ARC Raiders, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hades 2 and More Selected for The Game Awards Players Voice Nominees

The Game Awards is now only ten days away, marking the final stretch of two thousand twenty five and setting the stage for some of the biggest announcements the industry will see this year. While nominees for nearly every category have already been revealed, one special category remained unannounced until today. The Players Voice Award, the only category determined entirely by public voting, has officially opened its first round.

The Players Voice Award consists of three rounds of community voting. The first round is now live on The Game Awards official website, where players can select their top ten favorites from a list of thirty nominees. Only the most voted games will progress into the next round.

Players are encouraged to vote as soon as possible because round one closes on Tuesday, December two, at six in the afternoon Pacific Time or nine in the evening Eastern Time. Voting early ensures participation in later rounds if fans want to continue supporting their selections.

Unsurprisingly, all six titles nominated for Game of the Year are featured in the Players Voice list. Most of the thirty games also appear in at least one additional category for this year’s show. A few outliers, however, only appear in the Players Voice category, including Delta Force, Genshin Impact, Warframe, and R.E.P.O.

Below is the complete list of thirty nominees for the first round of Players Voice voting:

ARC Raiders
Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2 On the Beach
Delta Force
Dispatch
Donkey Kong Bananza
DOOM The Dark Ages
Elden Ring Nightreign
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Genshin Impact
Ghost of Yotei
Hades 2
Helldivers 2
Hollow Knight Silksong
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Mario Kart World
Marvel Rivals
Megabonk
Ninja Gaiden 4
No Man’s Sky
Peak
R.E.P.O.
Silent Hill f
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
Split Fiction
Warframe
Wuthering Waves

With such a varied lineup ranging from blockbuster sequels to ambitious indie projects, the Players Voice Award remains one of the most unpredictable categories each year. It reflects raw community passion rather than jury selections, often leading to surprising finalist outcomes.

Which ten games will you be voting for in the first round of Players Voice, and do you expect any surprise entries to make it to the final round