The Game Awards 2025: Full Winners List

Status Update (Dec 11, 2025): The curtain has fallen on this year’s ceremony, and the final results are in. In an unprecedented sweep, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 emerged as the evening’s titan, securing the Game of the Year title alongside eight other accolades. This historic performance marks the highest number of wins for a single title in the event’s history. Our comprehensive breakdown of the winners continues below.

2025 proved to be a transformative year for the gaming landscape, and The Game Awards served as the definitive gala to honor that creative momentum. Orchestrated by Geoff Keighley—and featuring a whimsical appearance by a duo of Muppets—the night was a high-octane mix of world-class musical scores, celebrity cameos, and a relentless stream of highly anticipated trailers.

Whether you missed the live broadcast or simply want to revisit the highlights, we have compiled the full list of victors. From the technical triumphs to the ultimate Game of the Year reveal, here is the complete record of the night’s achievements.

The 2025 Award Winners

Game of the Year

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

Best Narrative

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score & Music

• Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb – Hades II
• Lorien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expédition 33 – WINNER
• Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yōtei
• Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell – Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
• Despelote
• Dispatch

Games For Impact

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Blooom & Rage
• South of Midnight – WINNER
• Wanderstop

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Role-Playing Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles – WINNER
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Mario Kart World – WINNER
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

• ARC Raiders – WINNER
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man’s Sky – WINNER

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk – WINNER

Best Mobile Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Doom: The Dark Ages – WINNER
• EA Sports FC 25
• South of Midnight

Best Adaptation

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

Best Esports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 – WINNER
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

• Brawk
• Chovy – WINNER
• Forsaken
• Kakeru
• Menard
• Zywoo

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) – WINNER

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL – WINNER
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated Game

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

Player’s Voice

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

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