Folks, after five and a half hours of metaphorical blood, probable sweat, and some actual, for real tears, we have decided on the official, first-ever Skybox Game of the Year list for 2025. As we prepare to unleash the podcast and articles, follow this thread for our list of winners!

In spot number 10, we have Elden Ring Nightreign (Bandai Namco, FromSoftware) Congrats to @fromsoftware-pr.bsky.social and Bandai Namco, which is not on Bluesky!

Number 9 is Silent Hill F (Konami, NeoBards) Congrats to @konamina.bsky.social and shout-outs for producing a AAA franchise entry that's About Something

Next up, number 8 is The Midnight Walk (Fast Travel Games, MoonHood) Congrats to @fasttravelgames.com and @moonhood.bsky.social and thanks for a fascinating story that effectively uses VR as a perspective-oriented tool (and keeping the vibe intact for the non-VR port!)

Our number 7 pick is Camille and Laura (BonjourBorzoi) Congrats to @bonjourborzoi.bsky.social and thanks for making one of the only games about parenting we've played that really captures the real life challenges (and joys) of raising a child

Number 6 is Digimon Story Time Stranger (Bandai Namco, Media.Vision) Congrats to Media.Vision and Bandai Namco, which as of the past hour or so is still not on Bluesky!

We're in the top five now! Number 5 is Bounty Star (Annapurna Interactive, DINOGOD) Congrats to @annapurna.com and the team at DINOGOD - thanks for telling a sincere story about surviving the worst day of your life. And ofc properly using mecha as a vehicle for existential crisis, as god intended

Settling in at number 4 is Look Outside (Francis Coulombe, Devolver Digital) Congrats to @frankiepixel.bsky.social and @devolverdigital.com and thanks for an incredibly strange, intriguing, horrifying, and darkly funny RPG we won't soon forget

The hard-earned number 3 slot belongs to and Roger (TearyHand Studio, Kodansha) Congrats to @kodansha.us and TearyHand, and thanks for sharing such a challenging and vulnerable work

Our runner-up is Rhythm Doctor (7th Beat Games) Congrats to @7thbe.at and thanks for the absurdly difficult but absurdly smart musical love story-slash-hospital drama!