2021 TechRaptor Awards - Nominees and Readers' Choice Vote

When it comes to awards, 2021 will be an interesting one to watch around the industry. Many years, it's more or less a formality for who the eventual winners are, with maybe some competition between the two heaviest hitters. This year, there hasn't been much of a consensus pick, so it feels more wide open than ever before. 

Below is our list of nominees as determined and voted on by the TechRaptor Staff. Starting December 20th, we'll be posting the winners of our awards.

Of course, we'd love for all of you to get involved, so check out this link to vote on your own winners!

Best Multiplayer (For exceptional multiplayer gameplay and design)

• Back 4 Blood
• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Our Review)
• Halo Infinite (Our Review)
• It Takes Two
• Monster Hunter Rise (Our Review)

Best Writing (For outstanding storytelling, worldbuilding, and character creation)

• Deathloop (Our Review)
• The Forgotten City (Our Review)
• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Our Review)
• Life is Strange: True Colors (Our Review)
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Our Review)

Best Visual Design (For outstanding, cohesive aesthetic)

• Deathloop (Our Review)
• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Our Review)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Our Review)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Our Review)

Best Soundtrack (For outstanding overall score)

• Guilty Gear -Strive- (Our Review)
• Halo Infinite (Our Review)
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Our Review)
• Neo: The World Ends with You
• Persona 5 Strikers (Our Review)

Best Expansion/DLC (The best piece of additional content to an existing game)

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Happy Home Paradise
• Bowser's Fury (Our Review)
• Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
• Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
• Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island

2021 Best Evolving Game (For outstanding continued development on an existing game)

• Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Genshin Impact
• No Man's Sky

Indie Game of the Year (For outstanding creative and technical design from outside a large studio)

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Our Review)
• Cyber Shadow (Our Review)
• Death's Door (Our Review)
• Eastward
• The Forgotten City (Our Review)
• Inscryption (Our Review)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Loop Hero (Our Review)
• Subnautica: Below Zero (Our Review)
• Unpacking (Our Review)

Tabletop Game/RPG of the Year (For outstanding tabletop game design)

• Against the Darkmaster (Our Review)
• Conquest: Last Argument of Kings Core Set (Our Review)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Fizban's Treasury of Dragons (Our Review)
• Lost Cities: Roll and Write (Our Review)
• Necromolds (Our Review)
• Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Dominion Box Set (Our Preview)

Game of the Year (The best game of the year, whose sum of its parts is greater than any other)

• Deathloop (Our Review)
• The Forgotten City (Our Review)
• Halo Infinite (Our Review)
• It Takes Two
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Our Review)
• Metroid Dread (Our Review)
• Psychonauts 2 (Our Review)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Our Review)
• Resident Evil Village (Our Review)
• Shin Megami Tensei V (Our Review)