Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Resident Evil Requiem Wins GOTY

Resident Evil Requiem won Ultimate Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, according to the winners list GamesRadar+ published on November 11, 2026. Votes were counted across 25 categories, and Capcom's horror game also took Console Game of the Year.

Meccha Chameleon won four awards, Crimson Desert took PC Game of the Year, and Big Walk won the Critics' Choice Award. This report follows GamesRadar+'s official list of all the winners, which is repeated category by category at the end.

Resident Evil Requiem wins Ultimate and Console Game of the Year

Resident Evil Requiem won both Ultimate Game of the Year and Console Game of the Year, according to GamesRadar+'s list. Its trailer, “Resident Evil Requiem - Evil Has Always Had a Name,” won Best Game Trailer, and Angela Sant'Albano won Best Lead Performer for her role in the game. Separately, Grace Saif won Best Supporting Performer for her role in Pragmata.

“2026 hasn't had the same kind of runaway frontrunner as last year did.”

- GamesRadar+, Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winners list

GamesRadar+ contrasts this with the 2025 ceremony, when Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 “romped home with basically every award it was nominated for.” This year the trophies were spread across AAA releases and small indie games.

Meccha Chameleon wins four awards, including Best Multiplayer Game

Meccha Chameleon won four awards: Best Multiplayer Game, Best Indie Game - Self-Published, the Streamer's Choice Award and Developers' Choice. Best Indie Game itself went to Valheim, which is a separate category from the self-published one.

Subnautica 2 won Best Early Access Game. In the Still Playing categories, Balatro won the mobile award and Minecraft won the PC & Console award.

Crimson Desert wins PC Game of the Year, and Capcom is Studio of the Year

Crimson Desert won PC Game of the Year, a result PC Gamer also reported on November 11. Capcom won Studio of the Year, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword won Best Audio Design.

Dispatch won two awards, Best Storytelling and Best Soundtrack. DOOM: The Dark Ages won Best Game Expansion for Revelations, and CONTROL: Resonant won Best Visual Design.

Big Walk won the Critics' Choice Award, and The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered won Best Remake/Remaster, Iron Lung won Best Game Adaptation and Steam Controller won Best Gaming Hardware.

All 25 Golden Joystick Awards 2026 winners

Categories and winners as GamesRadar+ prints them, in the order of its list:

• Best Storytelling: Dispatch
• Best Audio Design: Onimusha: Way of the Sword
• Best Multiplayer Game: Meccha Chameleon
• Best Visual Design: CONTROL: Resonant
• Best Game Expansion: DOOM: The Dark Ages - Revelations
• Best Indie Game - Self-Published: Meccha Chameleon
• Best Indie Game: Valheim
• Best Gaming Hardware: Steam Controller
• Studio of the Year: Capcom
• Best Early Access Game: Subnautica 2
• Best Soundtrack: Dispatch
• Still Playing Award - Mobile: Balatro
• Still Playing Award - PC & Console: Minecraft
• Streamer's Choice Award: Meccha Chameleon
• Best Game Trailer: Resident Evil Requiem - Evil Has Always Had a Name
• Best Remake/Remaster: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered
• Developers' Choice: Meccha Chameleon
• Best Game Adaptation: Iron Lung
• Best Supporting Performer: Grace Saif (Pragmata)
• Best Lead Performer: Angela Sant'Albano (Resident Evil Requiem)
• PC Game of the Year: Crimson Desert
• Console Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem
• Critics' Choice Award: Big Walk
• Most Wanted Game: The Witcher 4
• Ultimate Game of the Year: Resident Evil Requiem

The list gives winners only: no vote totals, runners-up or release dates.