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Google held its annual Play Store awards event in Japan, where several popular apps such as Dragalia Lost, Dragon Ball Legends, and more took home some awards from five different categories. There are five categories for the Best of 2018 awards from the Google Play Store in Japan with most exciting, creative, best indie, best cute & casual, and user’s choice. Each category has five best titles and one overall Best Game of 2018 winner. Here are the winners of this year’s Best of 2018 Google Play Store awards in Japan: Most Exciting Games
- Arc the Lad R by ForwardWorks
- Knives Out – Tokyo Royale by NetEase Games
- Dragalia Lost by Nintendo
- Dragon Ball Legends by Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive by Cygames
Most Creative Games
- Identity V by NetEase Games
- Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition by Square Enix
- Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman by Sega
- Fantasy Life Online by Level-5
- Yo-kai Watch World by Level-5
Best Indie Games
- Craft Warriors by Translimit
- Tabikaeru by Hit-Point
- Dungeon Maker by GameCoaster
- Cat Painter by waken
- Boku to Neko by Ignition M
Best Cute & Casual Games
- Snoopy Life by Capcom
- SUMI SUMI: Matching Puzzle by Imagineer
- Days of van Meowogh by Cocone
- (Monogatari) Series Puku Puku by Aniplex
- Pokémon Quest by The Pokémon Company
User’s Choice Award
- Identity V by NetEase Games
- Knives Out – Tokyo Royale by NetEase Games
- Dragon Ball Legends by Bandai Namco Entertainment
- PUBG Mobile by PUBG Corporation (Tencent Games)
- Princess Connect! Re:Dive by Cygames
Best Game of 2018
- Dragon Ball Legends by Bandai Namco Entertainment
The following are the Best of 2018 for games in the West that was recently announced: Most Competitive Games
- PUBG MOBILE by Tencent Games
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War by Pixel Toys
- Dragon Ball Legends by Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Asphalt 9 by Gameloft
- Badland Brawl by Frogmind
Most Innovative Games
- Gorogoa by Annapurna
- Umiro by DevolverDigital
- Hero Hunters by Hothead Games
- Battlelands Royale by FuturePlay
- Life is Strange by Square Enix
Best Indie Games
- Alto’s Odyssey by Noodlecake Studios
- Reigns: GoT by DevolverDigital
- Cube Escape Paradox by Rusty Lake
- Returner 77 by Fantastic, yes
- Evoland 2 by Playdigious
Most Casual Games
- The Sims Mobile by EA
- Orbia: Tap and Relax by JOX Development LLC
- Murder in the Alps by Nordcurrent
- Candy Crush Friends Saga by King
- Faraway 3 by Snapbreak
Best Game of 2018
- PUBG MOBILE by Tencent Games
