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And that's all of our Game of the Year nominees for 2025!

We love this selection of games so so much, it's the most indie tilted our selection has been in years and that's nuts considering we are who we are.

We hope you watch the video, play the games, and keep supporting these teams!
A collage of the key arts from the following games: Hades 2, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Wanderstop, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Consume Me, Many Nights a Whisper, Demonschool, Look Outside, and Goodnight Universe. They are all 2025 Game of the Year nominees for Video Games are Good.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Split Fiction is yet another co-op masterpiece and @hazelightgames.bsky.social cannot stop nailing the exact vibes they set out to nail every single time.

It's nuts. We love it. We love them. Keep doing it.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
Two women leap out of a rift splitting the scene in two diagonally. In the upper left, a sci-fi scene explodes with flying cars and purple lit up armor adorning the short black haired woman who jumps toward it. In the bottom right, a full fantastical world of giant mushrooms and large vines is showcased. In the bottom left, a badge signifies that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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No game in 2025 has better showcased the power of empathy in gaming than @qdork.bsky.social and team's Consume Me.

This semi-autobiographical emotional rollercoaster is powerful, silly, and an easy GOTY nominee.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A young girl winks and smiles while eating a piece of buttered toast. The game's title, Consume Me, is stamped on an oval and various versions of herself as pieces of fruit populate the background. A badge sits in the upper right signifying that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Everyone's said their piece about @sandfallgames.bsky.social's Clair Obscur. What we want to emphasize in this nomination is how beautifully weird this game is.

It embraces the goofiness of the JRPGs that inspired it and we love it for that.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A team of leather-bound warriors stand in the ruins of a city, facing off against a giant woman who is face down, hair draped over her face, crying. Some of the mfloat, some of them wield weapons. They're ready for a fight. The game's name, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, sits at the top. A badge is stamped in the upper left that signifies this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Wanderstop may have fixed me a little bit. And what else are games for if not that?

@ivyroadgames.bsky.social knocked it out of the park with Wanderstop and it quickly became one of our favorites of this year and all years.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A grumpy warrior in an apron eyes an ominous blade. Next to her, on a bench, a jolly bald man sips a piping hot cup of tea and holds a letter. Strange flapping penguin-like creatures fly around them in front of a tea shop. The game's name, Wanderstop, floats above the scene. A badge sits in the bottom right signifying that this game is a VGG 2025 Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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We adored @nicedreamgames.com's Before Your Eyes. We adore Goodnight Universe. We simply want them to keep making games that make us feel like wizards, please.

Goodnight Universe is special and it more than earned its nomination.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A baby reaches their hand out and causes a variety of fruits and kitchen implements to fly into the air around the hanging ceiling light. Mom is busy on the phone and dad's staring stressed at some bills. The baby's sister is deep in thought at her laptop. Just above the baby is the game's title, Goodnight Universe. Overlaid over the sister in the bottom right is a badge that signifies that this game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Demonschool is exactly the kind of game we would have made our whole personality back in the day. Hell, we're considering rebranding into a fanpage for @necrosoftgames.com today tbh.

Don't skip this GOTY nominee.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A femme person with red hair is deep in thought against a patterned background. The game's title, Demonschool, sits to the left. A badge sits in the upper left that signifies the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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After just one hour with Many Nights a Whisper, we're just about ready to play anything made by the collaboration of @deconstructeam.bsky.social and @selkieharbour.com moving forward.

Don't miss your shot and don't miss this GOTY gem.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A blonde person reels back on a slingshot laced with braids of hair, aiming toward a goblet in the water ahead. Stars arc out of the slingshot. The game's name, Many Nights a Whisper, sits in the upper right. A badge in the bottom right signifies that the game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Dispatch is the best choice-driven Telltale-ish game we've seen in years and all the praise being heaped on @adhocstudio.com is more than deserved.

Telltale meant so so much to me and to see AdHoc carrying that torch means the world.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A man in business casual clothing stands at a urinal next to a man in a cape and a giant buff pink skinned man. He peeks up at the clearly superpowered man while he pees. The game's name, Dispatch, sits atop the stalls to the right. A badge sits in the upper left signifying that the game is a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Look Outside might have some of the most fascinating ideas we've experienced in gaming all year. @frankiepixel.bsky.social and crew have crafted an experience with a mythical quality to it.

We loved it.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
A man opens up window curtains and as odd colorful light bursts through, he peeks over his shoulder to see numerous horrifying creatures surrounding him. The game's title Look Outside can be seen directly under him. A badge signifying the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee sits in the bottom right.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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It starts with @supergiantgames.bsky.social's Hades 2, a sequel that's bigger, better, and even more addicting.

The first game was one of our favorites of all time and Hades 2 might eclipse it.

