All Spiel of the year🇩🇪 2025 Gewinner & Nominierte in comparison 2026

The Spiel des Jahres jury announced the nominations and recommendation lists for Spiel des Jahres 2025, Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025 and Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025 on June 11, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., including both a shortlist and a longlist. On July 24, 2025, the titles “Spiel des Jahres 2025”, “Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025” and “Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025” were then awarded.

In the list below you’ll find what we consider to be the hottest contenders for this coveted games award. The games must be submitted to the jury by the end of March 2025. This means that only games published in Germany between April 2023 and March 2025 can be considered for Spiel des Jahres 2025.

Winners of Spiel des Jahres 🇩🇪 2025

Spiel des Jahres 2025:
Bomb Busters (Our prediction was: Flip 7)
Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025:
Endeavor: Deep Sea (Our prediction was: Faraway)
Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025:
Topp die Torte (Our prediction was: Cascadia Junior)

All “Spiel des Jahres” years listed individually

The Spiel des Jahres award has been presented since 1979. For you, we’ve created separate lists for every year, every award type (Spiel des Jahres, Kennerspiel, Kinderspiel) and all nominees:

Spiel des Jahres nominations and recommendations are also excellent

In our “Spiel des Jahres” 2025 list you’ll not only find the expected winners, but also all games from the recommendation list (longlist) and the nomination list (shortlist) for Spiel des Jahres 2025, Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025 and Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025.

Which game do you think will be nominated, and which ones will win in the different Spiel des Jahres 2025 categories? Write to us at tibi+brettspiele@cephea.de.

List of our favorites for “Spiel des Jahres 2025”

Here are all our favorites for the “Spiel des Jahres 2025” award compared side by side:

This list was last updated on June 10, 2026. There's also a print version for this list .

Flip 7
- +2Golden Geek
- Party Game
- Family Game
- Push Your Luck
- Licensed / IP
- Take That
+42 more
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Flip 7
- 👥 3 - 18 Players
- ⏱️ 20 Minutes
- 🧒 8+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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Bomb Busters
+48 more
Nominated for 9 awards and won 3.
⭐️ Spiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Bomb Busters
- 👥 2 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 30 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Castle Combo
- Golden Geek
- Family Game
- Tile-Laying
- Medieval
- Drafting
- Set Collection
+33 more
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Castle Combo
- 👥 2 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 10 - 25 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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The Gang
+20 more
Nominated for 8 awards.
More details for The Gang
- 👥 3 - 6 Players
- ⏱️ 20 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Agent Avenue
- Game of the Year (nominated)
- Family Game
- Crime & Mystery
- Bluffing & Betting
- Animals
- Set Collection
+23 more
Agent Avenue is a competitive card game about retired spies in a suburban neighborhood. Players bluff, collect sets, and use an I-split-you-choose mechanism to outmaneuver rivals and reveal their identities first.

Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Agent Avenue
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 10 - 20 Minutes
- 🧒 8+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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Faraway
- +1As d'Or
- Fantasy
- Family Game
- Puzzle
- Large Groups
- Drafting
+23 more
Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Faraway
- 👥 2 - 6 Players
- ⏱️ 15 - 30 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Foxy
- Dětská hra roku
- Family Game
- Solo Mode
- Memory
- Bluffing & Betting
- Animals
+13 more
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Foxy
- 👥 1 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 15 Minutes
- 🧒 8+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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Krakel Orakel
- Game of the Year (nominated)
- Cooperative
- Party Game
- Large Groups
+6 more
Nominated for 1 award.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Krakel Orakel
- 👥 2 - 8 Players
- ⏱️ 30 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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Endeavor: Deep Sea
+27 more
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
⭐️ Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Endeavor: Deep Sea
- 👥 1 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 60 - 120 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Medium difficulty
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Zenith
+7 more
More details for Zenith
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 25 - 35 Minutes
- 🧒 12+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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The board game award "As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année" is also known as the "French Game of the Year". For the award year 2024 the nominations were announced on 01/25/2024. On 02/23/2024 the winners of the "As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année" award were finally presented.

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Cities - Big Cities, Big Plans
- +1GEEKS d'OURO Board Game of the Year
- Family Game
- Tile-Laying
- Worker Placement
- City Building
- Drafting
+11 more
Nominated for 6 awards and won 2.
More details for Cities - Big Cities, Big Plans
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 45 Minutes
- 🧒 14+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Topp die Torte
+5 more
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Topp die Torte
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 20 Minutes
- 🧒 6+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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The Animals of Baker Street
+9 more
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for The Animals of Baker Street
- 👥 1 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 45 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Cascadia Junior
+7 more
Nominated for 1 award.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Cascadia Junior
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 15 - 30 Minutes
- 🧒 6+ years old
- 🧩 Immediately playable
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Perfect Words
- Game of the Year (nominated)
- Cooperative
- Word Game
- Deduction
- Family Game
- Large Groups
+4 more
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Perfect Words
- 👥 2 - 6 Players
- ⏱️ 15 - 30 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Looot
+3 more
Nominated for 2 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Looot
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 35 Minutes
- 🧒 10+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room
+4 more
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Medical Mysteries: NYC Emergency Room
- 👥 1 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 30 - 60 Minutes
- 🧒 14+ years old
- 🧩 Easy to learn
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Le Clan des Souris
+1 more
- SdJ2025🇩🇪
Nominated for 1 award.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2025
More details for Le Clan des Souris
- 👥 2 - 5 Players
- ⏱️ 15 - 20 Minutes
- 🧒 4+ years old
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HiLo: Dein Königreich
- Children's Game of the Year (nominated)
- Kids' Game
- Set Collection
- Card Game
+2 more
- SdJ2025🇩🇪
- Unicorns🦄
More details for HiLo: Dein Königreich
- 👥 2 - 4 Players
- ⏱️ 15 Minutes
- 🧒 6+ years old
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