Unity Awards 2025 Voting is Underway, With Hopes for Photon, Megagon, Ocomotive, Neoludig and More

It is not a jury that decides who ultimately receives an award, but the Unity community. The community is currently being called upon to vote. After registering, Unity users can cast their votes until November 21. There are nominees in 18 categories to choose from, with a total of eight nominees in most categories. Many of the titles and publishers on the shortlist are familiar from numerous other awards, such as Nomada Studios (Neva) and Coal Supper (Thank Goodness by You're Here!). Once again, various titles from the GSA region have made it onto the shortlist, although none of them are nominated for the main category, The Golden Cube Award. 

Among the studios hoping to win a Unity Award in 2025 is Ocomotive from Switzerland. Their title Herdling, which has also earned them a nomination on the Indie Game Awards shortlist that was also just announced, is nominated in the Best 3D Visuals category.

The Cologne-based studio neoludig games is nominated in the Best Desktop/Console Games category with Tiny Bookshop. And Megagon Industries can hope for an award as Best Multiplayer Game for Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders.

Photon Engine (Exit Games) has received two nominations. Photon Quantum - Deterministic Game Engine by Photon Engine is nominated in the Best Development Tools category and Photon Engine itself is nominated as Publisher of the Year. Last but not least, there are two another Germans hopeful among the Community Awards: Christina Creates Games by Design Agency Vennegerts is nominated in the Best Tutorial Series category and Binary Impact is nominated in the Unity Choice Awards category.

The nominees for the 2025 Unity Awards 

Games

Best 2D Visuals

• Slender Threads by Blyts
• Magical Ink by Handy Communication 
• Thank Goodness by You’re Here! Coal Supper/Panic
• Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson by Ritual Studios/Playdigious Originals
• Neva by Nomada Studios/Devolver Digital
• Berserk or Die by Nao Games/poncle 
• Hollow Knight: Silksond by Team Cherry
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center by Hakababunko/Shueisha Games

Best 3D Visuals

• Wheel World by Messhof/Annapurna Intercative
• Herdling by Ocomotive/Panic
• Mine Forest:Adorable Cozy Minesweeper by Space Opera
• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon by Questline/Awaken Realms
• Lego Voyagers bei Light Brick/Annapurna Interactive
• Blue Prince by Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• Deliver At All Costs by Studio Far Our Games/Konami
• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die by Stormteller Games/Thunderful Publishing

Best AR/VR Game

• Gorn 2 by Cortopia/Free Lives/Devolver Digital
• Ghost Town by Fireproof Games
• Craftrium by Shochiku/Graffity
• Underworld Oerseer by Myron Games
• Detective VR by Studio Chipo y Juan/Valem Studio/VRKiwi
• Vibe Punch by Lilasoft
• Thrasher by Creature/Puddle
• Battlenauts bei Popup Asylum

Best Mobile Game

• SD Gundam G Generation Eternal by Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Dredge Mobile by Black Salt Games
• Greak: Memories of Azur by Navegante
• Monument Valley 3 by ustwo games 
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown by Ubisoft Da Nang/Ubisoft
• Enter the Gungeon by Dodge Roll/Devolver Digital
• Is This Seat Taken? by Poti Poti Studio
• Cat Cottage: healing Idle by Rubam

Best Desktop/Console Games

• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon by Questline/Awaken Realms
• Shape of Dreams by Lizard Smoothie/Neowitz
• Blue Prince by Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center by Hakababunko/Shueisha Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong by Team Cherry
• Tiny Bookshop by neoludig games/Skysone Games
• Two Point Museum by Two Point Studios/Sega
• despelote by Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic

Best Multiplayer Game

• Dinkum by Detsdo PTY/Krafton
• Shape of Dreams by Lizard Smoothie/Neowitz
• Lost Skies by Bossa Games
• Void Crew by Hutlihut Games/Focus Entertainment
• Gatekeeper by Graviy Lagoon 
• Sunderfolk by Secret Door/Dreamheaven
• Shooting Girls by Two Tone Studio
• Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders by Megagon Industries

