Before the actual voting begins, there must be a set of categories. Categories are determined completely by user submission. Below are a few key items dealing with categories.
| Name | Submitter |
| Best Action Game | dethmetal |
| Best ABS | dethmetal |
| The 'WTF is Going On Award' (For Confusing Storylines) | dethmetal |
| Township Games Award - For Worst Game that is exactly like another game. | Karsuman |
| What the Hell Award - Awarded to the most pretentious game of the year. | Karsuman |
| Chaos Generations Award - Awarded to a game that excels in the art of resource theft. | Karsuman |
| Charles Barkley Award - Awarded to the game with the most ridiculous concept. | Karsuman |
| Kinetic Cipher Award - Awarded to a game with excellent dungeon design. | Karsuman |
| Mr. Big T's Medal - Awarded to a game that includes as much pointless violence and pornography as possible. | Karsuman |
| Best Game of the Year | trance2 |
| Best Female Protagonist | trance2 |
| Best Sci-Fi Game | trance2 |
| Most Skilled Use of Atmosphere | trance2 |
| Best Dialogue/Characterization | trance2 |
| Sleeper Hit of the Year | trance2 |
| Best Music | trance2 |
| Best Male Protagonist | trance2 |
| Best Old-School Game | trance2 |
| Worst Game of the Year | trance2 |
| Game of the Year | Karsuman |
| Best Villian | trance2 |
| Most Pretentious Dialogue | trance2 |
| Best Male Protagonist | Karsuman |
| Best Female Protagonist | Karsuman |
| Release It Already Award - Awarded to the most anticipated vaporwares | trance2 |
| Best Dialogue/Characterization | Karsuman |
| Best Music | Karsuman |
| Best Boss Battle | trance2 |
| Best Villain | Karsuman |
| Best CBS | trance2 |
| Best Complete Game | trance2 |
| Best Old-School Game | Karsuman |
| Best Cutscene | trance2 |
| Best Complete Game | Karsuman |
| Scales of Libra Award - Awarded to game with the best balance | trance2 |
| Best Game Title | trance2 |
| Best Atmosphere | Karsuman |
| Iron Gaia Award - Awarded to the most overhyped game | trance2 |
| Best Use of the DBS | trance2 |
| Worst Misao Category | trance2 |
| Best Use of the DBS | Karsuman |
| Best Dungeon Design | ArtBane |
| Best Story | ArtBane |
| Best Backstory | ArtBane |
| Best Character Creation/Customization | myersguy |
| Best Original Art | ArtBane |
| Best Soundtrack | ArtBane |
| Best Intro | myersguy |
| Sleeper's Delight - Awarded to the longest most boring intro | myersguy |
| Best | yamata no orochi |
| Best Map Design | BlindSight |
| Best Sci-Fi Game | Eddie |
| Best Homage | yamata no orochi |
| Best "Old-School" Game | yamata no orochi |
| Best Music/Soundtrack | BlindSight |
| Best Custom Battle System | yamata no orochi |
| Most Static Character | myersguy |
| Most Dynamic Character | myersguy |
| Charles Barkley Award--Most Ridiculous Concept | yamata no orochi |
| Best Original Soundtrack | yamata no orochi |
| Best Gameplay Balance | BlindSight |
| Biggest Surprise | yamata no orochi |
| Best Cutscene | yamata no orochi |
| Best RPG Maker VX Game | yamata no orochi |
| Best Atmosphere | BlindSight |
| Best System Scripted in RPG Maker XP | yamata no orochi |
| Tone Deaf - Awarded for the worst music or worst use of music in a game | myersguy |
| Best Boss Fight | yamata no orochi |
| Musical Maestro - Awarded for best custom music in a game | myersguy |
| The Bleep - Awarded to the game with the most unneeded pointless swearing | myersguy |
| Best Use of the DBS | BlindSight |
| Best Female protagonist | myersguy |
| Best Dialogue | yamata no orochi |
| Best ABS | myersguy |
| Best ABS | trance2 |
| Most Overhyped Game | yamata no orochi |
| Chaos Generations Award | myersguy |
| Kinetic Cipher Award - Awarded to a game with excellent dungeon design | trance2 |
| Best game of the year | myersguy |
| Best Cast of Characters | yamata no orochi |
