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