[From the industry] Playing for the Planet and Green Game Jam 2025 winners revealed

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The Playing for the Planet and Green Game Jam 2025 winners have been revealed. The 15 awards were given out last night at the BFI Southbank, to studios and individuals demonstrating excellence in the field of sustainable game development and pro-environmental storytelling.

The Playing for the Planet, Green Games Summit and Awards celebrate companies that have achieved excellence in developing and implementing environmentally themed content, strategy and tools into their games and studios as well as individuals showing outstanding leadership in this area.

“The creativity, ambition, and passion of this year’s winners and nominees has set a new standard. Every year the bar for impact, engagement and reach is raised,” said Sam Barratt, Chief of Youth and Education at UNEP. “We’re seeing more evidence that gamers want studios to take notice of how their games and actions make a meaningful and measurable impact in the world, and these trailblazers are proving this can be done. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of this year’s awards”

Both the Green Games Summit and the Playing for the Planet Awards were delivered in partnership with BFI, Bastion, and Liquid Crimson, and with support from Ukie, Video Games Europe, Video Games Poland, Verband de deutschen Games-Branche, Dutch Games Association and Syndicat National Du Jeu Video.

There were 13  winners in the Playing for the Planet and Green Game Jam categories, and two special Awards given for Innovation, and one in the ‘All in for Nature’ category.

Below is the full list of nominations and winners:

Playing for the Planet Awards Finalists and winners

Best Green Storytelling

• Another Crab’s Treasure by Aggro Crab
• Citizen Sleeper 2 by Jump over the Age
• Endzone 2 by Gentlymad Studios 
• Synergy by Leikir Studio 
• The Wandering Village by Stray Fawn Studio

Winner: Synergy by Leikir Studio

Best Green Tech

• Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 from Activision Publishing Inc.
• GAIADEX from Razer
• Jyros from Game Only 
• League of Legends and Valorant from Riot Games
• Monument Valley 3 from ustwo games

Winner: Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 by Activision

Champion Award

• Arnaud Fayolle
• Joshua Aslan 
• Laura Carter
• Mathias Gredal Norvig and Celia Zimmermann
• Min-Liang Tan

Winner: Mathias Gredal Norvig and Celia Zimmermann

Changemaker Award

• GreenQuest Innovations
• PlanetPlay
• Riot Games
• TreesPlease Games
• ustwo games

Winner: TreesPlease Games

Green Game Jam Finalists and winners

Best Newcomer

• Best Fiends by Playtika 
• Crossy Road by Hipster Whale
• Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games
• Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games
• Rummy Fun & Friends / Skat Treff by GameDuell

Winner: Crossy Road by Hipster Whale

Best Small Studio

• Elowyn: Quest of Time by EARTHWise
• Imagine Earth by Serious Bros.
• Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games
• Orna: The GPS RPG by Northern Forge Studios

Winner: Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Call to Action Award

• Best Fiends by Playtika 
• Hay Day by Supercell
• June’s Journey by Wooga 
• Rummy Fun & Friends / Skat Treff by Gameduell
• Shop Titans by Kabam

Winner: June’s Journey by Wooga 

Google’s Choice

• Crossy Road by Hipster Whale
• Hay Day by Supercell
• Honor Of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games
• Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games
• Love and Pies by Trailmix Games

Winner: Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games

Media’s Choice

• Best Fiends by Playtika
• Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games 
• June’s Journey by Wooga 
• Klondike Adventures by Vizor Games
• Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games
• Orna: The GPS RPG by Northern Forge Studios

Winner: Orna: The GPS RPG by Northern Forge Studios

Trailblazer Award

• GamePoint Bingo by GamePoint
• Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games
• Imagine Earth by Serious Bros.
• Longleaf Valley by TreesPlease Games
• Love & Pies by Trailmix Games

Winner: Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games

Player’s Choice Award

• Best Fiends by Playtika
• Hay Day by Supercell
• Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level Infinite, Tencent Games
• June’s Journey by Wooga 
• Top Eleven 2025 by Nordeus

Winner: Hay Day by Supercell

UNEP’s Choice Award

• Best Fiends by Playtika 
• Crossy Road by Hipster Whale
• GamePoint Bingo by GamePoint
• Honor of Kings by TiMi Studio Group, Level  Infinite, Tencent Games
• June’s Journey by Wooga 

Winner: June’s Journey by Wooga 

Jam Spirit Award

• Best Fiends by Playtika 
• Drive Ahead! by DoDreams
• Just Dance 2025 by Ubisoft Paris 
• My Talking Hank: Island by Outfit 7
• Subway Surfers by SYBO

Winner: Subway Surfers by SYBO

Special Awards

Innovation award

Winner: Sony Interactive Entertainment

All in for Nature Award

Winner: Gameduell