| Best CMS | myersguy |
| Ara Fell Award - Awarded to the game with the most cluttered/pretentious map design | trance2 |
| Kinetic Cipher Award--Best Dungeon Design | yamata no orochi |
| Most Unbalanced game of the year | myersguy |
| Best Introduction | BlindSight |
| Best Demo | yamata no orochi |
| Best Custom graphics | myersguy |
| Demo Most Likely to be Completed (We Think) | yamata no orochi |
| Most Promising Cancelled Game | trance2 |
| Most Intriguing Plot | trance2 |
| Most Pretentious Game of the Year | yamata no orochi |
| Biggest game that was cancelled | myersguy |
| GAINAX Meaningless Symbolism Award | trance2 |
| Best game using all RTP | myersguy |
| Best Demo | trance2 |
| Best Cast of Characters | Karsuman |
| Best custom system that is not a battle or menu system | yamata no orochi |
| Biggest Waste of Time | trance2 |
| Best NPCs | trance2 |
| Best Non-RPG in RPG Maker | trance2 |
| "Lawsuit Waiting to Happen" - Awarded to a game with the most excessive yet non-chalant use of sprite rips | trance2 |
| Best Game that was Cancelled | Karsuman |
| Biggest Improvement | BlindSight |
| Duke Nukem Forever Award, awarded to hyped games that become vaporware. | rcholbert |
| "And you made this in RPG Maker because...?" - Awarded to the game with the fewest default systems | trance2 |
| Best Boss Battle | BlindSight |
| Most Confusing Storyline | trance2 |
| Duke Nukem Forever Award, awarded to hyped games that become vaporware. | Karsuman |
| Blindmind asked for this award - Most pretentious map design | Karsuman |
| Biggest Waste of Time | Karsuman |
| Best Intro | Karsuman |
| Best Original Art | Karsuman |
| Super Columbine Massacre - Awarded to the most controversial game. | ArtBane |
| Most Successful Newcomer to the Community | trance2 |
| Most Helpful Member of the Community | trance2 |
| Most Colorful/Interesting Member of the Community | trance2 |
| Worst Grammer or Spelling | myersguy |
| Worst Dialougue | myersguy |
| Best short game | myersguy |
| Longest Game | myersguy |
| Best CBS | myersguy |
| Person with most Quality games out in 2007 | myersguy |
| Most low quality games in one year (Person) | myersguy |
| Most humour | myersguy |
| Best use of 8-bit graphics | myersguy |
| Most Old School game | myersguy |
| Best Puzzle | Shinan |
| Best Zombie Game | dethmetal |
| Best Original Graphics | BlindSight |
| I'd like to push those pixels (Award for most attractive character in a 2D game) | HotPixel |
| Best Storyline | Archeia_Nessiah |
| The Excalistia Award for best game nobody cares about | HotPixel |
| The Excalistia Award: Best Game Nobody Cares About | BlindSight |
| Best -Original- Soundtrack | BlindSight |
| Best mapping | myersguy |
| Best Atmosphere | myersguy |
| Most Customization | ImmortalDreamer |
| Most Original Weapon | ImmortalDreamer |
| Best Storyline | ImmortalDreamer |
| Game of the Year | ImmortalDreamer |
| Hidden Gem - Most Overlooked Game | ImmortalDreamer |
| Most Promising Cancelled Game | ImmortalDreamer |
| The "Aeris Award" - Most Believable Characters | ImmortalDreamer |
| Best Original Soundtrack | ImmortalDreamer |
| Most Promising Demo | ImmortalDreamer |
| Best Atmosphere | ImmortalDreamer |
| Most Improved Mapping | ImmortalDreamer |
| Most Improved Game Maker | ImmortalDreamer |
| The "Sin City" Award - Best Game With Multiple Story Paths | ImmortalDreamer |
| Best Use of Cliche | ImmortalDreamer |
| Best World Map | kentona |
| Best CBS | loki123546 |
| Hidden Gem - Most Overlooked Game | Ciel |
| Game of the Year | Ciel |
| Best Character Customization | Ciel |
| I'd Like To Push Those Pixels Award - Most sexually appealing character | Ciel |
| Best Platformer | Ciel |
| Best Characterization | Ciel |
| Best Villain | Ciel |
| Best Non-Original Soundtrack | Ciel |
