The Game Awards 2025 — Full Winners & Nominees

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated the night with a historic sweep of 9 awards, including Game of the Year.

Below is every award from The Game Awards 2025, with all nominees listed and the winners clearly in bold for maximum readability.

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Split Fiction

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score & Music

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

• Jennifer English — Maelle (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Ben Starr — Verso (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Charlie Cox — Gustave (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii — Atsu (Ghost of Yōtei)
• Troy Baker — Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)
• Konatsu Kato — Hinako Shimizu (Silent Hill f)

Best Independent Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Absolum
• Ball x Pit
• Blue Prince
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Blue Prince
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• Megabonk

Best RPG

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Avowed
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• The Outer Worlds 2

Best Action Game

• Hades II
• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure

• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Split Fiction

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• LEGO Party!
• LEGO Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Split Fiction

Best Fighting Game

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.

Best Mobile Game

• Umamusume: Pretty Derby
• Destiny: Rising
• Persona 5: The Phantom X
• Sonic Rumble
• Wuthering Waves

Best Multiplayer Game

• Arc Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring: Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

• The Last of Us: Season 2
• A Minecraft Movie
• Devil May Cry
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
• Until Dawn

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
• Age of Wonders 5
• Cities: New Horizons
• Football Manager 2026
• Planetary Command

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Mario Kart World
• EA Sports FC 27
• Forza Horizon 6
• Gran Turismo 8
• Riders Republic 2

Best VR/AR Game

• The Midnight Walk
• CyberSphere VR
• Echoes Beyond
• Mythos Quest VR
• Synth Riders 2

Innovation in Accessibility

• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Helldivers II
• Peak
• South of Midnight

Games for Impact

• South of Midnight
• Clear Skies
• I Am Hope
• Lost Echoes
• The Last Light

Players’ Voice

• Wuthering Waves
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dispatch
• Genshin Impact
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto VI
• 007 First Light
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

• MoistCr1tikal
• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Compiled from The Game Awards 2025 official results • December 11, 2025