PUBLIC NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
The Horror Game Awards returns on 13 December 2025 and nominations have now opened on our two entirely public nominated and voted categories: The Players’ Choice and Horror Content Creator of the Year!
While horror fans will get a chance to cast their vote for ALL of our award categories, these are based on nominations from our juries. They make the initial nominations, and then they choose the category winners from the top three out of the public voting. However, both the Players’ Choice and Horror Content Creator of the Year awards are nominated and voted for ENTIRELY by the public.
These awards will be decided in four phases:
Open nominations running from Monday 6 to Wednesday 15 October.
A vote on the top 30 nominations, running from Monday 27 October to Saturday 1 November.
A vote on the top 15 from the first round of voting, running from Monday 10 to Saturday 15 November.
A vote to pick a winner out of the top five from the second round of voting, running from Friday 28 November to Wednesday 3 December.
The Players’ Choice Award is for the most popular horror game of 2025. To be eligible for nomination, a game must:
be released between 28 November 2024 and 26 November 2025 OR
have a major port/re-release between those dates that makes it more widely accessible OR
have ongoing live service support from the developer
The Horror Content Creator of the Year Award is for the best content creator with a focus on horror games.
Make your nomination on the form below.
The nominations for all of our other categories will be announced on Friday 28 November.
See who’s on our juries to decide the other categories here.