The Horror Game Awards 2025 Director’s Cut

Originally streamed LIVE from Kensington, London, UK! The main event in horror gaming: a celebration of the best of 2025, and a peek at what’s coming next. Hosted by Phil Dickens, Ash Millman and Will Penkeyman. The Horror Game Awards was brought to life in 2022, born from a dire lack of representation and appreciation for horror games in mainstream award shows. Believing the innovation, experimentation, and provocation in horror games deserved more appreciation, co-creators Will Penkeyman and Phil Dickens took the genre snub personally, and so they created their own virtual space to praise at the altar of the dark side of gaming. The aim of The Horror Game Awards is simple: to celebrate horror as one of the most varied, ingenious genres in video games, and to recognise the year’s greatest horror games alongside the developers who make them. Constantly increasing in ambition and scope, the show has come a long way from what originally aired as just a single category; now boasting a huge jury of passionate horror fans, developer collaborations, and star talent appearances. Even with this massive growth, the Horror Game Awards will always champion the DIY spirit of its inception, the same that lies at the black heart of all things horror. #IGN