The Game Awards 2025 concluded with winners across major categories, spanning Game of the Year, craft awards, genre awards, and esports honors. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 led the winners’ list with multiple top awards.
The Game Awards 2025 winners
- Game of the Year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Game Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Adaptation: The Last of Us: Season 2
- Best Narrative: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Score And Music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Audio Design: Battlefield 6
- Best Performance: Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Innovation In Accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages
- Games for Impact: South of Midnight
- Best Ongoing Game: No Man’s Sky
- Best Community Support: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Best Independent Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Debut Indie Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: Umamusume: Pretty Derby
- Best VR/AR Game: The Midnight Walk
- Best Action Game: Hades II
- Best Action Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Best RPG: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Fighting Game: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza
- Best Sim/Strategy Game: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles
- Best Sports/Racing: Mario Kart World
- Best Multiplayer: Arc Raiders
- Most Anticipated Game: Grand Theft Auto VI
- Content Creator of the Year: MoistCr1TiKaL
- Best Esports Game: Counter‑Strike 2
- Best Esports Athlete: Chovy
- Best Esports Team: Team Vitality – Counter‑Strike 2
- Player’s Voice: Wuthering Waves
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood out across the top awards, taking Game of the Year and also winning Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. The results put it at the center of the 2025 winners list across both major and genre categories.
Several other categories highlighted specific strengths and communities. Battlefield 6 won Best Audio Design, while Jennifer English won Best Performance for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Doom: The Dark Ages won Innovation in Accessibility, and South of Midnight won Games for Impact. No Man’s Sky took Best Ongoing Game, and Baldur’s Gate 3 won Best Community Support.
The winners list also included genre and audience picks. Hades II won Best Action Game, Hollow Knight: Silksong won Best Action Adventure Game, and Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves won Best Fighting Game. Donkey Kong Bananza won Best Family Game, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles won Best Sim/Strategy, Mario Kart World won Best Sports/Racing, and Arc Raiders won Best Multiplayer. Grand Theft Auto VI won Most Anticipated Game, while Wuthering Waves won Player’s Voice.
In esports, Counter‑Strike 2 won Best Esports Game. Chovy won Best Esports Athlete, and Team Vitality – Counter‑Strike 2 won Best Esports Team. MoistCr1TiKaL won Content Creator of the Year.
