All of The Game Awards 2021 winners

Posted on December 10, 2021

The Game Awards have wrapped up for another year! 2021 was a pretty bombastic year for games, and it’s safe to say the wins reflect that. One of the big frontrunners for the night was Arkane’s Deathloop, taking home best Game Direction and Art Direction. However, it was none other than co-operative adventure It Takes Two that stole the show, winning 3 awards in Game of the Year, Best Family Game and Best Multiplayer Game.

Divisive or not, here are the winners for The Game Awards in 2021. Let’s jump in.

Game of the Year

  • Deathloop
  • It Takes Two (winner)
  • Metroid Dread
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village

Best Game Direction

  • Deathloop (winner)
  • It Takes Two
  • Returnal
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Best Narrative

  • Deathloop
  • It Takes Two
  • Life is Strange: True Colors
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (winner)
  • Psychonauts 2

Best Art Direction

  • Deathloop (winner)
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits
  • Psychonauts 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • The Artful Escape

Best Score/Music

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Deathloop
  • Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139 (winner)
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • The Artful Escape

Best Audio Design

  • Deathloop
  • Forza Horizon 5 (winner)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village
  • Returnal

Best Performance

  • Erika Mori, Life is Strange
  • Giancarlo Esposito, Far Cry 6
  • Jason E. Kelley, Deathloop
  • Maggie Robertson, Resident Evil Village (winner)
  • Ozioama Akagha, Deathloop

Games for Impact

  • Before Your Eyes
  • Boyfriend Dungeon
  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale
  • Life is Strange: True Colors (winner)
  • No Longer Home

Best Ongoing Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Call of Duty: War Zone
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online (winner)
  • Fortnite
  • Genshin Impact

Best Indie Game

  • 12 Minutes
  • Death’s Door
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits (winner)
  • Inscryption
  • Loop Hero
  • Kena: Bridge of Spirits  (winner)
  • Sable
  • The Artful Escape
  • The Forgotten City
  • Valheim

Best Mobile Game

  • Fantasian
  • Genshin Impact (winner)
  • League of Legends: Wild Rift
  • MARVEL Future Revolution
  • Pokémon Unite

Best Community Support

  • Apex Legends: Escape
  • Destiny 2: Beyond Light
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online (winner)
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky

Best VR/AR Game

  • Hitman III
  • I Expect You to Die 2
  • Lone Echo II
  • Resident Evil 4 (winner)
  • Sniper Elite VR

Innovation in Accessibility

  • Far Cry 6
  • Forza Horizon 5 (winner)
  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • The Vale: Shadow of the Crown

Best Action Game

  • Back 4 Blood
  • Chivalry II
  • Deathloop
  • Far Cry 6
  • Returnal (winner)

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Metroid Dread (winner)
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
  • Resident Evil Village
  • Psychonauts 2

Best RPG

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • Scarlet Nexus
  • Shin Megami Tensei V
  • Tales of Arise (winner)

Best Fighting Game

  • Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles
  • Guilty Gear -Strive- (winner)
  • Melty Blood: Type Lumina
  • Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
  • Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown

Best Family Game

  • It Takes Two (winner)
  • Mario Party Superstars
  • New Pokémon Snap
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
  • WarioWare: Get It Together!
  • F1 2021
  • Fifa 22
  • Hot Wheels Unleashed
  • Forza Horizon 5 (winner)
  • Riders Republic

Best SIM/Strategy Game

  • Age of Empires IV (winner)
  • Evil Genius 2: World Domination
  • Humankind
  • Inscryption
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Back 4 Blood
  • It Takes Two (winner)
  • Knockout City
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • New World
  • Valheim

Content Creator of the Year

  • Dream (winner)
  • Fuslie
  • Gaules
  • Ibai
  • TheGrefg

Valheim, nominated as best indie debut at The Game Awards

Best Esports Athlete

  • Chris “Simp” Lehr
  • Heo “ShowMaker” Su
  • Magomed “Collapse” Khalilov
  • Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev (winner)
  • Tyson “TenZ” Ngo

Best Esports Coach

  • Airat “Silent” Gaziev
  • Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov
  • Andrii “B1ad3” Horodenskyi
  • James “Crowder” Crowder
  • Kim “kkOma” Jeong-gyun (winner)

Best Esports Event

  • The International 2021
  • 2021 League of Legends World Championship (winner)
  • Valorant Champions Tour: Stage 2 Masters
  • PGL Major Stockholm 2021
  • PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2020

Best Esports Game

  • Call of Duty
  • CS:GO
  • DOTA2
  • League of Legends (winner)
  • Valorant

Best Esports Team

  • Atlanta FaZe, Call of Duty
  • DWG KIA, League of Legends
  • NAVI, CS:GO (winner)
  • Team Spirit, DOTA2
  • Sentinels, Valorant

Most Anticipated Game

  • Elden Ring (winner)
  • God of War: Ragnarok
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • The Sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
  • Starfield

Starfield, listed as one of The Game Awards' most anticipated games

That’s all she wrote! Were you pleased by The Game Awards this year? Any snubs or reveals you found exciting? Let us know!