The winners of the Pocket Gamer Mobile Games Awards 2024 in association with Gamelight have been revealed.

Hundreds of the industry’s best and brightest gathered at the Gürzenich Köln to celebrate the sector’s finest, from the top games, developers and publishers to the tools, tech, marketers and service providers that make this industry great.

The big winners

Scopely’s Monopoly GO! took home Game of the Year at this year’s show, following its $3 billion+ success over the past year. The People’s Choice Award, meanwhile, went to Whaleapp and Tilting Point’s SpongeBob Adventures: In a Jam.

Scopely also took home the accolade for Best Publisher. The Best Developer award was given to Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse, and Best Indie Developer went to The Battle of Polytopia studio Midjiwan.

The prestigious Mobile Legend award was given to Nazara Technologies founder, CEO and joint MD Nitish Mittersain for his work in building India’s first-ever public games company and supporting the growth of the local industry.

The Rising Star award was presented to King senior engagement manager, new games, Aïda Figuerola.

You can view the full list of winners below.

Pocket Gamer People’s Choice Award 2024 (Sponsored by Epic Games Store)

Winner: SpongeBob Adventures: In a Jam!

Honourable mentions: Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, Squad Busters

Best Advertising & UA Service

Winner: AppLovin

Honourable mentions: Gamelight, TikTok

Best Analytics / Data Tool

Winner: Adjust InSight

Honourable mentions: AppsFlyer, GameAnalytics

Best Storytelling (Sponsored by Gamelight)

Winner: Honkai: Star Rail

Honourable mentions: Black Desert Mobile – Land of the Morning Light Expansion, Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery: Beyond Hogwarts

Best Payment Service Provider

Winner: Appcharge

Honourable mentions: Coda Payments, Xsolla

Best Game Engine / Creation Platform

Winner: Unreal Engine (Epic Games)

Honourable mentions: Roblox, Unity (Unity Technologies)

Best Audio/Visual Accomplishment

Winner: Wuthering Waves

Honourable mentions: Honkai: Star Rail, Monopoly Go!

Best Service Provider

Winner: Room 8 Group

Honourable mentions: Amber, Geeklab

Best AppGallery Game (Sponsored by Huawei AppGallery)

Winner: Hero Wars: Alliance

Honourable mentions: Honor of Kings, PUBG Mobile

Best Tool Provider

Winner: Photon Engine

Honourable mentions: Metaplay, Unity Technologies

Best Developer (Sponsored by HyprMX)

Winner: HoYoverse

Honourable mentions: Lilith Games, Supercell

Best Live Ops (Sponsored by Aghanim)

Winner: Stumble Guys

Honourable mentions: Brawl Stars, Jackpot Party

Best QA & Localisation Service Provider

Winner: Amber

Honourable mentions: Keywords Studios, PlaytestCloud

Best PR/Marketing Team (Sponsored by Aghanim)

Winner: Wooga & Media Bodies (June’s Journey 6th Anniversary ‘A Party to Die For’ Campaign Team)

Honourable mentions: Big Games Machine, Raptor PR

Best Indie Developer (Sponsored by Jam City)

Winner: Midjiwan

Honourable mentions: Talent Digital Art, TinyBytes

Best App Store

Winner: Huawei AppGallery

Honourable mentions: Aptoide, Samsung Galaxy Store

Best Business Support Service

Winner: Futura Digital

Honourable mentions: DLA Piper, Games Factory Talents

Best Publisher (Sponsored by Amber)

Winner: Scopely

Honourable mentions: Miniclip, SciPlay

Best AI Games Tech

Winner: Kinetix

Honourable mentions: Cosmic Lounge, modl.ai

Most Impactful Web3 Company

Winner: Pixels

Honourable mentions: Animoca Brands (Inc. The Sandbox), Sky Mavis

Game of the Year (Sponsored by Appcharge)

Winner: Monopoly Go!

Honourable mentions: Star Wars: Hunters, Wuthering Waves

Rising Star

Winner: Aïda Figuerola

Mobile Legend

Winner: Nitish Mittersain

Congratulations to all the winners!

A big thank you to our headline sponsor Gamelight and our co-sponsor Aghanim.

A big thank you to all our category sponsors: Gamelight, Aghanim, Epic Games Store, Huawei AppGallery, Jam City, Amber, HyprMX, and Appcharge. And thank you to our associate sponsors: Supercell, Solsten, Hasbro, SciPlay, and Sentient Gaming.