Roblox Innovation Awards 2025 unveils a bold lineup of creators pushing boundaries, redefining play, and shaping the next wave of interactive imagination.
2025 Roblox Innovation Awards Nominations List
The 2025 Roblox Innovation Awards nominations showcase a diverse slate of creators and experiences pushing the boundaries of imagination, gameplay, and community impact across genres from adventure and simulations to creative tools and social hubs.
This year, Roblox opened write-in nominations from June 6 to June 16. Roblox also brought new categories, renamed old ones, and made some awards more specific. With that said, here are all the nominees for RIA 2025:
1. Best Simulator Experience
- Dress To Impress
- Emergency Response: Liberty County
- Grow A Garden
- CNA Simulator
2. Best Puzzle Experience
- Regretevator
- Teamwork Puzzles
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- PIG 64
3. Best Racing Experience
- Driving Empire
- Drive World
- Midnight Racing: Tokyo
- Vehicle Legends
4. Best Strategy Experience
- Dead Rails
- Conquer The World
- Forsaken Nominated
- Expedition Antarctica
5. Best Roleplay & Avatar Sim Experience
- Brookhaven
- a dusty trip
- Grow A Garden
- LifeTogether RP
6. Best Action Experience
- Murderers VS Sheriffs
- Blox Fruits
- Deepwoken
- Flee The Facility
7. Best Shooter Experience
- Arsenal
- RIVALS
- Phantom Forces
- Gunfight Arena
8. Best RPG Experience
- Block Tales
- World // Zero
- King Legacy
- Dungeon Heroes
9. Best Horror Experience
- 99 Nights in the Forest
- Forsaken
- Dandy’s World
- Guts & Blackpowder
10. Best Adventure Experience
- 99 Nights in the Forest
- Expedition Antarctica
- The Survival Game
- Chained [2 Player Obby]
11. Best Party & Casual Experience
- Dandy’s World
- Blade Ball
- Rainbow Friends
- Neighbors
12. Best Obby & Platformer Experience
- PIG 64
- Regretevator
- Eternal Tower of Hell
- Slap Tower
13. Best Survival Experience
- Forsaken
- Creatures of Sonaria
- Dead Rails
- Dandy’s World
14. Best New Experience
- Grow A Garden
- Dandy’s World
- Forsaken
- Steal a Brainrot
15. People’s Choice
- Grow A Garden
- Dandy’s World
- Forsaken
- RIVALS
16. Best UGC Creator
- WhoseTrade
- Yourius
- DIDIgamedev
- Lovespun
17. Best Video Star
- WaffleTrades
- Leah Ashe
- Enyu
- Vindooly
18. Best Sports Experience
- Track & Field: Infinite
- Basketball Legends
- Basketball: Zero
- Volleyball Legends
As you see, there are a few games that are no-brainers for their nominations, such as Grow a Garden and Forsaken. However, we have also witnessed some surprise entries this year that can make jaws drop. There are a total of eight new categories, while the Action RPG is now divided into two categories.
Who won Best New Experience at RIA 2025
Grow a Garden won the Best New Experience award at the Roblox Innovation Awards (RIA) 2025.
The awards ceremony occurred on September 6, 2025, during the Roblox Developer Conference (RDC), where Grow a Garden also secured multiple other honors including Best Simulation Experience, People’s Choice, Builderman Award of Excellence, and Most Concurrent Users.
This gardening simulator dominated the event, reflecting its massive popularity with over 20 million weekly players during the awards period.
Who won Best New Experience at RIA 2025
Grow a Garden won the Best New Experience award at the Roblox Innovation Awards (RIA) 2025.
The ceremony took place on September 6, 2025, at the Roblox Developer Conference (RDC) in San Jose, California.
Grow a Garden swept multiple categories that night, including Best Simulation Experience, People’s Choice, Builderman Award of Excellence, and Most Concurrent Users, highlighting its dominance with millions of weekly players.
