Lego Builder's Journey wins Mobile Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2020

(Image credit: Light Brick Studio)

Lego Builder's Journey is the winner of the Mobile Game of the Year at Golden Joystick Awards 2020.

As the debut game from Lego's new studio Light Brick, Lego Builder's Journey is a satisfying puzzle adventure that was released on Apple Arcade this year. By moving and clicking various Lego elements into play, you can create paths and use your creativity to solve your way each level. Light Brick studios accurately recreated renderings of Lego elements in little virtual dioramas for players to interact with. Complete with a beautiful soundtrack and imaginative levels, it's definitely one of the standout games to arrive on mobile.

Put to a public vote, Lego Builder's Journey earned the top spot to win out against a line-up of fantastic mobile games. There have been some truly innovative and memorable titles released on mobile devices this year. From story-rich, moving indies like If Found… to befriending a lonely bird in Bird Alone and going on expeditions in the Game of Thrones universe in Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows, the array of genres and experiences on offer in this year's shortlist is a testament to the ever-growing library of creative and noteworthy games available on mobile devices.

You can see the full list of nominees below:

Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows
Lego Builder's Journey
Little Orpheus
Next Stop Nowhere
Roundguard
Bird Alone
A Monster's Expedition
If Found…

Huge congratulations to Light Brick Studio for winning Mobile Game of the Year, as well as all of the other nominees for making the shortlist in this category.

Heather Wald is the Evergreen Editor, Games at GamesRadar+. Her writing career began on a student-led magazine at Bath Spa University, where she earned a BA (Hons) in English literature. Heather landed her first role writing about tech and games for Stuff Magazine shortly after graduating with an MA in magazine journalism at Cardiff University. Now with almost seven years of experience working with GamesRadar+ on the features team, Heather helps to develop, maintain, and expand the evergreen features that exist on the site for games, as well as spearhead the Indie Spotlight series. You'll also see her contribute op-eds, interview-led features, and more. In her spare time, you'll likely find Heather tucking into RPGs and indie games, reading romance novels, and drinking lots of tea.