All The Game Awards Winners 2025

The ballot boxes have been officially closed, and now it’s Showtime. The Game Awards are finally here, and gamers of all kinds watch as their favorite titles duke it out for their nominations. With 30 categories and 30 winners, it’s a lot of recognition to keep track of. In case you’ve missed the showcase, here are all of The Game Awards Winners for 2025.

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (SHAW!) – Team Cherry
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Ghost of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Split Fiction – Hazelight Studios/EA

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• 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

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Ghost of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong  – Team Cherry

Best Score and Music

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Lorien Testard
• 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 Audio Design

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Ghost of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Battlefield 6 – Battlefield Studios/EA
• Silent Hill F – NeoBards Entertainment/Konami

Best Performance

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Ben Starr
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Charlie Cox
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Jennifer English
• Ghost of Yōtei -Erika Ishii
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Troy Baker
• Silent Hill F – Konatsu Kato

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows – Ubisoft
• Atomfall – Rebellion
• Doom: The Dark Ages – Id Software/Bethesda Softworks
• EA Sports FC 26 – EA Canada/EA Romania/EA
• South of Midnight – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

Games for Impact

• South of Midnight – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
• Consume Me – Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable
• Wanderstop – Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive
• Despelote – Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic

Best Ongoing

• Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
• Fortnite – Epic Games
• Helldivers 2 – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Marvel Rivals – NetEase Games
• No Man’s Sky – Hello Games

Best Community Support

• Fortnite – Epic Games
• No Man’s Sky – Hello Games
• Helldivers 2 – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Final Fantasy XIV – Square Enix
• Baldur’s Gate 3 – Larian Studios

Best Independent Game

• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong  – Team Cherry
• 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

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Despelote – Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic
• Dispatch – AdHoc Studio

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising – NetEase Games
• Persona 5: The Phantom X – Black Wings Game Studio/Sega
• Sonic Rumble – Rovio Entertainment/Sega
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Cygames Inc
• Wuthering Waves – Kuro Games

Best VR / AR

• Alien: Rogue Incursion – Survios
• Arken Age – VitruviusVR
• Ghost Town – Fireproof Games
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR – Twisted Pixel Games/Oculus Studios
• The Midnight Walk – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games

Best Action Game

• Battlefield 6 – Battlefield Studios/EA
• Doom: The Dark Ages – Id Software/Bethesda Softworks
• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Ninja Gaiden 4 – Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance – Lizardcube/Sega

Best Action / Adventure

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Ghost of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Hades II – Supergiant Games
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks

Best RPG

• Avowed – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
• Monster Hunter Wilds – Capcom
• The Outer Worlds 2 – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios

Best Fighting

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

Best Family

• 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

• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles – Square Enix
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 – Frontier Developments
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII – Firaxis Games/2K
• Tempest Rising – Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms
• The Alters – 11 Bit Studios
• Two Point Museum – Two Point Studios/Sega

Best Sports / Racing

• Mario Kart World – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Sonic Team/Sega
• Rematch – Sloclap/Kepler Interactive
• F1 25 – Codemasters/EA
• EA Sports FC 26 – EA Canada/EA Romania/EA

Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders – Embark Studios
• Battlefield 6 – Battlefield Studios/EA
• Elden Ring Nightreign – FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment
• Split Fiction – Hazelight Studios/EA
• Peak – Aggro Crab/Landfall

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto VI – Rockstar Games
• Marvel’s Wolverine – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Resident Evil Requiem – Capcom
• 007 First Light – IO Interactive
• The Witcher IV – CD Projekt Red

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Sakura Miko
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL
• THE BURNT PEANUT

Best Esports Game

• Valorant – Riot
• Counter-Strike 2 – Valve
• DOTA 2 – Valve
• League of Legends – Riot
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang – Moonton

Best Esports Athlete

• brawk – Brock Somerhalder – Valorant
• Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon – League of Legends
• 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

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