GAM3 Awards 2025 Crowns Blockchain Gaming Champions
Web3 gaming's biggest night delivers explosive winners across 14 categories
The industry's premier awards ceremony just dropped its 2025 verdict—and the results are shaking up the entire blockchain gaming ecosystem.
Winners Take All
Fourteen categories saw champions emerge from hundreds of contenders, proving that play-to-earn mechanics are evolving into genuine gaming experiences that actually—gasp—entertain people.
Metaverse Mayhem
Virtual worlds dominated multiple categories, with interoperability and true digital ownership becoming the new gold standard that traditional gaming giants still can't figure out.
NFTs That Actually Do Something
Forget jpegs—these winning games feature dynamic NFTs that evolve, upgrade, and generate real utility beyond speculative trading. Finally, someone remembered the 'game' part of 'game theory.'
The revolution isn't just coming—it's already winning awards while traditional VCs are still trying to explain what a smart contract does.
- 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 Ecosystem: 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
- Game Of The Year: Off The Grid
A Historic Prize Pool and Strategic Partnerships
This year’s GAM3 Awards featured a prize pool exceeding $7 million, a record amount that underscores the organisers’ ambitious vision. Rewards included grants, marketing support, infrastructure services, and blockchain resources. High-profile partners such as Forkast, Magic Eden, Hyperplay, Sequence, BGA, Amazon AWS, and AD Gaming provided the bulk of these resources, helping to accelerate development and expand opportunities for emerging studios.
In addition the event secured backing from top tier sponsors such as. Their involvement not only increased the scale of the awards but also reinforced a shared commitment to the long-term growth and legitimacy of web3 gaming.
Selection Process: Expert Panel and Community Voice
The GAM3 Awards 2025 jury was made up of more than 80 industry leaders, bringing together figures from both traditional gaming and blockchain-based games. Notable names included Jamie King, co-founder of Rockstar Games, as well as executives from major studios and companies such as Krafton, Konami, Sony, Ubisoft, Google, Amazon, Animoca Brands, Immutable, and Avalanche. Media voices from outlets like GamesBeat, Decrypt, and Cointelegraph also contributed to the judging process.
Much like previous years, the voting process saw the jury’s votes represent 90% of the final decision, with the community making up the remaining 10% for most categories except People’s Choice and Best Content Creator, which were both 100% community voting-based, and Games’ Choice, which is based on shortlisted game studios voting for their favorite title game.
Highlights from the Ceremony
The GAM3 Awards 2025 became a showcase for the wider ecosystem. More than 250 attendees participated in-person, and viewers around the world saw exclusive gameplay reveals and world premiere trailers. It was not just a competition, but a celebration of innovation and momentum.
The event reinforced the idea that web3 gaming is moving into a more mainstream, mature phase. With major investment, high-profile partners, and a growing stable of talented creators, the industry is clearly building for the long run.
Looking Ahead: What’s Next for Web3 Gaming
With the success of this year’s GAM3 Awards, expectations are already building for the next edition. The organisers have indicated that the event will return in November 2026, promising another opportunity to honour the best in web3 gaming. As the ecosystem continues to evolve, the awards may play an increasingly important role in highlighting new talent, encouraging innovation, and strengthening the infrastructure required to sustain growth.
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The YGG Play Summit is the largest player-focused web3 gaming event in the world. It returns to the Philippines on November 18-22, 2025, transforming Manila into a pop-up metropolis called the “City of Play.” The event comprises four unique districts – The Arena, Skill District, Player District, and Degen District – for visitors to explore, connect, learn, and play in different ways.
The Summit’s extensive content lineup features talks with founders, C-level executives, and industry leaders from top-tier organizations across the web3 gaming ecosystem, including game studios, blockchains, guilds, VCs, and more. The competitive heart of the event is The Arena, hosting major esports tournaments for games like Vibes TCG and Parallel TCG, with a combined $120,000 prize pool. Other activities include upskilling workshops led by YGG’s educational arm, Metaversity; a highly anticipated cosplay competition; and the return of the GAM3 Awards by GAM3S.GG, the biggest annual web3 gaming awards show. The Summit will culminate with an unforgettable concert finale.