Our full nominee video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Nw...
The main character of Hades 2, Melinoe, stands arms spread, casting magic to make her weapons float. She wears an orange headband with a moon signet on the front. She wears an orange blouse with iron armor ornaments. A sickle and a dagger float up in front of her. A badge signifying the game as a 2025 VGG Game of the Year nominee can be seen in the upper left.
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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Also, Knowers know. 😤 Another key reference for the Campout design this year is of course VGG's most recent GOTY, 1000xRESIST by @sunsetvisitor.studio. Hair to hair, Phyllis. 💠
Event key art with text that says The Campout Campout, Nov. 22 at 12 p.m. at twitch.tv/Naetoid. The visual is a black dog (Julie and Nate's dog, Phyllis), in a style reminiscent of the 1000xRESIST key art. Phyllis wears multiple outfits from past Campout events, including a carnival ringleader type jacket, a studded leather jacket, a scout shirt and orange bandana tie, and a ranger style hat with the VGG thumbs up logo. Her face is intense, looking straight forward. On one side, the background is a glowing white. On the other is a purple background with blue and pink abstract accents and swirl shapes, sort of Into the Spiderverse multiverse glitch-inspired. The 1000xRESIST key art, with the character Watcher, who wears a blue futuristic uniform and has short blue hair and round blue glasses. Her face is split on both sides with other characters who look almost the exact same. Iris on the left has black shoulder length hair and a black uniform and also wears round glasses but black. On the right is Principal, who has black hair pulled back and wears a bulky red mask over her face, transparent over the eyes.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Thank you SO MUCH to our artist pal Jeireine, aka Crispy, for creating this stunning key art for the 2025 event. It brings together many different Campout eras and versions of Phyllis that they, and @rincs.art, have brought to life from the inception of the Campout.
Key art for the 2024 VGG Champion Campout, or "Champout," created by Jeireine. It has a vintage wrestling event poster style. Nate and Julie play chess, while Phyllis, in pink pants and a black harness, comes flying in with a folding chair raised above her head and ready to smash everyone and everything in the scene. Text reads: "Video Games Are Good presents: Champion Campout. Nov. 23 at noon PT. 24 hours. twitch.tv/Naetoid. VGG -- est. 2020." Then on the right is a portrait of a wrestler that looks like a humanoid worm, with text: "The worm returns for a rematch." The logo is a punching fist with the word "Champout" over it. Text in the footer says: "Reserve ringside! Nonstop friendship-testing competitions. 2nd Annual VGG Royal Rumble. Game shows and trivia. 2024 GOTY nominees. Jackbox Survey Scramble Tournament. And more!" Key art for the 2023 VGG Carnival Campout, created by Jeireine. Against a beige vintage paper-like background, Phyllis is drawn in a cute cartoony style standing atop a red and yellow platform. She wears a carnival ringmaster outfit with a red coat, vest, bow tie and top hat. Her arms are raised in a welcoming gesture. To the left is a red and yellow big top tent over the words Carnival Campout, with a cannon. Text says, "Nov. 18-19, a 24-hour stream." Key art for the 2022 VGG Chaos Campout, created by Jeireine. A night scene with a cutout of Phyllis the cozy camper in her scout uniform, standing next to a wooden outdoor welcome/location sign. Both the standee and sign are covered in graffiti and there's toilet paper tossed over them. The sign is also burned, and there's an arrow through the top of Phyllis' ranger hat. Paint cans and soda cans lay on the ground. A mostly empty pizza box has grease that says Nov. 28, 12 p.m. Event key art from the first-ever VGG Cozy Campout in 2021, created by Rincs. Phyllis lays warm and glowing next to a campfire. Surrounding it are several objects and weapons representing different VGG game of the year nominee games, each with a marshmallow stuck on it as they roast mallows around the fire. Phyllis has a stick under her that's been used to write VGG in the dirt, and there's a folded up map in front of her that says videogamesgood.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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In case you missed it, our 2025 VGG Campout 24-hour stream will be... THE FINAL CAMPOUT. Join us November 22-23, noon to noon, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of our website, all the unhinged Campout memories we've made and will make one last time, and the future of VGG. ❤️‍🔥
Event key art with text that says The Campout Campout, Nov. 22 at 12 p.m. at twitch.tv/Naetoid. The visual is a black dog (Julie and Nate's dog, Phyllis), in a style reminiscent of the 1000xRESIST key art. Phyllis wears multiple outfits from past Campout events, including a carnival ringleader type jacket, a studded leather jacket, a scout shirt and orange bandana tie, and a ranger style hat with the VGG thumbs up logo. Her face is intense, looking straight forward. On one side, the background is a glowing white. On the other is a purple background with blue and pink abstract accents and swirl shapes, sort of Into the Spiderverse multiverse glitch-inspired.
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Hi creepy creatures. Our Hallow-Stream is TONIGHT at twitch.tv/naetoid! Join us!

