Here's the Winners of the 2026 Golden Joystick Awards

12 Nov 2026 at 9:53 am UTC
By Liam Squires-Hand

The 2026 Golden Joystick Awards happened and here's the results across each category from games to hardware.

Remember: public votes are a wonderful celebration of gaming when your favourite wins, and a deeply flawed popularity contest when it doesn't. Jokes aside, it's a nice way to give appreciation to those who work tirelessly to bring us new experiences.

Below are all the categories, and the winners at the top of each.

Best Audio Design

• Onimusha: Way of the Sword — WINNER
• Big Walk
• Marathon
• Rhythm Heaven Groove
• SAROS
• STAR WARS: Galactic Racer

Best Early Access Game

• Subnautica 2 — WINNER
• Dead as Disco
• MENACE
• skate.
• Slay the Spire 2
• WARDOGS

Best Game Adaptation

• Iron Lung — WINNER
• Devil May Cry (Season 2)
• Exit 8
• Fallout (Season 2)
• Mortal Kombat II
• Resident Evil

Best Game Expansion

• DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations — WINNER
• Cult of the Lamb: Woolhaven
• DAVE THE DIVER - In the Jungle Content Pack
• Quake: Dawn of the Machine
• The Alters: Last Variable
• World of Warcraft: Midnight

Best Game Trailer

• Resident Evil Requiem - Evil Has Always Had A Name — WINNER
• Battlefield 6 x Top Gun: Carrier Strike Cinematic Trailer
• Big Walk - Release Date Announcement
• Cairn - Launch Trailer
• MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer
• Prove You're Human - Announcement Trailer

Best Gaming Hardware

• Steam Controller — WINNER
• Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE
• Razer Viper V4 Pro
• Secretlab ATLAS
• Sony INZONE M10S II
• Turtle Beach Stealth Pro II

Best Indie Game

• Valheim — WINNER
• Big Walk
• Denshattack!
• Esoteric Ebb
• Mixtape
• MOUSE: P.I. for Hire
• Order of the Sinking Star
• REANIMAL
• Sovereign Tower
• Titanium Court

Best Indie Game - Self-Published

• MECCHA CHAMELEON — WINNER
• Cairn
• Fields of Mistria
• Mewgenics
• Mina the Hollower
• Perfect Tides: Station to Station
• Phonopolis
• Rhythm Doctor
• The Incident at Galley House
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors

Best Lead Performer

• Angela Sant'Albano - Grace Ashcroft, Resident Evil Requiem — WINNER
• Aaron Paul - Robert Robertson III, Dispatch
• Anna Demetriou - Sophia, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
• Liam McIntyre - Wolverine, Marvel's Wolverine
• Patrick Gibson - James Bond, 007 First Light
• Will de Renzy-Martin - Coen, The Blood of Dawnwalker

Best Supporting Performer

• Grace Saif - Diana, PRAGMATA — WINNER
• Frankie Kevich - Zoe de Vera, CONTROL Resonant
• Lennie James - John Greenway, 007 First Light
• Terry O'Quinn - Richard, SILENT HILL: Townfall
• Troy Baker - Nathaniel Essex, Marvel's Wolverine
• Vic Michaelis - Runa Blask, STAR WARS Zero Company

Best Multiplayer Game

• MECCHA CHAMELEON — WINNER
• ARC Raiders
• Big Walk
• Marathon
• MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls
• Valheim

Best Remake / Remaster

• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered — WINNER
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
• Gothic 1 Remake
• METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2
• Star Fox
• Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter

Best Soundtrack

• Dispatch — WINNER
• 007 First Light
• Crimson Desert
• Lumines Arise
• Mewgenics
• Mixtape

Best Storytelling

• Dispatch — WINNER
• 007 First Light
• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
• SILENT HILL: Townfall
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

Best Visual Design

• CONTROL Resonant — WINNER
• Forza Horizon 6
• Orbitals
• Phonopolis
• Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy
• SAROS

Most Wanted Game

• The Witcher 4 — WINNER
• Alien: Isolation 2
• ANANTA
• Black Myth: Zhong Kui
• EXODUS
• Fable
• FINAL FANTASY VII REVELATION
• God of War Laufey
• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
• KINGDOM HEARTS IV
• METRO 2039
• NO LAW
• Persona 6
• Resident Evil Veronica
• STRANGER THAN HEAVEN
• Stuntman: Hollywood
• The Expanse: Osiris Reborn
• Tides of Annihilation
• Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
• Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000

Still Playing Award - Mobile

• Balatro — WINNER
• Genshin Impact
• Honkai: Star Rail
• MARVEL SNAP
• MONOPOLY GO!
• NTE: Neverness to Everness
• Old School RuneScape
• Pokémon GO
• Roblox
• Sky: Children of the Light
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Mobile
• Wuthering Waves

Still Playing Award - PC & Console

• Minecraft — WINNER
• Apex Legends
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• Fortnite
• GTA Online
• HELLDIVERS 2
• HITMAN World of Assassination
• No Man's Sky
• Palworld
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• Warframe
• World of Warcraft

Studio of the Year

• CAPCOM — WINNER
• Frogwares
• House House
• IO Interactive
• Nintendo EPD
• SQUARE ENIX

PC Game of the Year

• Crimson Desert — WINNER
• Big Walk
• Escape from Tarkov
• Esoteric Ebb
• MECCHA CHAMELEON
• Mewgenics
• Order of the Sinking Star
• STAR WARS Zero Company
• The Blood of Dawnwalker
• Valheim

Console Game of the Year

• Resident Evil Requiem — WINNER
• 007 First Light
• Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave
• Forza Horizon 6
• LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
• Nioh 3
• Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• Pokémon Pokopia
• PRAGMATA
• SAROS

Streamer's Choice Award

• MECCHA CHAMELEON — WINNER

Developers' Choice

• MECCHA CHAMELEON — WINNER

Critics' Choice Award

• Big Walk — WINNER

Ultimate Game of the Year

• Resident Evil Requiem — WINNER
• 007 First Light
• Big Walk
• CONTROL Resonant
• Crimson Desert
• Dispatch
• Forza Horizon 6
• Phantom Blade Zero
• Pokémon Pokopia
• PRAGMATA
• STAR WARS: Galactic Racer
• The Blood of Dawnwalker

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