The Game Awards 2025 winners list – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes history as it takes home 9 awards, including Game of the Year

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  • Here's a round-up of every winner at The Game Awards 2025
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes history by securing nine awards out of 12 nominations
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also took home Game of the Year 2025

The Game Awards 2025 took place last night, and it was one for the books.

The night was filled with plenty of game announcements and world premiere trailers to get excited for, but it was the main ceremony that stunned everyone with Sandfall Interactive's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which was nominated in 12 categories, making history by taking home nine awards in total.

The game dominated the show and was up against some other big hits, including Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Hades 2, and Hollow Knight: Silksong.

In case you missed the show, we're here to round up every single winner from this year's ceremony.

The Game Awards 2025 - Winners

GAME OF THE YEAR

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Hades 2
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

BEST GAME DIRECTION

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades 2
  • Split Fiction

BEST NARRATIVE

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  • Silent Hill f

BEST ART DIRECTION

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades 2
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

BEST SCORE AND MUSIC

  • Christopher Larkin, Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Darren Korb, Hades 2
  • Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Toma Otowa, Ghost of Yōtei
  • Woodkid and 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, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Charlie Cox, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Erika Ishii, Ghost of Yōtei
  • Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Konatsu Kato, Silent Hill f
  • Troy Baker, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

INNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITY

  • Assassin’s Creed Shadows
  • Atomfall
  • Doom: The Dark Ages (WINNER)
  • EA Sports FC 26
  • South of Midnight

GAMES FOR IMPACT

  • Consume Me
  • Despelote
  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
  • South of Midnight (WINNER)
  • Wanderstop

BEST ONGOING 

  • Final Fantasy 14
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • Marvel Rivals
  • No Man’s Sky (WINNER)
  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (WINNER)
  • Final Fantasy 14
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • No Man’s Sky

BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

  • Absolum
  • Ball x Pit
  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Hades 2
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

BEST DEBUT INDIE GAME

  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
  • Despelote
  • Dispatch
  • Megabonk

BEST MOBILE GAME

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

BEST VR/AR 

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

BEST ACTION

  • Battlefield 6
  • Doom: The Dark Ages
  • Hades 2 (WINNER)
  • Ninja Gaiden 4
  • Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE

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

BEST RPG

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

BEST FIGHTING

  • 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

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

BEST SIM/STRATEGY

  • The Alters
  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles (WINNER)
  • Jurassic World Evolution 3
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization 7
  • Tempest Rising
  • Two Point Museum

BEST SPORTS/RACING

  • 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 ADAPTATION

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

MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

  • 007 First Light
  • Grand Theft Auto 6 (WINNER)
  • Marvel’s Wolverine
  • Resident Evil Requiem
  • The Witcher 4

CONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEAR 

  • Caedrel
  • Kai Cenat
  • MoistCr1TiKaL (WINNER)
  • Sakura Miko
  • The Burnt Peanut

BEST ESPORTS GAME

  • Counter-Strike 2 (WINNER)
  • DOTA 2
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant

BEST ESPORTS ATHLETE

  • brawk - Brock Somerhalder (Valorant)
  • Chovy - Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends) (WINNER)
  • f0rsakeN - Jason Susanto (Valorant)
  • Kakeru - Kakeru Watanabe (Street Fighter)
  • MenaRD - Saul Leonardo (Street Fighter)
  • Zyw0o - Mathieu Herbaut (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 (WINNER)

PLAYER'S CHOICE

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Dispatch
  • Genshin Impact
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Wuthering Waves (WINNER)
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Demi is a freelance games journalist for TechRadar Gaming. She's been a games writer for five years and has written for outlets such as GameSpot, NME, and GamesRadar, covering news, features, and reviews. Outside of writing, she plays a lot of RPGs and talks far too much about Star Wars on X.

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