2025 is already ending and it’s time to find out what happened the best apps and games of the year. And there’s no better way to find out than by taking a look at Google Play’s recently announced Best of 2025.
These are the Play Store awards for the best of 2025. This year they not only crowned the best app and the best game, but also awarded prizes by category, as we will reveal below.
Google Play Awards 2025: the apps and games of the year
Through the official Google blogthe Play Store awarded the prizes to best android apps and games of 2025 which are available in this app store. The main prizes are those of “game of the year” Yes “application of the year”but there are also category awards that we leave at the end of the article.
The game of the year is… Pokémon TCG Pocket
Him collectible card game Pokémon was the big winner this year. And the Pokémon TCG pocket fever has been one of the trends of this 2025. Its incredible card design, its gameplay and the constant updates it receives make it undoubtedly the best android game of 2025.
The app of the year is… Focus Friend by Hank Green
One app that took many by surprise in 2025 was Hank Green’s Focus Friend. This is a app to help improve concentration which has been hailed for helping many people this year to disconnect and focus on what really matters.
More awards and complete list of Google Play’s best of 2025
- game of the year: Pokémon TCG Pocket
- Application of the year: Focus Friend by Hank Green
- Multi-device game of the year: Disney Quick Storm
- Multi-device app of the year: Luminar photo editor
- Multiplayer Game of the Year: Dunk City Dynasty
- Quick Game of the Year: Candy Crush Solitaire
- indie game of the year: Songs of Shinar
- Game with the best story of the year: Disco Elysium
- Current game of the year: Stormy waves
- Play the Pass Game of the Year: DREDGE
- PC Games of the Year on Google Play: Valhalla Rise of Odin
- Fun App of the Year: Edits, an Instagram app
- Personal growth app of the year: Focus Friend by Hank Green
- App for the day by day of the year: Wiser
- App “hidden gem” of the year: Language learning Pingo AI
- Family App of the Year: ABCmouse 2
- Watch App of the Year: SleepisolBio: sleep, wake up
- Big screen app of the year: Goodnotes: notes, documents, PDFs
- Car App of the Year: SoundCloud
- XR Glasses App of the Year: Calm – Meditation and Sleep
And you… Will you dare to try any of these apps or games awarded as the best of 2025?
