It’s that time of the year again, when gamers around the world hit pause for a few hours to hear what Geoff Keighley and the TGA voting jury have to say. As with previous years, The Game Awards 2025 nominees were stacked, featuring massively popular releases like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Silent Hill f.
Here are the nominees and winners of each category. Winners will be updated in real-time as they’re announced.
Game of the Year
Winner:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Best Game Direction
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades 2
- Split Fiction
Best Narrative
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Silent Hill f
Best Art Direction
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score and Music
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Audio Design
Winner: Battlefield 6
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Silent Hill f
Best Performance
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Jennifer English
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Jennifer English
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Ben Starr
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Charlie Cox
- Ghost of Yōtei – Erika Ishii
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Troy Baker
- Silent Hill f – Konatsu Kato
Innovation in Accessibility
Winner: Doom: The Dark Ages
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Games for Impact
Winner: South of Midnight
- Consume Me
- despelote
- Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
- South of Midnight
- Wanderstop
Best Ongoing Game
Winner: No Man’s Sky
- Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- Marvel Rivals
- No Man’s Sky
Best Community Support
Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- No Man’s Sky
Best Independent Game
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Debut Indie Game
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- despelote
- Dispatch
- Megabonk
Best Mobile Game
Winner: Umamusume: Pretty Derby
- Destiny Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
- Wuthering Waves
Best VR/AR Game
Winner: The Midnight Walk
- Alien: Rogue Incursion
- Arken Age
- Deadpool VR
- Ghost Town
- The Midnight Walk
Best Action Game
Winner: Hades 2
- Battlefield 6
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Hades 2
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Best Action/Adventure Game
Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
Best RPG
Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Avowed
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Worlds 2
Best Fighting Game
Winner: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- 2XKO
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 REVO
Best Family Game
Winner: Donkey Kong Bananza
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Lego Party
- Lego Voyagers
- Mario Kart World
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
- Split Fiction
Best Sim/Strategy Game
Winner: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Civilization 7
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- The Alters
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Museum
Best Sports/Racing Game
Winner: Mario Kart World
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Mario Kart World
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
Best Multiplayer Game
Winner: Arc Raiders
- Arc Raiders
- Battlefield 6
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- Peak
- Split Fiction
Best Adaptation
Winner: The Last of Us season 2
- A Minecraft Movie
- Devil May Cry
- Splinter Cell Deathwatch
- The Last of Us season 2
- Until Dawn
Most Anticipated Game
Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI
- 007 First Light
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Marvel’s Wolverine
- Resident Evil Requiem
- The Witcher 4
Content Creator of the Year
Winner: MoistCr1tikal
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCr1tikal
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
Best Esports Game
Winner:
- Counter-Strike 2
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
Winner: Chovy
- Brawk
- Chovy
- Forsaken
- Kakeru
- Menard
- Zywoo
Best Esports Team
Winner: Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
- Gen.G (League of Legends)
- NRG (Valorant)
- Team Falcons (Dota 2)
- Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends Bang Bang)
- Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
