No Straight Roads 2 Win Big In SEA Game Awards 2025

This year’s Level Up KL 2025 event in Malaysia featured a packed turnout with game developers and publishers like Larian Studios, PlayStack, Neon Doctrine, PlayStation Malaysia, and Metronomik. Indie gaming in Southeast Asia also took centerstage with titles like Troublemaker 2, Acts of Blood, and student boomer shooter title Mindslayer made available for attendees.

But the showstopper for the week was the SEA Game Awards 2025 which crowns the best upcoming games and chosen shipped titles made in Southeast Asia. After a showcase of Red Games Jam from AirAsia, the awards show commenced. Metronomik’s upcoming music action game No Straight Roads 2 took home the most gold, winning Best Visual Art, Best Audio Design, Best Score & Music, and Audience Choice Awards.

The Grand Jury winner for SEA Game Awards 2025 is Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream.

Here is the full list of winners of SEA Game Awards 2025. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Technology

-Going Up by Napping Raccoon
-Operative: Revolve by The Only Studio Sdn.Bhd
-Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream by Gamecom Team
-Upin & Ipin Universe by Streamline Studio Malaysia
-Weyrdlets by Weyrdworks (Winner)

Best Visual Arts

-Acts of Blood by Eksil Team
-Going Up by Napping Raccoon
-Never Ending Beyond by One More Dream Studios
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik (Winner)
-Riftstorm by Confiction Labs

Best Game Design

-Grim Trials by Glory Jam (Winner)
-Going Up by Napping Raccoon
-Identifile by Gearbyte Games
-RAD: Repeat After Death by Exploding Soes
-Weyrdlets by Weyrdworks

Best Audio Design

-HellHeart Breaker by Battlebrew Productions
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik (Winner)
-Not Monday Cafe by Sunny Syrup Studio
-Upin & Ipin Universe by Streamline Studio Malaysia
-Weyrdlets by Weyrdworks

Best Score & Music

-Acts of Blood by Eksil Team
-Grim Trials by Glory Jam
-HellHeart Breaker by BattleBrew Productions
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik (Winner)
-Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream

Best Storytelling

-HellHeart Breaker by BattleBrew Productions
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik
-Teller’s Duty by Hiscory (Winner)
-Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream by Gamecom Team
-War Angels by Leolit Games

Best Student Game

-FiresOut! by Dreamonaut Studio (APU) (Winner)
-Mindslayer by Kolo Mee Studio (UOW Malaysia)
-The Glory Dungeon Raider by HappyPaphy (Bangkok University)

Best International Game (Non-SEA)

-Arcas Champions by Arcas Games
-Deep Pixel Melancholy by ok/no
-Lost Twins 2 by Playdew
-Polyaris by Magic Pie
-RailGods of Hysterra by Troglobytes Games (Winner)

Rising Star Award

-Never Ending Beyond by One More Dream Studios
-Not Monday Cafe by Sunny Syrup Studios
-Petit Island by Xelo Games (Winner)
-Riftstorm by Confiction Labs
-Zhen: Shattered Legacy by Ghost Machine

Audience Choice Award

-Acts of Blood by Eksil Team
-Froggy Brews by Komodo Range
-FiresOut! by Dreamonaut Studio (APU)
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik (Winner)
-Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream by Gamecom Team

Grand Jury Award

-Going Up by Napping Raccoon
-No Straight Roads 2 by Metronomik
-Overhours by CtrlD Studio
-Troublemaker 2: Beyond Dream by Gamecom Team (Winner)
-Weyrdlets by Weyrdworks

The end of SEA Game Awards 2025 was capped off with a new trailer of No Straight Roads 2, featuring snippets of the boss battle with Rama Irama and a few new segments like an on-rails driving segment and new combat stages.