TL;DR
- The GAM3 Awards 2025 honored top Web3 games, with Off The Grid winning Game of the Year.
- Over $7 million in grants and prizes were distributed among 21 different award categories.
- A jury of 80 industry experts from major studios decided 90% of the winners.
The GAM3 Awards 2025 took place on November 21 in Manila during the YGG Play Summit, where GAM3S.GG and Yield Guild Games (YGG) honored leading titles, creators, and platforms across Web3 gaming. The live event reached a global audience via streaming and brought together developers, publishers, and investors for a night of reveals and awards.
Organizers presented honors across 21 categories, reflecting heavy production and release activity across blockchain-based games. Off The Grid by Gunzilla Games won Game of the Year and added awards for Best Esports Game, Best Action Game, and Best Shooter. Other notable winners included Pixels (Best Browser Game), Cambria (Best On-Chain Game), Sunflower Land (People’s Choice), and Ronin (Best Platform).
A full winners list included:
- Game of the Year: Off The Grid
- Best Sound Design: The Bornless
- Best Art Direction: Project O
- Best Esports Game: Off The Grid
- Best Mobile Game: Pudgy Party
- Best RPG: Maplestory Universe
- Best Strategy Game: Parallel
- Best Action Game: Off The Grid
- Best Casual Game: Pudgy Party
- Best Sports Game: FIFA Rivals
- Best Adventure Game: Eve Frontier
- Best Card Game: Project O
- Best Shooter: Off The Grid
- Best Content Creator: Cagy
- Best On-Chain Game: Cambria
- Best Platform: Ronin
- Games’ Choice: Gigaverse
- Best Browser Game: Pixels
- Best Multiplayer Game: Off The Grid
- People’s Choice: Sunflower Land
- Most Anticipated Game: Atia’s Legacy
Highlights from the Ceremony
The awards distributed more than $7 million in grants, infrastructure credits, marketing support, and development tools. Sponsors and partners included Forkast, Magic Eden, HyperPlay, Sequence, Blockchain Gaming Alliance, Amazon AWS, and AD Gaming. Additional supporters such as OpenSea, Sui, Arbitrum, Aptos, and Remix funded prizes and platform credits.
Judges numbered more than 80 and represented major studios and media outlets, including leaders from Ubisoft, Sony, Konami, Google, Animoca Brands, Immutable, Avalanche, Krafton, and Jamie King of Rockstar Games. The jury cast 90% of the vote across most categories. Community voting provided the remaining 10%, with People’s Choice and Best Content Creator decided fully by public votes and Games’ Choice decided by nominated studios.
The live show hosted over 250 in-person guests and featured exclusive gameplay previews and first-look trailers. Organizers used the stage to showcase new releases, highlight developer roadmaps, and confirm partnerships that support long-term production and user growth.
The awards highlighted sector maturity as major platforms and legacy developers fund production, tooling, and player acquisition. Organizers and partners signaled continued investment in game infrastructure and in projects that scale player engagement through playable content, competitive features, and token-backed economies.
