Meet the Finalists: Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025
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It’s that time of year again – the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025 finalists have been revealed!
The event aims to celebrate the very best in the business, shining a light on all parts of the ecosystem, from the developers, publishers and games, to the services, tools and tech that help keep this industry ticking.
Voting has now begun ahead of the in-person ceremony on Tuesday, August 19th in Cologne during Gamescom week, where will be announcing the winners. To vote, click on the link below.
Before voting – check out all of the finalists for the eighth edition of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards below.
Pocket Gamer People’s Choice – Sponsored by Epic Games Store (Voting on PocketGamer.com is open now)
Balatro
Battle Cars: Nitro PvP Shooter
Bloons Card Storm
Etheria: Restart
Fortnite
Gordian Quest
I Am Your Beast
Lara Croft: Guardian of Light
Marvel Mystic Mayhem
Monument Valley 3
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Scattered Verse
Shogun Showdown
Songs of Conquest
Squid Game: Unleashed
Sunset Hills
The Star Named EOS
Thronefall
What the Clash?
Best Advertising & UA Service
AdJoe
Almedia
AppLovin
AppsFlyer
Digital Turbine
Exmox
Gamelight
Geeklab
HyprMx
MAF
Mistplay
Mintegral
Moloco
Unity Ads
Best Game Innovation
Balatro
Battle Cars: Nitro PvP Shooter
Dredge Mobile
Monopoly GO! (Monthly Partner / Crossover Events)
Suzerain (Kingdom of Rizia DLC)
The Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Thronefall
Words With Friends (Solo Mini Games)
Zynga Poker (Multi-Table Tournaments)
Best Analytics / Data Tool
Adjust InSight
AdsAdvisor
Antidote.gg
AppFollow
AppMagic
AppsFlyer
Audiencelab by Geeklab
ByteBrew
Dive
GameAnalytics
Sensor Tower (Data.ai)
Swaarm
Best Audio Accomplishment
Candy Crush Soda Saga
Delta Force Mobile
Disney Solitaire
Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 – The Dead King’s Secret
Marvel Mystic Mayhem
Monument Valley 3
Once Human
PBJ – The Musical
The Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Best Payment Service Provider
Aghanim
Appcharge
Coda Payments
FastSpring
Neon
Stash
Tamatem Plus
Tipalti
Xsolla
ZBD
Best Game Engine / Creation Platform
Buildbox
Cocos
Dorian
Godot
Highrise Studio / Ideas (Pocket Worlds)
HypeHype
Roblox
Unity (Unity Technologies)
Unreal Engine (Epic Games)
Best Visual Accomplishment
Dredge Mobile
Kingdom Rush Alliance
Marvel Mystic Mayhem
Marvel Strike Force
Midnight Girl
Monument Valley 3
PBJ – The Musical
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Thronefall
Venue: Relaxing Design Game
Zenless Zone Zero
Best Codev / Outsourcing Studio
Allcorrect
Amber
Exient
GodSpeed Games
Keywords Studios
Kuuasema
Pingle
Room 8 Group
Shutterstock Studios
Side
TransPerfect Games
Virtuos
Best Tool Provider
Antidote.gg
AppHarbr
Applivery
Backnd
Geeklab
Gridly
Layer
Metaplay
Photon
Playgama
PlaySafe ID
Quvy
Best Developer (Sponsored by Stash)
AN Games
Century Games
DENA
Dream Games
King
Microfun
Peak Games
Pearl Abyss
SciPlay
Snowprint Studios
Supercell
SuperPlay
Tripledot Studios
ustwo games
Best QA & Localisation Service Provider
Allcorrect
Amber
Applivery
CRAFTSMAN+
GameScribes
iXie Gaming
Keywords Studios
LocalizeDirect
Side
Tamatem Games
Testronic
TransPerfect Games
Best Use of IP
Avatar Legends: Realms Collide
DC: Dark Legion
Disney Solitaire
Dunk City Dynasty
Empires & Puzzles x WWE Superstar Quest
Game of Thrones: Legends
Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery
MARVEL Mystic Mayhem
Monopoly GO! x Star Wars
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Stumble Guys x My Hero Academia
The Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Best Marketing Campaign
Game of Thrones: Legends Worldwide Launch (Zynga)
Go for the Gold’ with John Stamos (SciPlay/Goldfish Casino)
Hay Day x Gordon Ramsay (Supercell)
Monopoly GO!: ‘Friendship Pays’ (Scopely)
Monument Valley 3 (ustwo games)
PlanetPlay’s Make Green Moves
Royal Kingdom: Celebrity Campaign (Dream Games)
War Robots: ‘Meme It Till You Make It’ (MY.GAMES)
Warhammer 40000: Tacticus ‘Adeptus Custodes Teaser’ (Snowprint Studios)
Words with Friends x Real Housewives (Zynga)
WoT Blitz x deadmau5 ‘Blitz Hits Different’ (Playsense)
Zynga Poker x Rob Riggle (Zynga)
Best Trending AppGallery Game (Sponsored by Huawei AppGallery)
Evony: The King’s Return
Gardenscapes
Hero Wars: Alliance
Honor of Kings
PUBG Mobile
Standoff 2
Summoners War
Tree of Savior: NEO
Best App Store
Applivery
Aptoide
Epic Games Store
Huawei AppGallery
Oppo Software Store
Samsung Galaxy Store
Skich
TapTap
Best Indie Developer (Sponsored by Jam City)
AbhiTechGames
Bart Bonte
Black Salt Games
Coleplay
kamibox
LocalThunk
Patrones y Escondites
Rusty Lake
Shatterproof Games
Snapbreak Games
Tapblaze
Torpor Games
Best Use of Blockchain
Animoca Brands (inc The Sandbox)
Diamond Dreams
FIFA Rivals
GOAT Gaming/Mighty Bear
Immortal Rising 2
Pixels
Saga
TapNation
Tokyo Beast
VOYA Games
ZBD
Best Forever Franchise
Black Desert Mobile
Candy Crush Saga
Clash Royale
CookieRun: Kingdom
Hill Climb Racing
Identity V
Monopoly GO!
Royal Match
Subway Surfers
Summoners War
The Battle of Polytopia
Toon Blast
War Robots
Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus
Wuthering Waves
Best Use of AI
Antidote.gg
Bitmagic
Diamond Dreams
Elevatix
Layer
Ludo
Modl.ai
Quvy
Replikant
TapNation
Best Publisher (Sponsored by Amber)
Com2uS
Crunchyroll Games
FunPlus
Habby
HOMA
Jam City
Miniclip
Nazara
NetEase Games
Playstack
Scopely
Tamatem Games
Tilting Point
Voodoo
Zynga
Game of the Year (Sponsored by Appcharge)
Avatar Legends: Realms Collide
Balatro
Candy Crush Solitaire
Capybara Go!
DC: Dark Legion
Disney Solitaire
Dredge Mobile
Kingdom Rush Alliance
Kingshot
Leaving Home
mo.co
Monument Valley 3
PBJ – The Musical
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket
Royal Kingdom
Shogun Showdown
Suzerain (Kingdom of Rizia DLC)
The Electric State: Kid Cosmo
Thronefall
Zenless Zone Zero
Rising Star
Selected directly by the awards committee from the nominations received.
Mobile Legend (Sponsored by Xsolla)
Selected directly by the awards committee.
Voting will remain open until midnight on Thursday, July 31st, and the winners will be revealed at a sit-down dinner ceremony on Tuesday, August 19th, 2024 in Cologne – just in time for this year’s Gamescom.
Tickets are currently for the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards can be booked here.
