The Game Awards 2025 Reveals Best Mobile Game Nominees
The mobile gaming scene continues to accelerate at an incredible pace across the SEA region and around the world, making the competition for top honors at The Game Awards 2025 more intense than ever. This year’s category for Best Mobile Game brings together five standout titles that have significantly shaped conversations and captured global attention with their innovation, style, and remarkable player engagement. As the spotlight turns toward the biggest awards stage in gaming, players everywhere have begun making their predictions on which title will rise above the rest.
The nominees for Best Mobile Game this year are Destiny Rising, Persona 5 The Phantom X, Sonic Rumble, Umamusume Pretty Derby, and Wuthering Waves. Each game has carved out its own dedicated fanbase, and each represents a different but equally impactful corner of the mobile gaming world.
Destiny: Rising
Destiny Rising delivers a sci fi shooting action experience that expands the Destiny universe into a fresh era following the Dark Age, offering a wide roster of playable characters, a shared world format, and a variety of modes that push the genre forward in modern mobile form.
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Persona 5 The Phantom X returns players to the stylish world of Persona 5 through a collaboration between P Studio under Atlus and Black Wing Games, following the story of Wonder, a second year student whose life changes after encountering the mysterious Lufel. The game explores a society losing its desires while inviting players to form a new generation of Phantom Thieves as they navigate intrigue, rebellion, and the core identity of humanity through its unique storytelling style.
Sonic Rumble
Sonic Rumble introduces a multiplayer party experience where players sprint through three stages filled with hazards and surprises while racing to collect rings. It transforms a toy themed world into a lively competition space filled with classic gimmicks and familiar Sonic charm while offering full cross platform play between mobile and PC that enhances accessibility and excitement for fans of fast paced fun.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Umamusume Pretty Derby blends the world of idols and horse racing in a concept that gained explosive popularity worldwide. Players take on the role of a trainer guiding horse girls through training, studying, racing, and performing their signature Winning Live stage appearances. The gameplay reveals a lively and colorful structure that highlights the unique personality of each character and the enthusiastic energy of its community.
Wuthering Waves
Wuthering Waves enters the arena as a new open world action RPG set on the world of Rover, a society recovering from catastrophic events a hundred years in the past. Strange creatures threaten the fragile rebirth of civilization while survivors join forces to reclaim their land and rebuild their future. Its fluid combat and atmospheric storytelling have made it one of the most discussed titles among mobile and cross platform action RPG fans throughout the year.
As these five nominees await the final verdict, excitement continues to grow across SEA as players debate which title deserves the crown for Best Mobile Game of the Year. Each nominee represents a powerful moment in the evolution of mobile gaming, reflecting how far the platform has come in scope, ambition, and impact. With the awards drawing near, the conversation has never been more thrilling, and fans will soon find out which of these giants will claim the top honor at The Game Awards 2025.
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