After weeks of exciting nominations, voting is now live for the Pocket Gamer People's Choice Award 2025. Your input helped shape an incredible shortlist of twenty outstanding games, and now it’s time to decide the winner. If your favorite from the past year made the cut, don’t miss your chance to rally support. Voting is officially open and will remain active until midnight on July 31st, so make your voice heard—and feel free to spread the word!
Missed the nomination phase? No problem. Chances are, one of the games you loved is already in the running. Here’s the full shortlist:
- Balatro
- Battle Cars: Nitro PvP Shooter
- Bloons Card Storm
- Etheria: Restart
- Fortnite
- Gordian Quest
- I Am Your Beast
- Lara Croft: Guardian of Light
- Marvel Mystic Mayhem
- Monument Valley 3
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Scattered Verse
- Shogun Showdown
- Songs of Conquest
- Squid Game: Unleashed
- Sunset Hills
- The Star Named EOS
- Thronefall
- What the Clash?
An impressive lineup, isn’t it? As always, I’m thrilled to hand over the decision to you—because if I had to choose just one, I’d be stuck for weeks. (And yes, I’ll still quietly mourn the absence of Dredge. Just saying.)
When will the winner be revealed?
Mark your calendars: the grand awards presentation takes place on Tuesday, August 19th, during Gamescom at the historic Gürzenich in Cologne. Whether you're attending in person or tuning in from home, the results will be published on the website shortly after the event. So, even if you’d rather stay in your pajamas than dust off a suit, you won’t miss a thing.
Now go—vote, share, and help crown this year’s People's Choice winner!
