NoobFeed's Best Of The 2021 Year Awards

With 2021 ending let's look back at some of the best games of 2021 and choose the best of the best. What games stood out from the rest and gave us the best experiences of 2021.

Most Anticipated Game

Dying Light 2
Horizon Forbidden West
Elden Ring
Sonic Frontiers
Starfield

Winner: Dying Light 2

Best Indie Game

I Am Fish
Kitaria Fables
Tormented Souls
Cris Tales
Minutes of Islands

Winner: Tormented Souls

Best Multiplayer Game

Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Valheim
Chivalry 2
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury

Winner: Halo Infinite

Best Racing/Sports

Riders Republic
FIFA 22
NBA 2K22
Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions
F1 2021
Forza Horizon 5

Winner: Forza Horizon 5

Best RPG

Tales of Arise
Scarlet Nexus
Wildermyth
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
King's Bounty II

Winner: Scarlet Nexus

Best Horror

Resident Evil Village
House of Ashes
Little Nightmares 2
Tormented Souls
Returnal

Winner: House of Ashes

Best Strategy

Age Of Empires IV
Humankind
Going Medieval
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Stronghold: Warlords

Winner: Humankind

Best Action/Adventure

Metroid Dread
Lost Judgment
Scarlet Nexus
Guardians of the Galaxy
Tails of Iron

Winner: Metroid Dread

Best Action

Lost Judgment
Scarlet Nexus
Nier Replicant Ver 1.22
Tails of Iron
Metroid Dread

Winner: Metroid Dread

Best On-Going Game

Fortnite
Apex Legends
Final Fantasy XIV
SMITE
Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Winner: Apex Legends

Best Performance

Laura Bailey Kaine Nier Replicant 1.22
Richard Steven Horvitz Razputin Aquato Psychonauts 2
Todd Soley Ethan Winters Resident Evil Village
Suzie Yeung Yuffie Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade
Greg Chun Tak Yagami Lost Judgment

Winner: Laura Bailey Kaine Nier Replicant 1.22

Best Audio Design

Tails of Iron
Lost Judgment
Scarlet Nexus
Guardians of the Galaxy
Resident Evil Village

Winner: Lost Judgment

Best Soundtrack

Lost Judgment
Scarlet Nexus
Guardians of the Galaxy
Nier Replicant Ver 1.22
Persona 5 Strikers

Winner: Lost Judgment

Best Art Direction

Guardians of the Galaxy
Tails of Iron
Scarlet Nexus
Little Nightmares 2
Tormented Souls

Winner: Tails of Iron

Best Narrative

Scarlet Nexus
Lost Judgment
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sherlock Holmes Chapter 1
Psychonauts 2

Winner: Lost Judgment

Game of the Year

Tails of Iron
Metroid Dread
Scarlet Nexus
Lost Judgment
Guardians of the Galaxy

Winner: Scarlet Nexus

Adam Siddiqui,
Managing Editor, NoobFeed