
The Game Awards 2025: All Winners List

The TGA 2025 winners were revealed on December 11, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The ceremony presented awards across 29 jury-voted categories, alongside a separate Players’ Voice vote. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 entered the show as the most-nominated game, setting a record with 12 nominations. By the end of the night, it converted that lead into nine wins.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Is Game Of The Year 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year and finished as the most awarded title among the TGA 2025 winners. Its victories extended across major categories, including Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. As the awards progressed, its repeated appearances on stage made the final Game of the Year result feel inevitable.
The ceremony followed a brisk format, alternating awards with TGA 2025 game announcements from the Peacock Theater stage in Los Angeles. Awards were handed out across all jury categories, while Players’ Voice ran independently through a public voting bracket that concluded later in the show.

TGA 2025 Winner In Every Nomination
Below is the complete list of award categories, nominees, and winners presented during The Game Awards 2025.
| Nomination | Contenders | Winner |
| Game of the Year | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Donkey Kong Bananza; Hades II; Hollow Knight: Silksong; Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Game Direction | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Ghost of Yōtei; Hades II; Split Fiction | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Narrative | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Ghost of Yōtei; Kingdom Come: Deliverance II; Silent Hill f | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Art Direction | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Ghost of Yōtei; Hades II; Hollow Knight: Silksong | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Score and Music | Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight: Silksong); Darren Korb (Hades II); Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33); Toma Otowa (Ghost of Yōtei); Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell (Death Stranding 2) | Lorien Testard (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) |
| Best Audio Design | Battlefield 6; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Ghost of Yōtei; Silent Hill f | Battlefield 6 |
| 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); Konatsu Kato (Silent Hill f); Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle) | Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) |
| Innovation in Accessibility | Assassin’s Creed Shadows; Atomfall; Doom: The Dark Ages; EA Sports FC 26; South of Midnight | Doom: The Dark Ages |
| Games for Impact | Consume Me; Despelote; Lost Records: Bloom & Rage; South of Midnight; Wanderstop | South of Midnight |
| Best Ongoing | Final Fantasy XIV; Fortnite; Helldivers 2; Marvel Rivals; No Man’s Sky | No Man’s Sky |
| Best Community Support | Baldur’s Gate 3; Final Fantasy XIV; Fortnite; Helldivers 2; No Man’s Sky | Baldur’s Gate 3 |
| Best Independent Game | Absolum; Ball x Pit; Blue Prince; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Hades II; Hollow Knight: Silksong | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Debut Indie Game | Blue Prince; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Despelote; Dispatch | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Mobile Game | Destiny: Rising; Persona 5: The Phantom X; Sonic Rumble; Umamusume: Pretty Derby; Wuthering Waves | Umamusume: Pretty Derby |
| Best VR/AR | Alien: Rogue Incursion; Arken Age; Ghost Town; Marvel’s Deadpool VR; The Midnight Walk | The Midnight Walk |
| Best Action Game | Battlefield 6; Doom: The Dark Ages; Hades II; Ninja Gaiden 4; Shinobi: Art of Vengeance | Hades II |
| Best Action/Adventure | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach; Ghost of Yōtei; Hollow Knight: Silksong; Indiana Jones and the Great Circle; Split Fiction | Hollow Knight: Silksong |
| Best RPG | Avowed; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Kingdom Come: Deliverance II; Monster Hunter Wilds; The Outer Worlds 2 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 |
| Best Fighting | 2XKO; Capcom Fighting Collection 2; Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves; Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection; Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage | Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves |
| Best Family | Donkey Kong Bananza; Lego Party!; Lego Voyagers; Mario Kart World; Sonic Racing: Crossworlds; Split Fiction | Donkey Kong Bananza |
| Best Sim/Strategy | Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles; Jurassic World Evolution 3; Sid Meier’s Civilization VII; Tempest Rising; The Alters; Two Point Museum | Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles |
| Best Sports/Racing | EA Sports FC 26; F1 25; Mario Kart World; Rematch; Sonic Racing: Crossworlds | Mario Kart World |
| Best Multiplayer | Arc Raiders; Battlefield 6; Elden Ring Nightreign; Peak; Split Fiction | Arc Raiders |
| Best Adaptation | A Minecraft Movie; Devil May Cry; Splinter Cell: Deathwatch; The Last of Us: Season 2; Until Dawn | The Last of Us: Season 2 |
| Most Anticipated Game | 007 First Light; Grand Theft Auto VI; Marvel’s Wolverine; Resident Evil Requiem; The Witcher IV | Grand Theft Auto VI |
| Content Creator of the Year | Caedrel; Kai Cenat; MoistCr1TiKaL; Sakura Miko; The Burnt Peanut | MoistCr1TiKaL |
| Best Esports Game | Counter-Strike 2; Dota 2; League of Legends; Mobile Legends: Bang Bang; Valorant | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Best Esports Athlete | Brawk (Brock Somerhalder); Chovy (Jeong Ji-Hoon); f0rsakeN (Jason Susanto); Kakeru (Kakeru Watanabe); MenaRD (Saul Leonardo); ZywOo (Mathieu Herbaut) | Chovy |
| Best Esports Team | Gen.G; NRG; Team Falcons; Team Liquid PH; Team Vitality | Team Vitality |
| Players’ Voice | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; Dispatch; Genshin Impact; Hollow Knight: Silksong; Wuthering Waves | Wuthering Waves |
Players’ Voice results were tracked separately from the jury-voted categories through a public voting bracket.

How Many Titles Did Expedition 33 Win at TGA 2025?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine awards at The Game Awards 2025. Those wins were Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. It ended the ceremony as both the most-awarded game and the clear centerpiece of the night.

The Divinity – Biggest Game Awards 2025 Announcement
Larian Studios revealed Divinity as its next major project, marking a return to its long-running fantasy universe following Baldur’s Gate 3. The announcement arrived with a pre-rendered cinematic focused on a ritual burning that spirals into violent supernatural chaos, without showing gameplay. On stage, Geoff Keighley described it as Larian’s biggest game to date, with reporting reinforcing that it is planned to exceed the scale of Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian positioned the project as accessible to newcomers while maintaining continuity for players familiar with the Original Sin games. No release window or release date was announced.

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