| Best Gameplay Balance | Ciel |
| Best Cutscenes | Ciel |
| Best Cast of Characters | Ciel |
| Best NPCs | Ciel |
| Best Boss Battle | Ciel |
| Iron Gaia Award - Awarded to the most overhyped game | Ciel |
| Worst Dialogue | Ciel |
| Best Puzzles | Ciel |
| Best Original Graphics | Ciel |
| Best Dialouge | Yeaster |
| Technical Acheivement Award - For the game with the most impressive and efficient programming. | Ciel |
| Game of the Tear | Yeaster |
| Game of the Year | Yeaster |
| Best Villian | Yeaster |
| Best Cast of Characters | Yeaster |
| Best Complete Game | Yeaster |
| Best Female Protagonist | Yeaster |
| Most Dynamic Character | Yeaster |
| Best Cutscene | Yeaster |
| The 'WTF is Going On Award' (For Confusing Storylines) | Yeaster |
| Sleeper Hit of the Year | Yeaster |
| Best Music | Yeaster |
| Best Story | Yeaster |
| Most Improved Game Maker | Yeaster |
| Sunset over Imdahl Award- Best Custom Graphics | VideoWizard |
| Indie Gaming Portal Award- Most screenshots taken | VideoWizard |
| Kryberia Award- Most Post-Apocalyptic Setting in a game | VideoWizard |
| Most Dynamic Game- Breaks from linearity the most | VideoWizard |
| RMN Award- Great game that rises out of the ashes of long ago | VideoWizard |
| Best of 1995- The most advanced 2D game using SNES-type graphics | VideoWizard |
| Brandon Abley Award- Best Custom Music | VideoWizard |
| "Lawsuit Waiting To Happen" Mark II- Most excessive yet non-chalant use of sprite rips. | VideoWizard |
| Best Cutscene | myersguy |
| Best Cast of CHaracters | myersguy |
| Best Puzzles | myersguy |
| Most Original Weapon | trance2 |
| Best Character Customization | trance2 |
| Most Eelievable Character | trance2 |
| Most Believable Character (stupid cursor) | trance2 |
| Hidden Gem - Most Overlooked Game | trance2 |
| Best Minigame | Ciel |
| Best ALEX III Map | Ciel |
| World's Greatest Vidcon | bort |
| Best Father/Son RPGMaking Team | bort |
| Best Episodical Game (i.e. watch not play) | Daniel |
| Most Imaginative Name | Daniel |
| Multiplayer / Online Game of the Year | Daniel |
| Best Fangame | RPG |
| Best Special Effects | RPG |
| Best ALEX map | RPG |
| Best Use of Move Event Command | RPG |
| Best Father/Son RPGMaking Team | RPG |
| Best Minigame | RPG |
| I'd like to push those pixels (Award for most attractive character in a 2D game) | RPG |
| Game Most Likely to Turn Into a Shitty Webcomic | RPG |
| Most skillful use of \. commands | RPG |
| Best Sunset Cutscene | RPG |
| World's Greatest Vidcon | RPG |
| Best Sunset Scene | Ciel |
| Game Most Likely to Turn Into a Shitty Webcomic | Ciel |
| Worst Person to Run the Misaos | RPG |
| Best Collaborative Game | RPG |
| Lita LeCotta Award - Best Loli | RPG |
| Worst Use of Kingdom Hearts OST | RPG |
| Favorite Game Dad | RPG |
| Hottest Robot Creature in 2D Game | RPG |
| The Psyburn Award - Best Regular at #G&D | RPG |
| Category Nomination is Dumb Award | RPG |
| Worst RPG Making Site that Starts with RPG and ends in Network | RPG |
| Best NPC | RPG |
| Best Suikoden Ripoff | RPG |
| Best Use of Directional Tile Blocking | RPG |
| Category Most Suited to Exactly One Game | RPG |
| Best Non-RPG Maker Vidcon | RPG |
| Fates of Alera Award - Awarded to the most anticipated vaporwares | RPG |
| Buggiest Game Award | RPG |
| Poor Misaoless Award - Given to Person who'd Never Win a Real Misao | RPG |
| Best Edutainment Game | RPG |
| Most Original Use of Setting | RPG |
| Best Puzzle | RPG |
| Best Beta Tester | RPG |
| Worst RPG Maker Game with a Price Tag | RPG |
| Game You Think Will Win Most Misaos Next Year | RPG |
| Best Original Art | Lusty |
| Best Custom Battle System | Lusty |
| Game of the Year | Lusty |
| Best Puzzles | Lusty |
| Best Story | Lusty |
| Worst Dialougue | Lusty |
| Best Villian | Lusty |
| Best Minigame | Lusty |
