Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025 winners revealed
- Balatro and Pokemon TCG Pocket win big.
- Scopely scoops up Best Publisher.
- Evelin Herrera and Akin Babayigit celebrated.
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The winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2025 have been revealed at a ceremony in Cologne earlier this evening (August 19th).
Just under 200 of the industry’s finest returned to the historic Gürzenich Köln venue for an exclusive ceremony that celebrated the sector’s biggest and best, from the top games, developers and publishers to the tools, tech, marketers and service providers that keep this mighty industry ploughing forth.
We’ll be following up with dedicated articles but, for now, you can view the full list of winners below…
Pocket Gamer People’s Choice Award 2025 (Sponsored by Epic Games Store)
Winner: Balatro
Honourable mentions: Monument Valley 3; Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket; Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Best Advertising & UA Service
Winner: AppLovin
Honourable mentions: adjoe; Digital Turbine; Unity
Best Game Innovation (Sponsored by HyprMX)
Winner: Monopoly GO! (Monthly Partner / Crossover Events)
Honourable mentions: Battle Cars: Nitro PvP Shooter; Words With Friends (Solo Mini Games)
Best Analytics / Data Tool
Winner: Sensor Tower
Honourable mentions: Adjust; AppMagic; ByteBrew
Best Audio Accomplishment
Winner: Candy Crush Soda Saga
Honourable mentions: Monument Valley 3; PBJ – The Musical
Best Payment Service Provider
Winner: Appcharge
Honourable mentions: FastSpring; Stash; Xsolla
Best Game Engine / Creation Platform
Winner: Unreal Engine (Epic Games)
Honourable mentions: Roblox, Unity (Unity Technologies)
Best Visual Achievement
Winner: Zenless Zone Zero
Honourable mentions: Marvel Strike Force; Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
Best Codev / Outsourcing Studio
Winner: Amber
Honourable mentions: Room 8 Group; TransPerfect Games
Best Tool Provider
Winner: AppHarbr
Honourable mentions: Geeklab; Metaplay
Best Developer (Sponsored by Stash)
Winner: Supercell
Honourable mentions: Peak Games; SciPlay; SuperPlay
Best QA & Localisation Service Provider
Winner: TransPerfect Games
Honourable mentions: Amber; Tamatem Games
Best Marketing Campaign
Winner: Game of Thrones: Legends Worldwide Launch (Zynga)
Honourable mentions: Monopoly GO!: ‘Friendship Pays’ (Scopely); Monument Valley 3 (ustwo games); Royal Kingdom: Celebrity Campaign (Dream Games)
Best Trending AppGallery Game (Sponsored by Huawei AppGallery)
Winner: Tree of Savior: NEO
Honourable mentions: Gardenscapes; Hero Wars: Alliance
Best App Store
Winner: Epic Games Store
Honourable mentions: Huawei AppGallery; Skich
Best Indie Developer (Sponsored by Jam City)
Winner: Coleplay
Honourable mentions: Black Salt Games; LocalThunk
Best Use of Blockchain
Winner: VOYA Games
Honourable mentions: Animoca Brands (inc The Sandbox); FIFA Rivals (Mythical Games); ZBD
Best Forever Franchise
Winner: Clash Royale
Honourable mentions: Monopoly GO!; Subway Surfers
Best Use of AI
Winner: Layer
Honourable mentions: Elevatix; TapNation
Best Publisher (Sponsored by Amber)
Winner: Scopely
Honourable mentions: Homa; Miniclip; Zynga
Game of the Year (Sponsored by Appcharge)
Winner: Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Honourable mentions: Avatar Legends: Realms Collide; Disney Solitaire; Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance; Zenless Zone Zero
Mobile Legend (Sponsored by Xsolla)
Winner: Akin Babayigit
Rising Star
Winner: Evelin Herrera
Our congratulations to all the winners!
A big thank you to all our category sponsors: Amber, Appcharge, Epic Games Store, Huawei AppGallery, HyprMX, Jam City, Stash, and Xsolla. And not forgetting our associate sponsors: AppHarbr, Anzu, and PaymentWall.
