The Jury "Spiel des Jahres e.V." announced the Nominations and recomandation list for this year. Three games each were nominated for "Spiel des Jahres 2025", "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025" and  "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025". Other games are listed in the associated recommendation lists.

Nominated for the award "Spiel des Jahres 2025" were:

Bomb Busters from Hisashi Hayashi (Pegasus Spiele)
Flip 7 from Eric Olsen (Kosmos / The Op Games)
Krakel Orakel from 7 Bazis (Topp)

Additionally, the Jury published a recomandation list with seven further games on their website.

Nominated for the award "Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025" were:

Cascadia Junior from Fertessa Allyse and Randy Flynn (Kosmos / AEG / Flatout Games)
Die Mäusebande (Le Clan des Souris) from Christophe Lauras (Game Factory)
Topp die Torte from Wolfgang Warsch (Schmidt)

Additionally, the Jury published a recomandation list with three further games on their website.
 

Nominated for the award "Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025" were:

Endeavor: Die Tiefsee from Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray (Frosted Games / Board Game Circus)
Faraway from Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat (Kosmos)
Neuland from Charles Chevallier and Laurent Escoffier (Game Factory)

In addition, the jury published a recommendation list with four further titles.

 

An overview and information about all games can be found on the jury's website. 

All award winners will be selected in Berlin on July 13st, 2025.

We congratulate all participating authors - especially the members of the SAZ - as well as the publishers and keep our fingers crossed for the final award ceremony.