Most Anticipated Games

• Endless Legend 2 by Amplitude Studios/Hooded Horse
• Jump Space by Keepsake Games
• Sledding Game by The Sledding Corporation
• Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days by PikPok
• Nimrods by Fiveamp
• Dreams of Another by Q-Games
• Outbound by Square Glade Games
• Garden of Witches by Team Tapas

The Golden Cube Award

• Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon by Questline/Awaken Realms
• Blue Prince by Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• Urban Myth Dissolution Center by Hakababunko/Shueisha Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong by Team Cherry
• Baby Steps by Gabe Cuzzillo, Bennett Foddy/Maxi Boch/Devolver Digital
• Sunderfolk by Secret Door/Dreamheaven
• Lost in Random: The Eternal Die by Stormteller Games/Thunderful Publishing
• Mabinogi mobile by devCat/Nexon

Asset Store

Best Aristic Content

• Sweet Land by ithappy 
• Iconic Music Bundle by Jacob Lives Music
• Coast & Dunes Environment . Dynamic Nature by NatureManufacture
• 3D Breakable Core Pack by CatBord Studio
• Fantastic - Seaside Town by Tidal Flask Studios
• Wild Harvest: Crop & Plant Bundle | RPG Gathering Assets by NV3D
• Pure Nature 2: Oasis Desert by BK
• Fantasy Medieval Town by Daelonik Artworks

Best Artistic Tool

• Umodeler X Plus by UModeler
• KWS2 Dynamic Water System by kripto 289
• Lattice Modifier for Unity by Harry Health
• Cozy Builder by Lukas Chodosevicius 
• Reactional Music System by Reactional Music
• All in 1 3D-Shader by Seaside Studios
• Oceanis 2024 Pro URP Water Framework by ArtnGame
• Linework: Outlines and Edge Detection

Best Development Tools

• vHierarchy 2 by kubacho lab
• Behavior Designer Pro by Opsive
• Timeline Mixer by Noel Thomas
• Scriptable Sheets by Luna Wolf Studios
• Code Monkey Toolkit by Code Monkey
• Magic Time by Infinity PBR/Magic Pig Games
• Sub-Assets Toolbox by Ciro Continisio
• Photon Quantum - Deterministic Game Engine by Photon Engine

Breakthrough Publisher

• Kay Lousberg
• October Studio
• Luna Wolf Studios 
• Josh Stubblefield
• Kyle Rhoads
• Idle Games Studio
• Friday Night Studio
• Honda Motor Co

Publisher of the Year

• ithappy 
• Opsive
• NatureManufacture
• Synty Studios
• UModeler
• kubacho lab
• Photon Engine
• Kronnect

Education

Best Student Project

• BlockWorld Ai by One Team.
• Drifted by UrbanFox
• Rephobia
• Train Wreck by Tearamisu
• Breaking News by Luna Duck Studios
• Incorporeal by Vancouver Film School 
• The Silence After by Placeholder Productions
• The Chroma: form the wasteland by Outlaw

Community

Best Devlog Series

• Samyam
• David Cantón Nadales
• AIA by Unicorn One 
• Emily Pitcher by SonderingEmily
• Thomas Brush by Atmos Games
• GingerNingerish by Far Corner Devs 
• tsitski 

Best Livestreamer

• Code Monkey
• Thomas Brush by Atmos Games
• Golden Charakter Design
• Lana Lux by Lux Games
• Emily Pitcher by SonderingEmily 

Best Tutorial Series

• Code Monkey
• Sunny Vally Studio
• Christina Creates Games 
• SpeedTutor
• git-amend

Unity Choice Awards

• Binary Impact
• Emily Pitcher by Sondering Emily 
• unityroom by naichilab
• git-amend
• Code Monkeys