*Best Soundtrack
*Best Audio Design
Best Game Trailer
Best Game Expansion
*Best Audio Design
Best Game Trailer
Best Game Expansion
Best Early Access Game
*Still Playing Award - Mobile
*Still Playing Award - Console & PC
Best Indie Game
*Still Playing Award - Mobile
*Still Playing Award - Console & PC
Best Indie Game
*Best Indie Game - Self Published
Console Game of the Year
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Lead Performer
Best Supporting Performer
Best Storytelling
Best Visual Design
Best Multiplayer Game
Best Lead Performer
Best Supporting Performer
Best Storytelling
Best Visual Design
Most Wanted Game
Best Gaming Hardware
Studio of the Year
Best Gaming Hardware
Studio of the Year
PC Game of the Year
- Ultimate Game of the Year voting takes place in a separate window. The shortlist will be revealed on Monday 4th November, with voting running from 4th - 8th November, allowing you time to play more of 2024's big winter releases.
- Best Audio Design and Best Soundtrack are new awards that replace the previous Best Audio category, which distinguish between a game’s overall audio design, and soundtrack
- The Still Playing Award - Mobile and Still Playing Award - Console & PC replace the previous Still Playing Award and distinguish between mobile games and console / PC games.
- The Best Indie Game - Self Published is a new category for titles that have been developed and published by a small team or developer. The award recognises the increasingly broad definition of 'indie' games, with a special focus on teams without the financial or technical support of a larger games publisher; and titles entering markets less well served by traditional publishing.
- Best Game Adaptation also opens for voting between 4th - 8th November
Additional Awards
The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 will feature additional awards where shortlists are chosen by our expert panel of critics and creators.
- Streamers' Choice Award
- Breakthrough Award
- Critics’ Choice Award
- Lifetime Achievement