At the Golden Joysticks Awards 2025, Grand Theft Auto 6 took the Most Wanted Game prize, but CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 4 finished hot on its heels in the public vote. The event’s official vote breakdown, posted by Golden Joysticks, shows 21 million total votes across 22 categories and lists GTA 6 on 18.03% of ballots versus The Witcher 4 on 16.68%. Readers can see the original thread on X for the full breakdown, which the awards account published shortly after the ceremony.
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That percent gap translates to roughly 283,500 votes in raw numbers, so while GTA 6 captured the top slot, The Witcher 4’s showing was materially close given the huge total. For a title that still faces heavy attention and delays, GTA 6’s 18.03% demonstrates sustained public demand; The Witcher 4’s 16.68% suggests strong appetite for big RPGs as well.
The close finish matters because GTA 6 arrives with a huge marketing shadow and a recent delay to November 2026, while The Witcher 4 is one of several major projects on CD Projekt Red’s slate. The studio has other efforts in development such as Project Sirius and a follow-up to Cyberpunk, and the company recently confirmed it will not be bringing new Witcher 4 material to this year’s awards show. In a separate update, CD Projekt Red confirms no new Witcher 4 content for this year’s awards.
Taken together, the Golden Joysticks numbers underline how voters are split between an enormous open-world franchise and a returning narrative RPG powerhouse, which bodes well for competition at the end-of-year awards season and for the public conversation around both games.
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Grand Theft Auto VI
Developed by Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.
- Genre: Shooter, Racing, Adventure
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Release: 2026-11-19
- Publisher: Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
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Age Rating:
ESRB RP
