Winners of The 2025 Game Awards Announced

Winners of The 2025 Game Awards have been announced.

Founded in 2014 by Geoff Keighley, The Game Awards recognizes and upholds creative and technical excellence in the global video game industry.

The winners were announced at a ceremony on December 11 2025.

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
  

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Score and Music

• Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios / EA)

Best Performance

• Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Innovation in Accessibility

• Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)

The Game Awards' Games for Impact

• South Of Midnight (Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios)

Best Ongoing Game

• No Man Sky (Hello Games)

Best Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Best Independent Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)
  

Best Debut Indie Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Mobile Game

• Umamsume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc)

Best VR/AR Game

• The Midnight Walk (MoonHood / Fast Travel Games)

Best Action Game

• Hades II (Supergiant Games)

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best RPG

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive)

Best Fighting Game

• Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves (SNK Corporation)

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)

Best Sports / Racing Game

• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)

Best Multiplayer Game

• ARC Raiders (Embark Studios)

Best Adaptation

• The Last Of Us: Season 2 (HBO / Playstation Productions)

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games)

Content Creator Of The Year

• Moistkr1tikal

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)

Best eSports Athlete

• Chovy - Jeong Ji-Hoon (League Of Legends)

Best eSports Team

• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)

Player's Voice

• Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)