| Best Introduction | Lusty |
| I'd like to push those pixels (Award for most attractive character in a 2D game) | Yeaster |
| Worst demo ever. | Quiversee |
| Best Plot | gratheo |
| Best Dungeon Design | gratheo |
| "Lawsuit Waiting to Happen" - Most sprite/music/etc. rips | gratheo |
| Best Male Protagonist | gratheo |
| Best Female Protagonist | gratheo |
| Best Male Antagonist | gratheo |
| Best Female Antagonist | gratheo |
| Best Complete Game | gratheo |
| Best Demo | gratheo |
| Best Dialouge (yes, we now must use this spelling) | kentona |
| Township Games Award - For Worst Game that is exactly like another game. | kentona |
| Best Non-RPG in RPG Maker | kentona |
| Best use of 8-bit graphics | kentona |
| Worst Game of the Year | kentona |
| Best RPG Maker VX Game | kentona |
| Best Game Title | kentona |
| Worst Game Title | kentona |
| Best Collaborative Game | kentona |
| Release It Already Award | kentona |
| Xenosoft CMS revision #503 Award - Awarded to the biggest waste of time and effort. | iishenron |
| Best Completed/Finished Game of the Year | iishenron |
| Best Deuteragonist | iishenron |
| Best Original Art | BlindSight |
| Worst Grammer or Speling | kentona |
| Game of the year | Cheshire Cat |
| Best Strategy Game | Shinan |
| Best Wargame | Shinan |
| Best Theme | Shinan |
| The Psyburn Award - Best Regular at #G&D | Shinan |
| Lita LeCotta Award - Best Loli | Shinan |
| Best Dungeon Design | Volrath |
| Most Interesting Subtext/Themes | Volrath |
| Charles Barkley Award | dosmaen |
| Best Supporting Character/NPC | Volrath |
| Xenosoft CMS revision #503 Award - Awarded to the biggest waste of time and effort. | RPG |
| Duke Nukem Forever Award, awarded to hyped games that become vaporware. | RPG |
| Most Original Weapon | RPG |
| Most Imaginative Character Name | RPG |
| Worst RPG Maker VX Game | RPG |
| Most low quality games in one year (Person) | RPG |
| The Al Bhed Award - Best Synthetic Language Used in a Game | RPG |
| Best Title Screen | RPG |
| Best Game Over Screen | RPG |
| Lita LeCotta Award - Best Loli | HotPixel |
| Worst RPG Maker VX Game | Craze |
| Township Games Award - For Worst Game that is exactly like another game. | Craze |
| Best RMXP Completed Game | Calibre |
| Best Villain | Craze |
| Best RMXP Demo'ed Game | Calibre |
| Lita LeCotta Award - Best Loli | Craze |
| Most Overrated Game | Calibre |
| Treewhisker Award: Most Random Character | Craze |
| Best Use of atmosphere | Calibre |
| Crazegame Award: Best Short Game | Craze |
| Best Use of Music | Calibre |
| Dull Pencil Award: Most Pointless Game | Craze |
| Most Underrated Game | Calibre |
| Best Intro Sequence | Calibre |
| Celebrina Award: Best Use of the "Blind" Status | Craze |
| Set Us Up the Ordinary Well: Most Amusing Reference | Craze |
| The Frozen World Award: Plot Twist Most Deserving Of An Award | Craze |
| A Blurred Release Date: Game Series Most Likely To Be Finished In 20005 | Craze |
| Four Crystals Award - Best Use of Cliches | Calibre |
| Rast Blackwing's Most Insane Puzzle You'll Never Solve Award | Injury |
| Best Beta Tester | Ciel |
| Best Beta Tester | BlindSight |
| Best CBS | demondestiny |
| Best CMS | demondestiny |
| Best Music | demondestiny |
| Most Unbalanced Game of the Year | Skie Fortress |
| Most Underrated Game | Skie Fortress |
| Most Overrated Game | Skie Fortress |
| Best Dialogue/Characterization | Skie Fortress |
| Best Music | Skie Fortress |
| Game Most Likely To Turn Into A Shitty Webcomic | Skie Fortress |
| Best Fangame | Lusty |
| RPG World Award- Game that will leave us hanging forever just before the end. | VideoWizard |
| Brandon Abley Award- Best Custom Music | brandonabley |
| Best Use of Sound Effects | dethmetal |
| Longest Complete Game | InvaderZim |
| Shortest Complete Game | InvaderZim |