Voting has closed on the PlayStation Blog Game of the Year 2024 awards and this year over 1.6 million votes were cast. The winners have been announced across the 19 categories with four titles earning trophies per category—bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. There were some guidelines for this year’s awards with Best Multiplayer Experience focusing on titles released in 2024, while Best Ongoing Game focuses on titles that have received new, large-scale content or game-changing updates launched over this past year. The category for Best Rerelease consists of games that, in the main, have upgraded visuals and some quality-of-life improvements, but otherwise are close to their original launch version. Best Rerelease does not include full-scale remakes of older titles, but they are eligible for Game of the Year.
To be considered for this year’s awards, the game must have been released by November 30. Any title released after that date will be eligible for nominations and voting next year. Also, if any game won a Platinum Trophy in a category any previous year, it isn’t eligible for inclusion in the same category this year. See the full list of the PlayStation Blog Game of the Year 2024 winners below.
Best New Character
- Platinum Trophy: Eve (Stellar Blade)
- Gold Trophy: Jane Harrow (Call of Duty: Black Ops 6)
- Silver Trophy: Emmrich Volkarin (Dragon Age: The Veilguard)
- Bronze Trophy: Ryoma Sakamoto (Rise of the Rōnin)
Best Story
- Platinum Trophy: Silent Hill 2
- Gold Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (review)
- Silver Trophy: Stellar Blade (review)
- Bronze Trophy: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Best Graphical Showcase
- Platinum Trophy: Black Myth: Wukong
- Gold Trophy: Astro Bot (review)
- Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Bronze Trophy: Stellar Blade
Best Art Direction
- Platinum Trophy: Astro Bot
- Gold Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Silver Trophy: Silent Hill 2
- Bronze Trophy: Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
Best Audio Design
- Platinum Trophy: Astro Bot
- Gold Trophy: Silent Hill 2
- Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Bronze Trophy: Stellar Blade
Best Soundtrack
- Platinum Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Gold Trophy: Astro Bot
- Silver Trophy: Stellar Blade
- Bronze Trophy: Silent Hill 2
Best Use of DualSense
- Platinum Trophy: Astro Bot
- Gold Trophy: Stellar Blade
- Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Bronze Trophy: Silent Hill 2
Best Accessibility Features
- Platinum Trophy: Astro Bot
- Gold Trophy: The Last of Us Part II Remastered
- Silver Trophy: Silent Hill 2
- Bronze Trophy: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
Best Multiplayer Experience
- Platinum Trophy: Helldivers 2
- Gold Trophy: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Silver Trophy: Fortnite
- Bronze Trophy: Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero
Best Ongoing Game
- Platinum Trophy: Fortnite
- Gold Trophy: Final Fantasy XIV Online (Dawntrail review)
- Silver Trophy: Call of Duty
- Bronze Trophy: No Man’s Sky
Best Expansion
- Platinum Trophy: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree
- Gold Trophy: God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla
- Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy XVI: The Rising Tide (review)
- Bronze Trophy: Alan Wake 2: The Lake House
Best Sports Game
- Platinum Trophy: EA Sports FC 25
- Gold Trophy: WWE 2K24
- Silver Trophy: F1 24
- Bronze Trophy: NBA 2K25
Best Rerelease
- Platinum Trophy: The Last of Us Part II Remastered
- Gold Trophy: Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered
- Silver Trophy: Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
- Bronze Trophy: Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
Best Independent Game
- Platinum Trophy: Balatro
- Gold Trophy: Palworld (first impressions)
- Silver Trophy: Phasmophobia
- Bronze Trophy: Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 (Flat Version)
Best PS VR2 Game
- Platinum Trophy: Resident Evil 4 VR Mode
- Gold Trophy: Metro Awakening
- Silver Trophy: Phasmophobia
- Bronze Trophy: Cooking Simulator VR
Best PS4 Game
- Platinum Trophy: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Gold Trophy: Metaphor: ReFantazio (review)
- Silver Trophy: Sonic X Shadow Generations
- Bronze Trophy: Persona 3 Reload (review)
Best PS5 Game
- Platinum Trophy: Astro Bot
- Gold Trophy: Black Myth: Wukong
- Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Bronze Trophy: Stellar Blade
Studio of the Year
- Platinum Trophy: Team Asobi
- Gold Trophy: Bandai Namco
- Silver Trophy: Shift Up
- Bronze Trophy: Arrowhead Games
Most Anticipated Game of 2025 and Beyond
- Platinum Trophy: Ghost of Yōtei
- Gold Trophy: Marvel’s Wolverine
- Silver Trophy: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Bronze Trophy: Monster Hunter Wilds
