Game Awards 2025 – These Are The Winners!

The Game Awards 2025 sent a strong signal towards the gaming industry on December 12. Indie studios were able to celebrate major successes while the big publishers took a back seat. If you couldn’t be there, we’ve prepared a list of the winners for you. Of course, we at EarlyGame have also put together all the new reveals from the livestream for you!

The Game of the Year 2025

Many had already predicted this result, and now it’s official: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is GOTY. Sandfall Interactive has set a new benchmark with this, one that some of the big players in the industry should definitely take notes from.

The following games were also nominated:

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Here Are All The Winners Of The Game Awards 2025:

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Split Fiction

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

• Hollow Knight: Silksong - Christopher Larkin
• Hades 2 - Darren Korb
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Lorien Testard
• Ghost of Yotei - Toma Otowa
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

• Erika Ishii - Atsu / Ghost of Yotei
• Charlie Cox - Gustave / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Jennifer English - Maelle / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Ben Starr - Verso / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Troy Baker - Indiana Jones / Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Kotatsu Kato - Hinako / Silent Hill f

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26
• South of Midnight

Games for Impact

• Wanderstop
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• Despelote
• Consume Me
• South of Midnight

Best Ongoing Game

• No Man’s Sky
• Fortnite
• Marvel Rivals
• Final Fantasy 14
• Helldivers 2

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy 14
• No Man’s Sky
• Helldivers 2
• Fortnite

Best Indie Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Absolum
• Blue Prince
• Ball x Pit
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hades 2

Best Indie Debut

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Blue Prince
• Despelote
• Dispatch

Best Mobile Game

• Wuthering Waves
• Persona 5 The Phantom X
• Destiny: Rising
• Sonic Rumble
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Best VR/AR Game

• The Midnight Walk
• Marvel Deadpool VR
• Alien: Rogue Invasion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town

Best Action Game

• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Hades 2
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages

Best Action-Adventure Game

• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Split Fiction
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Role-Playing Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Avowed
• The Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting Game

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• 2XKO
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart World
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• LEGO Voyagers
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• LEGO Party
• Split Fiction

Best Strategy/Simulation Game

• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Civilization 7
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Tempest Rising
• The Alters
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Mario Kart World
• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Rematch

Best Multiplayer Game

• Elden Ring: Nightreign
• Battlefield 6
• PEAK
• ARC Raiders
• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

• Devil May Cry
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
• The Last of Us Season 2
• Until Dawn
• A Minecraft Movie

Most Wanted 2026

• 007: First Light
• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Resident Evil: Requiem
• The Witcher 4
• Marvel’s Wolverine

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCritikal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang
• Valorant

Best eSports Athlete

• Brawk
• Chovy
• F0rsaken
• Kakeru
• Menard
• Zywoo

Best eSports Team

• Gen.G
• NRG
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid PH
• Team Vitality

It was definitely an exciting year, and we hope you’re just as excited about the next one as we are!

What do you think about the win of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33? Do you agree with the winners? Let us know in the comments!