🕕 6 p.m. - Starting @disorderedmedia.com's oneway.exe

🕗 8 p.m. - Revealing the VGG Campout theme, our 5th annual 24-hour anniversary stream

🎂 All night - Celebrating the birthday of @fernfolk.bsky.social, 1/2 of VGG
A collage of images from oneway.exe stylized with torn edges, and a semi-transparent overlay of a computer screen with popup ads (also from the game). There's a photo of Julie doing a peace sign and Nate making a surprised face, below the Twitch channel name Naetoid.
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Our pal @fishpastegg.bsky.social is in the midst of another 🎃 Hallow-Stream, making his way through Is This Game Trying To Kill Me? After, @naetoid.bsky.social is hopping in to join him for the retro-inspired horror collection Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge! » twitch.tv/FishpasteGG
A collage of images from indie horror games, including Fear the Spotlight, Is This Game Trying To Kill Me?, No I'm Not A Human, and Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge. Fishpaste's black and white logo banner with Junji Ito-style art is across the bottom, and his full Twitch username (FishpasteGG) is in white text at the top.
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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I lied. ┐⁠(⁠ ⁠˘⁠_⁠˘⁠)⁠┌ Corrected Hallow-Stream schedule, some game delays and mind-changes later! VGG's sticking with oneway.exe (new release date Oct. 22) for our Hallow-Stream and it'll now be a doubled-up celebration as a @fernfolk.bsky.social birthday stream on Oct. 27!
A corrected graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams. Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10/5. More to come! FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/11, 10/13, 10/18, 10/20. InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28. Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23. Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings! Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/27. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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HALLOW-STREAMS ARE BACK 🎃

Here's where you can catch us and several of our friends streaming spooky and fall-vibes games all month.
A graphic with orange blocks and white text, with a grinning jack-o'-lantern. Text says: Hallow-Streams, friends to follow for month-long spooky streams. Bradleyrose: Castlevania Aria of Sorrow 10/3 to 10-5. FishpasteGG: Fear the Spotlight, Haunted ROM: The Lost Cartridge, Heartworm, No I'm Not A Human and more 10/4, 10/6, 10/13, 10/15, 10/20, and 10/22. InfinityBreakGaming: Scratches 10/7 and 10/14, Silent Hill 2 (2024) 10/21, Static Dread The Lighthouse 10/28. Mercutiglo: Slayaway Camp 10/9, Speed Dating for Ghosts 10/23. Svideotheque: Mondays - Vampire: the Masquerade, Wednesdays - Spooky Watch Wednesday, Fridays - 10/10 Luigi's Mansion, 10/17 Clock Tower, 10/24 Silent Hill PS1, 10/29 Pumpkin Carving, and Goosebumps readings! Naetoid: oneway.exe Module 1.0 10/18. Bonus VGG Patreon-exclusive Hallow-Streams!
October 6, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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We'll be yapping all things PAX on Friday, 6 p.m. PT, at twitch.tv/Naetoid! The overall experience, a handful of standouts, and more as a precursor to our written + video coverage.
A pulled-out crowd shot of the PAX show floor near Bandai Namco's setup.
September 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Aww, what a cutie. Our pup Phyllis is so relieved (and so are we)!

And yes!! Indie alley truly had the goods. Our must-play list for the last day was seriously ambitious because there was so much we didn't want to miss out on. 😅
The VGG pup, Phyllis, curled up in her bed and looking at the camera with puppy dog eyes.
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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That's a wrap on PAX! Can't say it enough - it's so re-energizing to play so many sick ass games and talk face to face with the amazing people behind them. Lots to write up when we get home (but first, lots of snuggles with the dog 🥺).
Julie and Nate take a selfie in line for Pokemon Legends: Z-A. The one AAA we hit this weekend lol. PAX media badge with a Mouthwashing keychain. Nate playing War of the Western Deep at PAX. Their table has a pretty emerald green fabric over it and the monitors are framed by vines. Julie plays Children of Saturn at a row of demo stations with the publisher banner for Black Lantern Collective in the background.
September 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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We stopped and played this at #PAXWest in between appointments because Dread Delusion vibes meets classic JRPG = need it immediately. I could have sat there all day playing.

Cannot wait to see more.
Nate, a person with long brown hair and a red shirt sits and plays a game on a laptop. In front of him is the Entropy banner with a yellow background and warriors posing with their weapons.
August 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Having wonderful, enriching, insightful conversations with the folks at #PAXWest*

*when we can hear y'all 😩
August 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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PAX eve!
Two hands holding PAX media badges on lanyards. Nate (left) and Julie (right) posing with peace signs on a bus. Both wear black KF94 masks.
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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MEET US IN THE FACILITY! 👉 We're live now starting our 12-hour stream of Abiotic Factor from @deepfieldgames.bsky.social & publisher @playstack.com.

Thanks to everyone who gave to our PAX travel fund to unlock this! We're so excited to hop back in with friends!

Live at twitch.tv/Naetoid!
The key art for Abiotic Factor. It depicts a chaotic scene where three scientists with hand crafted weaponry and armor stand scared in the middle of chaos on both sides. To their left, a giant skeletal monster pokes out of a portal and spiny aliens gather just outside of the portal. On the right, a giant robot and soldiers on a balcony above target the scientists. The building they are in is in shambles.
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM