The Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 (German Computer Game Awards) have just been handed out at the grand gala. Keen Games (Enshrouded) won the main prize, but Stunforge, Grizzly Games, Happy Broccoli, Megagon and many newcomers also have reason to celebrate.

The winners of the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 (German Computer Game Awards) were announced at a grand gala held at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin. In front of an audience from the worlds of gaming, culture, media and politics - including the recently appointed Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space, Dorothee Bär, and the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner - the prizes were awarded.

The grand prize "Best German Game" went to Enshrouded, from Keen Games in Frankfurt. It prevailed over Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders by Megagon Industries and Thronefall by Grizzly Games. Enshrouded, which already has more than four million players on PC via Early Access, was also a firm favourite. In addition, the game also won the awards for "Best Innovation and Technology". However, the other two studios weren't empty-handed either. Megagon Industries from Berlin won the €50,000 prize for Studio of the Year. Thronefall was awarded the prize for "Best Game Design".

Nordhold from Stunforge won the Newcomer Award for "Best Debut", and Blob the Klex (Melena Dressel, Alejandro Rebolledo, Laura Octavianus / Hochschule Darmstadt) won the Newcomer Award for "Best Prototype". Steinwallen was named "Player of the Year". Game:In and the Flipper- und Arcademuseum Seligenstadt won the "Special Jury Prize".

Deutscher Computerspielpreis (DCP) 2025 Winners

Best German Game (€100,000)
  • Enshrouded (Keen Games)

The two other nominees will each receive €30,000- Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries)
- Thronefall (Grizzly Games)

Studio of the Year (€50,000)
  • Megagon Industries (Berlin)

Newcomer Award for Best Debut (€60,000)
  • Nordhold (Stunforge / Stunforge & HypeTrain Digital)

The two other nominees will each receive €25,000- Footgun: Underground (Turtle Knight Games / CobraTekku Games)
- Mindlock – The Apartment (Roof Cut Media / United Soft Media)​​​​​​

Newcomer Award for Best Prototype (€50,000)
  • Blob the Klex (Melena Dressel, Alejandro Rebolledo, Laura Octavianus / Hochschule Darmstadt)

The other nominees will each receive €25,000- Echoes of Mora (Meike Strippel, Namin Hansen, Daria Pankau, Anita-Emmely Franz, Alina Alonzova / HTW Berlin)
- Map Map - A Game About Maps (Pipapo Games / HAW Hamburg)
- Exhibit A (Olivia Falke, Gabrielle Sibucao, Flynn Schrammek, Vivian Kraffert, Martina Miskic, Leonhard Thiel, Fabiola Wörter, Arezou Rezaei / MDH München)
- Stuntboost (Julian Höltge, Tobias Kozel / Hochschule Kempten)

Best Family Game (€40,000)
  • PRIM (Common Colors / Application Systems Heidelberg)

Best Innovation and Technology (€40,000)
  • Enshrouded (Keen Games)

Best Audio Design (€40,000)
  • Oddada (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffmann, Bastian Clausdorff / Sven Ahlgrimm)

Best Game Design (€40,000)
  • Thronefall (Grizzly Games)

Best Graphic Design (€40,000)
  • Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)

Best Mobile Game (€40,000)
  • Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games)

Best Story (€40,000)
  • Vampire Therapist (Little Bat Games)

Best Serious Game (€40,000)
  • Deine Stimme (Sebastian Grünwald & Reality Twist / Landeszentrale für politische Bildungsarbeit)

Player of the Year (Unendowed)
  • Steinwallen

Best International Game (Unendowed)
  • Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)​​

Special Jury Prize (worth €5,000 each)
  • Game:in
  • Flipper- und Arcademuseum Seligenstadt

The Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2025 (German Computer Game Awards) is an award for the German games industry, which has been presented since 2009. Through the DCP, the German Federal Government, represented by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), and game - the German Games Industry Association - honour the best German computer and video games of the year. A panel of experts and a main jury select the best games based on criteria such as quality, innovation, fun/entertainment value, and cultural and educational merit. The DCP award office is located at the Digital Game Culture Foundation (Stiftung Digitale Spielekultur). The 2025 award ceremony is sponsored by the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

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Marcel Kleffmann
Marcel Kleffmann