The winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2025 have been revealed at this year’s Develop:Brighton.
17 recipients went home winners, with Remedy Entertainment’s Sam Lake also awarded for his contributions to the video game industry.
Thank Goodness You’re Here! took home Best Original IP, Best Narrative, and Best Game award, while Team Asobi won two awards for Astro Bot – Best Game Design and Best Technical Innovation.
The full list of winners can be found below:
Best Game Design: Astro Bot (Team ASOBI | Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Original IP: Thank Goodness You’re Here! (Coal Supper | Panic Inc.)
Best Visual Art: Still Wakes the Deep (The Chinese Room | Secret Mode)
Best Audio: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (MachineGames | Bethesda Softworks)
Best Technical Innovation: Astro Bot (Team ASOBI | Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best Narrative: Thank Goodness You’re Here! (Coal Supper | Panic Inc.
Supporting Star: Unreal Engine
Best EDI Initiative: Limit Break Mentorship
Best Marketing Campaign: PowerWash Simulator (FuturLab)
Talent & Recruitment Star: Playground Games
Best In-Game Accessibility: Atomfall (Rebellion | Rebellion)
Tomorrow’s Star: Valeriya Lakhtikova | Dovetail Games
Publishing Star: Playstack
Best Mobile Game: Monument Valley 3 | ustwo games | Netflix Games, ustwo games
Best Game: Thank Goodness You’re Here! | Coal Supper | Panic Inc.
Best Small Studio: Spilt Milk Studios
Best Studio: Rebellion
The Develop Star Award: Sam Lake | Remedy Entertainment
“The Develop:Star Awards give much-deserved recognition to the amazing people behind the best games released in the last year,” said Andy Lane, managing director at Tandem Events.
“The Develop Star Awards ceremony isn’t just an evening for us to gather and celebrate the nominees, it’s a place to celebrate the games industry as a whole. We’d love to thank everyone involved, our sponsors, everyone in attendance, the nominees, winners, and all those who helped make this event possible.”