meter |
| Award for excellence |
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Steam | FromSoftware, Inc. |
| TokyoXtremeRacer | Steam | Genki Co., Ltd. | |
| DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam | KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. | |
| Urban Myth Dissolution Center | PlayStation®5 / Nintendo Switch / Steam | SHUEISHA GAMES Inc. | |
| DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake | PlayStation®5 / Nintendo Switch / Xbox Series X|S / Windows / Steam | SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. | |
| The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- | Nintendo Switch / Steam | Aniplex Inc. | |
| FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time | PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Xbox Series X|S / Steam | LEVEL5 Inc. | |
| Metaphor: ReFantazio | Xbox Series X|S / Windows / PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Steam | ATLUS CO., LTD. | |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Windows | CAPCOM CO., LTD. | |
| Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam | SEGA CORPORATION | |
| Romancing SaGa 2 REVENGE OF THE SEVEN | PlayStation®5 / PlayStation®4 / Nintendo Switch / Steam | SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. | |
| Breakthrough Award | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | PlayStation®5 / Xbox Series X|S / Xbox One / Windows / Steam / Epic Games Store | Kepler Interactive |
| Movement Award | Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket | iOS / Android | The Pokémon Company |
| Special Award | PlayStation®Store | - | Sony Interactive Entertainment |