The 2025 Game Awards Winners

The Game Awards winners for 2025 have been announced and fan favourite “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” swept the ceremony and unsurprisingly took the top honor of Game of the Year.

Heading into the event with a record-breaking thirteen nominations – the most nominated title in Game Awards history – the title walked away with nine of those.

It easily dominated the line-up with a handful of others scoring single wins, including “Donkey Kong Bonanza,” “Hades II,” “Hollow Knight: Silksong,” “Battlefield 6,” “ARC Raiders,” “Doom: The Dark Ages,” “Mario Kart World,” “South of Midnight,” “Wuthering Waves” and some smaller titles.

A bunch of games went home empty handed including “The Alters,” “Assassin’s Creed Shadows,” “Avowed,” “Blue Prince,” “Death Stranding 2: On the Beach,” “Dispatch,” “Elden Ring Nightreign,” “Ghost of Yotei,” “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” “Kingdom Come: Deliverance II,” “The Outer Worlds 2,” “Silent Hill f,” “Sonic Racing Crossworlds” and “Split Fiction”.

See the full list of this year’s winners and nominees below.

Game of the Year
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Death Stranding 2: On The Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Donkey Kong Bananza” (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
“Hades II” (Supergiant Games)
“Hollow Knight: Silksong” (Team Cherry)
“Kingdom Come: Deliverance II” (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

Best Game Direction
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Death Stranding 2: On The Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Ghost of Yōtei” (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
“Hades II” (Supergiant Games)
“Split Fiction” (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Narrative
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Death Stranding 2: On The Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Ghost of Yōtei” (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
“Kingdom Come: Deliverance II” (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
“Silent Hill f” (NeoBards Entertainment/KONAMI)

Best Art Direction
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Death Stranding 2: On The Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Ghost of Yōtei” (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
“Hades II” (Supergiant Games)
“Hollow Knight: Silksong” (Team Cherry)

Best Score and Music
WINNER: Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Christopher Larkin, Hollow Knight: Silksong
Darren Korb, Hades II
Toma Otowa, Ghost of Yōtei
Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Audio Design
WINNER: “Battlefield 6” (Battlefield Studios/EA)
“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Death Stranding 2: On the Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Ghost of Yōtei” (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
“Silent Hill f” (NeoBards Entertainment/KONAMI)

Best Performance
WINNER: Jennifer English, “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”
Ben Starr, “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”
Charlie Cox, “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”
Erika Ishii, “Ghost of Yōtei”
Konatsu Kato, “Silent Hill f”
Troy Baker, “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle”

Innovation in Accessibility
WINNER: “Doom: The Dark Ages” (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
“Assassin’s Creed Shadows” (Ubisoft)
“Atomfall” (Rebellion)
“EA Sports FC 26” (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
“South of Midnight” (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Games for Impact
WINNER: “South of Midnight” (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
“Consume Me” (Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)
“Despelote” (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
“Lost Records: Bloom & Rage” (Don’t Nod Montreal/Don’t Nod)
“Wanderstop” (Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive)

Best Ongoing Game
WINNER: “No Man’s Sky” (Hello Games)
“Final Fantasy XIV” (Square Enix)
“Fortnite” (Epic Games)
“Helldivers 2” (Arrowhead Game Studios/SIE)
“Marvel Rivals” (NetEase Games)

Best Community Support
WINNER: “Baldur’s Gate 3”
“Final Fantasy XIV”
“Fortnite”
“Helldivers 2”
“No Man’s Sky”

Best Independent Game
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Absolum” (Guard Crush Games/Supamonks/Dotemu)
“Ball x Pit” (Kenny Sun/Devolver Digital)
“Blue Prince” (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
“Hades II” (Supergiant Games)
“Hollow Knight: Silksong” (Team Cherry)

Best Debut Indie Game
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Blue Prince” (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
“Despelote” (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)
“Dispatch” (AdHoc Studio)
“Megabonk” (Vedinad)

