On May 14, 2025, the German Computer Game Prize was once again awarded. There were a total of 15 categories this year and among the award -winning titles and people some known faces and also minor surprises.
The German Computer Game Prize (short: DCP) in Munich and Berlin will be awarded as part of a large gala. In 2025 it was the turn of the capital, as the event location is the Berlin Palais on the radio tower. As always, some politicians found themselves among those present.
Including the Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space Dikahrt Dorothee Bär. In this role, she is also responsible for the games industry. She awarded the prize for the best game of the year. Berlin's governing mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, brought the happy customer to the studio of the year.
The comedian Kaya Yanar, the Gaming Influencer Gnu, the television presenter and actress Ruth Moschner and Cosplay artist Farbenfuchs were also present. The Japanese yodeler Takeo Ischi also provided a fun insert.
A total of awards were awarded in 15 years and this year's total prize money was also impressive. The jury distributed 800,000 dollars over all prices.
But now enough of the preface, here all winners at the German Computer Game Prize 2025:
Best German game (endowed with 100,000 dollars)
The other nominees each receive 30,000 dollars:
- Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (Megagon Industries)
- Thronefall (Grizzly Games)
Best family game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- PRIM (Common Colors / Application Systems Heidelberg)
Young talent price best debut (endowed with 60,000 dollars)
- Northhold (Stunforge / Stunforge & HypeTrain Digital)
The other nominees each receive 25,000 dollars:
- Footgun: Underground (Turtle Knight Games / CobraTekku Games)
- Mindlock – The Apartment (Roof Cut Media / United Soft Media)
Young talent price: best prototype (endowed with 50,000 dollars)
- Blob The Donx (Darmstadt / Melena Dressel, Alejandro Rebolledo, Laura Octavianus)
The other nominees each receive 25,000 dollars:
- Map Map – A Game About Maps (Pipapo Games / HAW Hamburg)
- STUNTBOOST (Julian Höltge, Tobias Kozel / Kempten University)
- Echoes of Mora (Meike Strippel, Namin Hansen, Daria Pankau, Anita-Emmely Franz, Alina Alonzova / HTW Berlin)
- Exhibit A (Olivia Falke, Gabrielle Sibucao, Flynn Schrammek, Vivian Kraffert, Martina Miskic, Leonhard Thiel, Fabiola Words, Arezou Rezaei / MDH Munich)
Best innovation and technology (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
Best audio design (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Submission (Sven Ahlgrimm, Mathilde Hoffmann, Bastian Clausdorff / Sven Ahlgrimm)
Best gamedesign (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Thronefall (Grizzly Games)
Best graphic design (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)
Best mobile game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (Happy Broccoli Games)
Best Story (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Vampire Therapist (Little Bat Games)
Bestes Serious Game (endowed with 40,000 dollars)
- Your voice (Sebastian Grünwald & Reality Twist / Bavarian State Center for Political Education work)
Studio of the year (endowed with 50,000 dollars)
- Megagon Industries (Berlin)
Best international game (undotated)
- Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts)
Player*in the year (undotated)
- GAME:IN
- Flipper and Arcademuseum Seligenstadt
