Every year, the global iGaming industry is filled with award ceremonies celebrating innovation, creativity, growth and commercial success. From regional B2B showcases to global operator-led honors, there is no shortage of trophies being handed out. Yet, few awards carry the same industry-wide credibility and category depth as the European iGaming Awards.
The 2025 edition – celebrating the standout achievements of this year – will culminate at a black-tie gala on:
MONDAY 19TH JANUARY 2026 | 7.00PM – 11.30PM
Hotel Porta Fira, Barcelona
This is one of the industry’s most comprehensive awards programs, covering everything from sustainability and innovation to platforms, payments, marketing, game design and player experience. In total, the European iGaming Awards feature more than 30 distinct categories, spanning operators, suppliers, affiliates, platforms, individuals and game studios.
Among all of these, three titles stand out as the most coveted accolades for game creators and studios:
- Slot Game of the Year
- Game of the Year
- Best Slot Game Provider
Together, these awards effectively crown the best casino content of 2025.
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Here we give you the opportunity to vote for your favorites among slots and game developers for the year.
Please note that this is only our own survey and has no impact on the outcome of the official results of the European iGaming Awards. We have included the nominations only as a starting point for our poll.
Test the Nominees for Best Slot Games 2025 Here
Here you can test all the slots from the nominees in the Slot of the Year or Casino Game of the Year from the European Gaming Awards. You are also able to choose from the search function.
A Record-Breaking Year for Slot Releases
Before diving into the nominees, it’s important to understand the sheer scale of the slot market in 2025. According to our internal data from Slotslaunch.com, a total of 5,427 new slot games have been released so far this year (as of 6 December 2025).
This highlights just how extreme the competition has become for visibility, distribution and player engagement. Standing out among more than five thousand new releases is no small achievement.
Among all developers, Pragmatic Play has been the busiest studio of the year so far, with 144 newly released slot titles in 2025 alone according to our tracking. This production pace underlines Pragmatic’s industrial-scale content strategy and explains why its games continue to dominate operator lobbies worldwide.
Slot Game of the Year 2025 – The “Stickiest” Slot in the Industry
The Slot Game of the Year award is reserved for the most commercially successful and engaging slot release of 2025. According to the official criteria, the winning game must demonstrate:
- Strong profitability
- A compelling player attraction
- High player time in-game
- Strong spend per session
In simple terms, this award does not only celebrate visual design or features — it rewards real-world performance and player retention.
2025 Nominees – Slot Game of the Year
- 9 Cups Epic Strike – Betsson Group
- Cat’s Blessing – Evoplay
- Crabby’s Gold – Play’n GO
- Gold of Egypt – Sportradar
- Golden Winner Grand Chance – Inspired Entertainment
- Golem Mystery Wilds – BF Games
- Hacker Crash Jackpot – 18Peaches
- Joker Winpot – ELA Games
- Magic Treasures Tiger – IGT PlayDigital
- Oink Oink Oink: Pharaohs – Playtech
- Shining Crown Bell Link – EGT Digital
- Snoop Dogg Dollars – BGaming
- Billie Wild – Gamzix
This shortlist blends household names like Playtech, IGT and Play’n GO with fast-growing challengers such as BGaming, BF Games and 18Peaches — highlighting how innovation in today’s slot market comes from both established giants and agile studios.
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Game of the Year 2025 – The Best Online Game Across All Formats
While Slot Game of the Year focuses strictly on reels, Game of the Year is a broader and arguably even more competitive category. It includes slots, live casino, table games, crash games and hybrids — all judged by the same core commercial benchmarks:
- Profitability
- Player attraction
- Time spent in-game
- Spend per session
This category effectively answers one question: Which game defined player engagement in 2025?
2025 Nominees – Game of the Year
- Aviamasters – BGaming
- Bill & Coin 2: Mummy Mischief – Relax Gaming
- Chicken X – Million Games
- Classic Bet Stacker Blackjack – Evolution
- Fortune Chef Panda – Onlyplay
- Fortune Factory Gold Blitz Ultimate – Games Global
- Gravity Blackjack – ICONIC21
- Maestro – Galaxsys
- Money Time – Pragmatic Play
- Navigator – Solidicon
- Roulette Rouge – Imagine Live
- Yummy Dumplings: Hold the Spin – Gamzix
The diversity here is striking. From crash games and live blackjack to feature-rich video slots, this shortlist reflects how fragmented — and competitive — modern player demand has become.
Best Slot Game Provider 2025 – The Studios Behind the Success
Winning Best Slot Game Provider is not about a single hit release. This award recognizes long-term excellence in:
- Slot innovation
- Game design quality
- Player engagement performance
It is effectively a recognition of sustained studio-level leadership rather than one standout product.
2025 Nominees – Best Slot Game Provider
- 18Peaches
- BELATRA
- Evoplay
- Gamzix
- iMoon
- Kendoo
- Live Spins
- Mancala Gaming
- Octoplay
- Onlyplay
- Pascal Gaming
- Peter & Sons
- PopOK Gaming
This category is particularly interesting because it reflects the shifting balance of power in slot development. Alongside experienced suppliers such as BELATRA and Evoplay, newer names like Octoplay, Peter & Sons and PopOK Gaming demonstrate how rapidly innovation cycles now move in the supplier space.
How the Winners Are Selected
Across all core game and provider categories, the European iGaming Awards selection criteria blend commercial performance with creative excellence. Unlike purely design-based competitions, these awards place heavy emphasis on:
- Profitability and operator performance
- Player engagement metrics
- Average session value
- Time-on-device
- Market traction across multiple jurisdictions
This ensures that winners are not just visually impressive — they are proven commercial successes in real operating environments.
Why These Awards Matter for the Industry
With more than 30 categories spanning innovation, sustainability, people, industry excellence and “Best Of” titles, the European iGaming Awards have become one of the most complete annual snapshots of where the industry truly stands.
For operators, developers, affiliates and investors, the results offer:
- A reliable signal of proven high-performing content
- A benchmark for innovation and UX standards
- A shortlist of the most commercially relevant studios and platforms
And for players, these awards quietly shape what appears on lobbies, recommendation engines and featured sections throughout 2026.
Final Thoughts
The race for Best Casino Games of the Year 2025 is one of the most competitive in recent memory. With crash games, live casino formats and traditional slots all competing for Game of the Year, and with new challenger studios disrupting the supplier hierarchy, the European iGaming Awards in Barcelona promise to be one of the most closely watched industry nights of 2026.
On Monday, 19 January 2026, the industry will not only celebrate innovation — it will formally crown the games and creators that truly defined iGaming in 2025.
