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The Game Awards 2025: Complete Results & All Winners

December 12, 2025
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Event Information

Date: December 12, 2025

Host: Geoff Keighley

Categories: 30

Status: Completed

The Game Awards 2025 celebrated gaming's biggest achievements on December 12, 2025. Hosted by Geoff Keighley, the ceremony honored excellence across 30 categories spanning game development, esports, and content creation. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated the night, winning Game of the Year along with six other major awards.

Major Winners

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made history with its incredible sweep, winning Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best RPG. The game also earned Jennifer English the Best Performance award and Lorien Testard the Best Score and Music award.

Content Creator Highlight

MoistCr1TiKaL won Content Creator of the Year, beating out nominees Caedrel, Kai Cenat, Sakura Miko, and The Burnt Peanut. This prestigious award recognizes creators who have made significant contributions to gaming content and community engagement throughout 2025.

Esports Awards

In the esports categories, Counter-Strike 2 won Best Esports Game, Chovy (Jeong Ji-Hoon) took home Best Esports Athlete, and Team Vitality was crowned Best eSports Team.

Other Notable Winners

Hades II won Best Action Game, Hollow Knight: Silksong earned Best Action/Adventure, and Baldur's Gate 3 continued its success with Best Community Support. Grand Theft Auto VI won Most Anticipated Game, while The Last of Us: Season 2 took Best Adaptation.

Complete Results - All 30 Categories

Below are all the winners from The Game Awards 2025 ceremony:

Game of the Year
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Best Game Direction
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades II
  • Split Fiction
Best Narrative
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Silent Hill f
Best Art Direction
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score and Music
Winner

Winner: Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Christopher Larkin, Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Darren Korb, Hades II
  • Lorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Toma Otowa, Ghost of Yōtei
  • Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best Audio Design
Winner

Winner: Battlefield 6

Nominees:

  • Battlefield 6
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Silent Hill f
Best Performance
Winner

Winner: Jennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • 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
Innovation in Accessibility
Winner

Winner: Doom: The Dark Ages

Nominees:

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

Winner: South of Midnight

Nominees:

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

Winner: No Man's Sky

Nominees:

  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • Marvel Rivals
  • No Man's Sky
Best Community Support
Winner

Winner: Baldur's Gate 3

Nominees:

  • Baldur's Gate 3
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • No Man's Sky
Best Independent Game
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Absolum
  • Ball x Pit
  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Debut Indie Game
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Despelote
  • Dispatch
Best Mobile Game
Winner

Winner: Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Nominees:

  • Destiny: Rising
  • Persona 5: The Phantom X
  • Sonic Rumble
  • Umamusume: Pretty Derby
  • Wuthering Waves
Best VR/AR
Winner

Winner: The Midnight Walk

Nominees:

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion
  • Arken Age
  • Ghost Town
  • Marvel's Deadpool VR
  • The Midnight Walk
Best Action Game
Winner

Winner: Hades II

Nominees:

  • Battlefield 6
  • Doom: The Dark Ages
  • Hades II
  • Ninja Gaiden 4
  • Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Best Action/Adventure
Winner

Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong

Nominees:

  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Split Fiction
Best RPG
Winner

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Nominees:

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

Winner: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Nominees:

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

Winner: Donkey Kong Bananza

Nominees:

  • Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Lego Party!
  • Lego Voyagers
  • Mario Kart World
  • Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
  • Split Fiction
Best Sim/Strategy
Winner

Winner: Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles

Nominees:

  • Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
  • Jurassic World Evolution 3
  • Sid Meier's Civilization VII
  • Tempest Rising
  • The Alters
  • Two Point Museum
Best Sports/Racing
Winner

Winner: Mario Kart World

Nominees:

  • EA Sports FC 26
  • F1 25
  • Mario Kart World
  • Rematch
  • Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
Best Multiplayer
Winner

Winner: Arc Raiders

Nominees:

  • Arc Raiders
  • Battlefield 6
  • Elden Ring Nightreign
  • Peak
  • Split Fiction
Best Adaptation
Winner

Winner: The Last of Us: Season 2

Nominees:

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

Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI

Nominees:

  • 007 First Light
  • Grand Theft Auto VI
  • Marvel's Wolverine
  • Resident Evil Requiem
  • The Witcher IV
Content Creator of the Year
Winner

Winner: MoistCr1TiKaL

Nominees:

  • Caedrel
  • Kai Cenat
  • MoistCr1TiKaL
  • Sakura Miko
  • The Burnt Peanut
Best Esports Game
Winner

Winner: Counter-Strike 2

Nominees:

  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Dota 2
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
  • Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
Winner

Winner: Chovy (Jeong Ji-Hoon)

Nominees:

  • Brawk (Brock Somerhalder)
  • Chovy (Jeong Ji-Hoon)
  • f0rsakeN (Jason Susanto)
  • Kakeru (Kakeru Watanabe)
  • MenaRD (Saul Leonardo)
  • ZywOo (Mathieu Herbaut)
Best eSports Team
Winner

Winner: Team Vitality

Nominees:

  • Gen.G
  • NRG
  • Team Falcons
  • Team Liquid PH
  • Team Vitality
Players' Voice
Winner

Winner: Wuthering Waves

Nominees:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Dispatch
  • Genshin Impact
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Wuthering Waves
Congratulations to All Winners!

The Game Awards 2025 celebrated another incredible year of gaming innovation, storytelling, and community. Congratulations to all nominees and winners across 30 categories!

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