[From the industry] Here are the winners of the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2025

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The 2025 TIGA Games Industry Awards have once again showcased the extraordinary creativity, innovation, and talent within the sector, which gathered at the Hurlingham Club for a gala dinner and presentation ceremony on the evening of Tuesday November 4th.

The event was completely sold out, with over 300 industry VIPs attending to cheer the games, studios of all sizes, universities and vital service support companies that have excelled over the past year.

Fireproof Games took home the coveted Game of the Year award for Ghost Town, which also earned the trophy for Best Puzzle Game 2025, while Secret Mode won both Creativity in Games and Best Visual Design for Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest.

In other categories, Playground Games triumphed twice, winning Best Audio Design for Forza Horizon 5 and the Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing award.

Sony Interactive Entertainment also celebrated dual success, with Astro Bot named Best Arcade Game and Death Stranding 2: On The Beach recognised as Best Social Game.

Among the special awards, Deborah Kirkham, CEO of Side, received the Outstanding Leadership award, while Iain McNeil, CEO of Slitherine Software, was honoured as Outstanding Individual of the Year.

PlanetPlay was recognised for its sustainability leadership, winning the Commitment to ESG award.

The full list of 2025 winners is as follows:

BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE GAME 2025

Atomfall

Rebellion

BEST AUDIO DESIGN 2025

Forza Horizon 5

Playground Games

BEST ARCADE GAME 2025

Astro Bot

Sony Interactive Entertainment

BEST USE OF A LICENCE 2025

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Saber Interactive

BEST CASUAL GAME 2025

Monument Valley 3

ustwo games

CREATIVITY IN GAMES 2025

Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest

Secret Mode

DIVERSITY IN GAMES 2025

Trash Goblin

Spilt Milk Studios

BEST EDUCATIONAL, SERIOUS OR SIMULATION GAME 2025

Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica

BBC with Playerthree

HERITAGE IN GAMES 2025

Maid of Sker

Wales Interactive

BEST NARRATIVE IN GAMES 2025

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Sandfall Interactive

BEST PUZZLE GAME 2025

Ghost Town

Fireproof Games

BEST SOCIAL GAME 2025

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Sony Interactive Entertainment

BEST STRATEGY GAME 2025

Grit and Valor – 1949

Megabit Publishing

BEST VISUAL DESIGN 2025

Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest

Secret Mode

BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAME 2025

HITMAN World of Assassination

IO Interactive

BEST SMALL STUDIO 2025

Dlala Studios

ART/ANIMATION/TRAILER SUPPLIER 2025

Liquid Crimson

AUDIO SERVICES SUPPLIER 2025

PitStop Productions

BEST SERVICES PROVIDER 2025

Flix Interactive

COMMITMENT TO ESG 2025

PlanetPlay

BEST CO-DEVELOPMENT PARTNER 2025

Side

BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION 2025

Code Wizards

TAX & ACCOUNTANCY FIRM 2025

Plus Accounting

BEST IN-HOUSE RECRUITMENT & TALENT DEVELOPMENT 2025

Rocket Science Group

BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY 2025

Amiqus

QA/LOCALISATION SUPPLIER 2025

Quantic Lab

BEST PUBLISHER 2025

Dovetail Games

LEGAL SERVICES SUPPLIER 2025

Wiggin

BEST LARGE STUDIO 2025

Steel City Interactive

BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION 2025

University of Staffordshire

BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE 2025

Norwich University of the Arts

COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING 2025

Playground Games

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP 2025

Deborah Kirkham, CEO, Side

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL OF THE YEAR 2025

Iain McNeil, CEO, Slitherine Software

GAME OF THE YEAR 2025

Ghost Town

Fireproof Games

“The TIGA Games Industry Awards 2025 showcase the best of the best, from creative brilliance and technical innovation to commitment to education, diversity, and sustainability,” said Dr. Richard Wilson OBE, TIGA CEO.

“Congratulations to all our winners and finalists, who together make the UK games industry one of the most dynamic and inspiring in the world. I would also like to say a very special ‘thank you’ to our generous sponsors, who make the TIGA Awards possible every year.”