Golden Joystick Awards
2020 Nominations

The Golden Joystick Awards 2020 nominations are in and GamesRadar+  has opened online voting. Cast a vote here.

Given since 1983 for the very best computer and video games of the year, are significant because they’re mainly voted for by the public. Last year more than 3.5 million votes wee counted in.

Best Audio

  • The Last of Us: Part II
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Paradise Killer
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Streets Of Rage 4
  • Resident Evil 3

Best Game Community **NEW FOR 2020**

  • Fall Guys
  • Minecraft
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Dreams
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Warframe
  • Fortnite
  • Final Fantasy XIV

Best Family Game **NEW FOR 2020**

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Fall Guys
  • Pokemon Sword & Shield
  • Minecraft Dungeons
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • Moving Out
  • Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
  • Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Best Game Expansion

  • Control: AWE
  • No Man’s Sky: Origins
  • Total War: WARHAMMER 2 – The Warden and the Paunch
  • Pokemon Sword & Shield – Expansion Pass
  • Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.3 – Reflections in Crystal
  • The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey to Batuu
  • Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath
  • The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon

Best Gaming Hardware

  • PC Engine Mini
  • Oculus Quest 2
  • Razer Kishi mobile pad for xCloud
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
  • TCA Sidestick Airbus Edition
  • Vulcan 120 Aimo Keyboard
  • Turtle Beach Stealth 700 Gen 2

Best Indie Game

  • Kentucky Route Zero
  • Factorio
  • Spelunky 2
  • Paradise Killer
  • Creaks
  • Hades
  • Lair of the Clockwork God
  • Necrobarista

Best Multiplayer Game

  • Fall Guys
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
  • Moving Out
  • Valorant

Best Storytelling

  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition
  • Necrobarista
  • Paradise Killer
  • Hades
  • Signs of the Sojourner
  • If Found…

Best Visual Design

  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Spiritfarer
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake

Esports Game of the Year

  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
  • League Of Legends
  • Valorant
  • Fortnite
  • NTT IndyCar Series iRacing
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • FIFA 20
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Mobile Game of the Year

  • Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows
  • Lego Builder’s Journey
  • Little Orpheus
  • Next Stop Nowhere
  • Roundguard
  • Bird Alone
  • A Monster’s Expedition
  • If Found…

Nintendo Game of the Year

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Pokemon Sword & Shield
  • Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario 3D All-Stars
  • Paper Mario: The Origami King
  • Super Mario Bros. 35
  • Ninjala
  • Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

PC Game of the Year

  • Paradise Killer
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • Hades
  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
  • Crusader Kings III
  • Valorant
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Death Stranding

PlayStation Game of the Year

  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Nioh 2
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Marvel’s Iron Man VR
  • Spelunky 2
  • Dreams
  • Fall Guys

Xbox Game of the Year

  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Bleeding Edge
  • Minecraft Dungeons
  • Wasteland 3
  • Yakuza 0
  • Tell Me Why

Still Playing

  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Fortnite
  • Apex Legends
  • Pokemon Go
  • Grand Theft Auto Online
  • PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
  • Minecraft

Studio of the Year

  • Mediatonic
  • Naughty Dog
  • Respawn
  • Paradox Development Studio
  • Sucker Punch
  • Infinity Ward
  • Media Molecule
  • Supergiant Games

Most Wanted

  • Hitman 3
  • Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart
  • Halo Infinite
  • Resident Evil 8: Village
  • Deathloop
  • Horizon Forbidden West
  • Kerbal Space Program 2
  • Elden Ring
  • Gotham Knights
  • God of War: Ragnarok
  • Starfield
  • The Medium

In addition to the categories above, the awards administrators will put Ultimate Game of the Year to a public vote in the last two weeks of voting. They will also be adding the Best New Streamer / Broadcaster later.

Awards will also be given for several “critically-chosen” categories, including Lifetime Achievement (last year’s winner was Sega’s Yu Suzuki), Best Performance, Breakthrough Award, and Outstanding Achievement.