The Game Awards has concluded, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the big winner, taking home Game of the Year and nine awards in total.
The last big Game Awards sweep was Baldur’s Gate 3 in 2023, but it only managed to take home six awards that year. Although, BG3 did win the Best Community Support award in 2024, and then again this year, so the two RPGs are almost even. (Larian’s next game, Divinity, was also revealed at this year’s show.)
Below are all the nominees and winners from the 2025 Game Awards.
Game of the Year
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachDonkey Kong BananzaHades IIHollow Knight: SilksongKingdom Come: Deliverance IIClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner]
Best Game Direction
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiHades IISplit FictionClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner]
Best Narrative
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiKingdom Come: Deliverance 2Silent Hill fClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner]
Best Art Direction
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiHades IIHollow Knight: SilksongClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner] [yes, again]
Best Score and Music
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell)Ghost of Yōtei (Toma Otowa)Hades 2 (Darren Korb)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Christopher Larkin)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard and Alice Duport-Percier) [winner]
Best Audio Design
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiSilent Hill fClair Obscur: Expedition 33Battlefield 6 [winner]
Best Performance
Troy Baker as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great CircleCharlie Cox as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Erika Ishii as Atsu – Ghost of YōteiKonatsu Kato as Hinako Shimizu – Silent Hill fBen Starr as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Jennifer English as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner]
Games for Impact
Consume MeDespeloteLost Records: Bloom & RageWanderstopSouth of Midnight [winner]
Best Independent Game
AbsolumBall x PitBlue PrinceHades 2Hollow Knight: SilksongClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner] [yep, another one]
Best Debut Indie Game
Blue PrinceDespeloteDispatchClair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner] [this one too]
Best Ongoing Game
Final Fantasy XIVFortniteHelldivers 2Marvel RivalsNo Man’s Sky [winner]
Best Community Support
Final Fantasy XIV: DawntrailFortniteHelldivers IINo Man’s SkyBaldur’s Gate 3 [winner]
Best Mobile Game
Destiny: RisingPersona 5: The Phantom XSonic RumbleWuthering WavesUmamusume: Pretty Derby [winner]
Best VR/AR
Alien: Rogue IncursionArken AgeGhost TownMarvel’s Deadpool VRThe Midnight Walk [winner]
Best Action Game
Battlefield 6Doom: The Dark AgesNinja Gaiden 4Shinobi: Art of VengeanceHades 2 [winner]
Best Action/Adventure
Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiIndiana Jones and the Great CircleSplit FictionHollow Knight: Silksong [winner]
Best Fighting Game
2XKOCapcom Fighting Collection 2Mortal Kombat: Legacy KollectionVirtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World StageFatal Fury: City of the Wolves [winner]
Best Roleplaying Game
AvowedKingdom Come: Deliverance IIMonster Hunter WildsThe Outer Worlds 2Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [winner] [surely it couldn’t have won another one, you thought, but it did!]
Best Family Game
Lego PartyLego VoyagersMario Kart WorldSonic Racing: CrossWorldsSplit FictionDonkey Kong Bananza [winner]
Best Sim/Strategy
The AltersCivilization 7Jurassic World Evolution 3Tempest RisingTwo Point MuseumFinal Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles [winner]
Best Sports/Racing
EA Sports FC 26F1 25RematchSonic Racing: CrossWorldsMario Kart World [winner]
Best Multiplayer Game
Battlefield 6Elden Ring NightreignPeakSplit FictionArc Raiders [winner]
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed ShadowsAtomfallEA Sports FC 26South of MidnightDoom: The Dark Ages [winner]
Best Adaptation
A Minecraft MovieDevil May CrySplinter Cell: DeathwatchUntil DawnThe Last of Us season 2
Most Anticipated Game
007 First LightMarvel’s WolverineResident Evil RequiemThe Witcher 4Grand Theft Auto 6 [winner]
Best Esports Game
Dota 2League of LegendsMobile Legends: Bang BangValorantCounter-Strike 2 [winner]
Best Esports Athlete
Brock “brawk” SomerhalderJason “f0rsakeN” SusantoKakeru “Kakeru” WatanabeSaul “MenaRD” LeonardoMathieu “ZywOo” HerbautJung “Chovy” Ji-hoon [winner]
Best Esports Team
Gen.G (League of Legends)NRG (Valorant)Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)Team Falcons (Dota 2)Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2) [winner]
Content Creator of the Year
CaedrelKai CenatSakura MikoThe Burnt PeanutMoistCr1TiKaL [winner]
Players’ Voice
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33DispatchGenshin ImpactHollow Knight: SilksongWuthering Waves [winner]
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