Best Mobile Game
WINNER: “Umamusume: Pretty Derby” (Cygames Inc.)
“Destiny: Rising” (NetEase Games)
“Persona 5: The Phantom X” (Black Wings Game Studio/Sega)
“Sonic Rumble” (Rovio Entertainment/Sega)
“Wuthering Waves” (Kuro Games)

Best VR/AR Game
WINNER: “The Midnight Walk” (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)
“Alien: Rogue Incursion” (Survios)
“Arken Age” (VitruviusVR)
“Ghost Town” (Fireproof Games)
“Marvel’s Deadpool VR” (Twisted Pixel Games/Oculus Studios)

Best Action Game
WINNER: “Hades II” (Supergiant Games)
“Battlefield 6” (Battlefield Studios/EA)
“Doom: The Dark Ages” (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
“Ninja Gaiden 4” (Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios)
“Shinobi: Art of Vengeance” (Lizardcube/Sega)

Best Action/Adventure Game
WINNER: “Hollow Knight: Silksong” (Team Cherry)
“Death Stranding 2: On the Beach” (Kojima Productions/SIE)
“Ghost of Yōtei” (Sucker Punch Productions/SIE)
“Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” (MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks)
“Split Fiction” (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best RPG
WINNER: “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Avowed” (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
“Kingdom Come: Deliverance II” (Warhorse Studios/Deep SIlver)
“The Outer Worlds 2” (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
“Monster Hunter Wilds” (Capcom)

Best Fighting Game
WINNER: “Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves” (SNK Corporation)
“2XKO” (Riot Games)
“Capcom Fighting Collection 2” (Capcom)
“Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection” (Digital Eclipse/Atari)
“Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage” (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Best Family Game
WINNER: “Donkey Kong Bananza” (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
“LEGO Party!” (SMG Studio/Fictions)
“LEGO Voyagers” (Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)
“Mario Kart World” (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
“Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” (Sonic Team/Sega)
“Split Fiction” (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Sim/Strategy Game
WINNER: “FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles” (Square Enix)
“The Alters” (11 Bit Studios)
“Jurassic World Evolution 3” (Frontier Developments)
“Sid Meier’s Civilization VII” (Firaxis Games/2K)
“Tempest Rising” (Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms)
“Two Point Museum” (Two Point Studios/Sega)

Best Sports/Racing Game
WINNER: “Mario Kart World” (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
“EA Sports FC 26” (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
“F1 25” (Codemasters/EA)
“Rematch” (Sloclap/Kepler Interactive)
“Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds” (Sonic Team/Sega)

Best Multiplayer Game
WINNER: “Arc Raiders” (Embark Studios)
“Battlefield 6” (Electronic Arts)
“Elden Ring Nightreign” (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
“Peak” (Aggro Crab/Landfall)
“Split Fiction” (Hazelight/EA)

Best Adaptation
WINNER: “The Last of Us: Season 2” (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
“A Minecraft Movie” (Legendary Pictures/Mojang/Warner Bros)
“Devil May Cry” (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)
“Splinter Cell: Deathwatch” (FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)
“Until Dawn” (Screen Gems/PlayStation Productions)

Most Anticipated Game
WINNER: “Grand Theft Auto VI” (Rockstar Games)
“007 First Light” (IO Interactive)
“Marvel’s Wolverine” (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
“Resident Evil Requiem” (Capcom)
“The Witcher IV” (CD Projekt Red)

Best Esports Game
WINNER: “Counter-Strike 2” (Valve)
“DOTA 2” (Valve)
“League of Legends” (Riot)
“Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” (Moonton)
“Valorant” (Riot)

Players’ Voice
WINNER: “Wuthering Waves” (Kuro Games)
“Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
“Dispatch” (AdHoc Studio)
“Genshin Impact” (miHoYo)
“Hollow Knight: Silksong” (Team Cherry)

Best Esports Team
WINNER: “Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2
“Gen.G – League of Legends
“NRG – Valorant
“Team Falcons – DOTA 2
“Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang