News 2026 GOTY Watch (Game of the Year Candidates)

As we're nearing the halfway point of 2026, we'll be putting together our list of the most likely games to get nominated during awards season.

Check back soon for more detailed breakdowns, for now, our quick list for 2026 GOTY is (in alphabetical order):

• Crimson Desert
• Mewgenics
• Nioh 3
• Pokémon Pokopia
• Resident Evil: Requiem
• Pragmata

Honorable Mentions

• Cairn
• Esoteric Ebb
• Marathon
• Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
• MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
• Pathologic 3
• REANIMAL
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

Here were our winners for 2025!

For each section, we have our Mobalytics Staff Choice along with our Community Vote.

In cases where they matched, the winner will be highlighted in green.

Best Early Access Game

• 2XKO (Mobalytics Staff Choice)
• 33 Immortals
• Aethermancer
• ENDLESS Legend 2
• Fellowship
• Grounded 2
• Mycopunk
• R.E.P.O.
• Schedule I
• Titan Quest II (Community Vote)

Best Remake / Remaster

• Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake
• Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice Chronicles (Mobalytics Staff Choice)
• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
• Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
• Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
• Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Community Vote)
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4
• Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
• Yooka-Re-Playlee

Best Indie Game

• Ball x Pit
• Blue Prince
• Hades 2 (Tied, Mobalytics Staff Choice + Community Vote)
• Hollow Knight: Silk Song (Tied, Mobalytics Staff Choice + Community Vote)
• Look Outside
• Megabonk
• Peak
• Sword of the Sea
• The Alters
• The Bazaar

Multiplayer

• Absolum
• ARC Raiders (Mobalytics Staff Choice + Community Vote)
• Battlefield 6
• Borderlands 4
• Dune: Awakening
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Mario Kart World
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• PEAK
• Split Fiction

Single Player

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Community Vote)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Mobalytics Staff Choice)
• Dispatch
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Silent Hill f
• The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

2025 Game of the Year

• ARC Raiders
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Mobalytics Staff Choice + Community Vote)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silk Song
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Split Fiction