Key Highlights:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated The Game Awards 2025 with a record-breaking nine wins, including Game of the Year.
- Battlefield 6, No Man’s Sky, and Grand Theft Auto 6 also secured major category victories.
- The ceremony highlighted a strong year for RPGs, narrative-driven games, and long-running live services.
The Game Awards 2025 delivered one of the most decisive results in the show’s history. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 emerged as the clear standout, sweeping nine categories and setting a new record for the most wins in a single year, including GOTY. What began as a relatively quiet RPG launch earlier in the year ended with Sandfall Interactive’s debut title standing above the industry’s biggest names.
Below is the complete list of nominees and winners (bolded) from The Game Awards 2025:
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Game of the Year
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Action / Adventure
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Action Game
- Battlefield 6
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Hades II
Best Adaptation
- A Minecraft Movie
- Devil May Cry
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- Until Dawn
- The Last of Us Season 2
Best Art Direction
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Audio Design
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Silent Hill f
- Battlefield 6
Best Community Support
- Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
- Fortnite
- Helldivers II
- No Man’s Sky
- Baldur’s Gate 3
Best Debut Indie Game
- Blue Prince
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Esports Athlete
- Brock “brawk” Somerhalder
- Jason “f0rsakeN” Susanto
- Kakeru “Kakeru” Watanabe
- Saul “MenaRD” Leonardo
- Jung “Chovy” Ji-hoon
Best Esports Game
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
- Counter-Strike 2
Best Esports Team
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- NRG (Valorant)
- Team Falcons (Dota 2)
- Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
- Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
Best Family Game
- Lego Party
- Lego Voyagers
- Mario Kart World
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- Split Fiction
- Donkey Kong Bananza
Best Fighting Game
- 2XKO
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Best Game Direction
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Independent Game
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Mobile Game
- Destiny: Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Wuthering Waves
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Best Multiplayer Game
- Battlefield 6
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Peak
- Split Fiction
- Arc Raiders
Best Narrative
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Silent Hill f
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Ongoing Game
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers II
- Marvel Rivals
- No Man’s Sky
Best Performance
- Ben Starr as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Charlie Cox as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu – Ghost of Yōtei
- Konatsu Kato as Hinako Shimizu – Silent Hill f
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Jennifer English as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Roleplaying Game
- Avowed
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Worlds 2
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Score and Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard and Alice Duport-Percier) [winner]
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Toma Otowa)
- Hades II (Darren Korb)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Christopher Larkin)
Best Sim / Strategy
- Civilization VII
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Tempest Rising
- The Alters
- Two Point Museum
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Best Sports / Racing
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- Mario Kart World
Best VR / AR
- Alien: Rogue Incursion
- Arken Age
- Ghost Town
- Marvel’s Deadpool VR
- The Midnight Walk
Content Creator of the Year
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
- MoistCr1TiKaL
Games for Impact
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Wanderstop
- South of Midnight
Innovation in Accessibility
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
- Doom: The Dark Ages
Most Anticipated Game
- 007 First Light
- Marvel’s Wolverine
- Resident Evil Requiem
- The Witcher 4
- Grand Theft Auto VI
Players’ Voice
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Genshin Impact
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Wuthering Waves
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s dominance defined the night, but TGA 2025 also reflected a broader industry picture. Established live-service titles continued to thrive, competitive multiplayer remained a major force, and narrative-heavy single-player games proved they still resonate strongly with both juries and players.