Astro Bot wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards

Astro Bot has won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024.

Team Asobi‘s game beat out Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Metaphor: ReFantazio to take home the top prize.

It also won three other awards during the show, for Best Game Direction, Best Action/Adventure Game and Best Family Game.

The full list of award winners was as follows:

Game of the Year

Best Game Direction
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best Narrative
Metaphor: ReFantanzio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Art Direction

Best Score and Music
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix)

Best Audio Design
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)

Best Performance
Melina Juergens, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2

Innovation in Accessibility
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)

Games for Impact
Neva (Nomada Studio/Devolver)

Best Ongoing Game
Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)

Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian)

Best Independent Game
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best Debut Indie Game
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best Mobile Game
Balatro (LocalThunk/Playstack)

Best VR/AR Game
Batman: Arkham Shadow (Camouflaj/Oculus Studios)

Best Action Game
Black Myth: Wukong (Game Science)

Best Action/Adventure Game
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best RPG
Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero/Atlus/Sega)

Best Fighting Game
Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco)

Best Family Game
ASTRO BOT (Team Asobi/SIE)

Best Sim/Strategy Game
Frostpunk 2 (11 Bit Studios)

Best Sports/Racing Game
EA Sports FC 25 (EA Vancouver/EA Romania/EA Sports)

Best Multiplayer Game
Helldivers 2 (Arrow Game Studios/SIE)

Best Adaptation
Fallout (Bethesda/Kilter Films/Amazon MGM Studios)

Most Anticipated Game
Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)

Content Creator of the Year
CaseOh

Best Esports Game
League of Legends (Riot Games)