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Google announced its Google Play’s Best Games of 2025 winners for various categories, and Pokemon TCG Pocket ended up being named best overall title for Android devices in multiple countries. The official social media account for the game also brought up the win. However, unlike other mobile titles that got honored this year, there was no mention about any in-game gift for players to celebrate the occasion.
Here’s a special trailer that Google prepared to share that Pokemon TCG Pocket is Google Play’s Best Game of 2025. Producer Keita Hirobe talked about the win in the video.
The winning titles in North America spanned a number of different categories. So while Pokemon TCG Pocket took Google Play’s Best Game of 2025, these eight others were honored as well.
- Best for Google Play Games on PC: Odin: Valhalla Rising
- Best Indie Game: Chants of Sennaar
- Best Multi-device Game: Disney Speedstorm
- Best Multiplayer Game: Dunk City Dynasty
- Best Ongoing Game: Wuthering Waves
- Best Play Pass Game: Dredge
- Best Pick Up and Play Game: Candy Crush Solitaire
- Best Story: Disco Elysium
In the case of Japan, the award winners differed in most of the additional categories. All of them are also available worldwide. Here are the games that won there:
- Best for Google Play Games on PC: Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Best Indie Game: Exit 8
- Best Multi-device Game: Disney Speedstorm
- Best Multiplayer Game: Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra
- Best Ongoing Game: eFootball
- Best Play Pass Game: Dredge
- Best Pick Up and Play Game: Chiikawa Pocket
- Best Story: SD Gundam G Generation Eternal
Atlus announced worldwide that people who play Persona 5: The Phantom X on Google Play Games for PC by December 31, 2025 will get 300 Meta Jewels to celebrate and announced a contest to win 1,500 Meta Jewels in honor of the occasion. Bandai Namco sent out 3,000 Diamonds to SD Gundam G Generation Eternal players worldwide, as well as 5 SG-Capsules to Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra players. Everyone will get unspecified rewards in Chiikawa Pocket. Finally, all Wuthering Waves players will get 1,000 Astrite.
Pokemon TCG Pocket is available on mobile devices.