The Game Awards 2025
Held in 2025 · 23 categories · everything in 2025
Game of the Year
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Donkey Kong Bananza · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
- Nominee Kingdom Come: Deliverance II · Warhorse Studios
Best Game Direction
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Split Fiction · Hazelight Studios
Best Narrative
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Kingdom Come: Deliverance II · Warhorse Studios
- Nominee Silent Hill f · NeoBards Entertainment
Best Art Direction
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
Best Score and Music
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
Best Audio Design
- Winner Battlefield 6 · Criterion Games, DICE, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect Studios
- Nominee Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Silent Hill f · NeoBards Entertainment
Best Performance
- Winner Jennifer English · Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Nominee Ben Starr · Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Nominee Charlie Cox · Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Nominee Erika Ishii · Ghost of Yōtei
- Nominee Troy Baker · Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Nominee Konatsu Kato · Silent Hill f
Games for Impact
- Winner South of Midnight · Compulsion Games
- Nominee Consume Me
- Nominee Lost Records: Bloom & Rage · Don't Nod Montréal
- Nominee Wanderstop
- Nominee despelote
Best Independent Game
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Absolum · DotEmu, Guard Crush Games, Supamonks
- Nominee Ball x Pit
- Nominee Blue Prince · Dogubomb
- Nominee Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
Best Debut Indie Game
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Blue Prince · Dogubomb
- Nominee Dispatch · AdHoc Studio
- Nominee Megabonk
- Nominee despelote
Best Mobile Game
- Winner Umamusume: Pretty Derby · Cygames
- Nominee Destiny: Rising · NetEase Games
- Nominee Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Nominee Sonic Rumble
- Nominee Wuthering Waves · Kuro Games
Best VR/AR Game
- Winner The Midnight Walk
- Nominee Alien: Rogue Incursion · Survios
- Nominee Arken Age
- Nominee Deadpool VR · Twisted Pixel Games
- Nominee Ghost Town · Fireproof Studios
Best Action Game
- Winner Hades II · Supergiant Games
- Nominee Battlefield 6 · Criterion Games, DICE, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect Studios
- Nominee Doom: The Dark Ages · id Software
- Nominee Ninja Gaiden 4 · PlatinumGames, Team Ninja
- Nominee Shinobi: Art of Vengeance · Lizardcube
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Winner Hollow Knight: Silksong · Team Cherry
- Nominee Death Stranding 2: On the Beach · Kojima Productions
- Nominee Ghost of Yōtei · Sucker Punch Productions
- Nominee Indiana Jones and the Great Circle · MachineGames
- Nominee Split Fiction · Hazelight Studios
Best Role Playing Game
- Winner Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 · Sandfall Interactive
- Nominee Avowed · Obsidian Entertainment
- Nominee Kingdom Come: Deliverance II · Warhorse Studios
- Nominee Monster Hunter Wilds · Capcom
- Nominee The Outer Worlds 2 · Obsidian Entertainment
Best Fighting Game
- Winner Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves · SNK
- Nominee 2XKO · Riot Games
- Nominee Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Nominee Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection · Digital Eclipse
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. · Ryu ga Gotoku Studio
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown · Sega AM2
Best Family Game
- Winner Donkey Kong Bananza · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee LEGO Voyagers · Light Brick Studio
- Nominee Lego Party · SMG Studio
- Nominee Mario Kart World · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds · Sonic Team
- Nominee Split Fiction · Hazelight Studios
Best Sim/Strategy Game
- Winner Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles · Square
- Nominee Civilization VII · Firaxis Games
- Nominee Jurassic World Evolution 3 · Frontier Developments
- Nominee Tempest Rising · Slipgate Ironworks
- Nominee The Alters · 11 Bit Studios
- Nominee Two Point Museum · Two Point Studios
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Winner Mario Kart World · Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee EA Sports FC 26 · EA Vancouver
- Nominee F1 25
- Nominee Rematch · Sloclap
- Nominee Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds · Sonic Team
Best Multiplayer Game
- Winner ARC Raiders · Embark Studios
- Nominee Battlefield 6 · Criterion Games, DICE, Motive Studio, Ripple Effect Studios
- Nominee Elden Ring Nightreign · FromSoftware
- Nominee Peak · Aggro Crab, Landfall Games
- Nominee Split Fiction · Hazelight Studios
Innovation in Accessibility
- Winner Doom: The Dark Ages · id Software
- Nominee Assassin's Creed Shadows · Ubisoft Quebec
- Nominee Atomfall · Rebellion Developments
- Nominee EA Sports FC 26 · EA Vancouver
- Nominee South of Midnight · Compulsion Games
Best Ongoing Game
- Winner No Man's Sky · Hello Games
- Nominee Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn · Square Enix
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee Helldivers 2 · Arrowhead Game Studios
- Nominee Marvel Rivals · NetEase Games
Best Community Support
- Winner Baldur's Gate 3 · Larian Studios
- Nominee Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail · Square Enix
- Nominee Fortnite · Epic Games
- Nominee Helldivers 2 · Arrowhead Game Studios
- Nominee No Man's Sky · Hello Games