2025 brought major game releases across all platforms alongside notable delays like GTA 6 moving to November 2026. The year saw blockbuster sequels, indie titles, and new IPs competing for recognition.
The Game Awards is an annual global ceremony that honors excellence in the video game industry, presented by Geoff Keighley. Each year, over a hundred games receive nominations across multiple categories, competing for recognition in areas ranging from Game of the Year to Best Art Direction, Audio Design, and Performance.
The ceremony has become one of gaming’s biggest events, combining awards recognition with major game announcements and world premieres. Developers, publishers, and players worldwide watch to see which titles receive industry validation for their creative and technical achievements.
In this article, we’ll explore all nominated games across different categories and reveal the winners who took home awards at the 2025 ceremony.
All Winners by Category
The 2025 Game Awards featured 30 categories, including the Players’ Voice award. Each category had at least four nominations competing for recognition across different aspects of game development and design.
Winners were determined through a combined voting process. Industry professionals, media outlets, and critics contributed 90% of the final vote, while public voting through the Game Awards website accounted for the remaining 10%.
Below are all winners organized by their respective categories, along with the other titles that received nominations.
1. Best Esports Team
- Gen.G
- NRG
- Team Falcons
- Team Liquid PH
- Team Vitality (Winner)
2. Best Esports Athlete
- Brawk – Brock Somerhalder | Valorant
- Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon | League of Legends (Winner)
- f0rsakeN – Jason Susanto | Valorant
- Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe | Streetfighter
- MenaRD – Saul Leonardo | Streetfighter
- Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut | Counter-Strike 2
3. Best Esports Game
- Counter-Strike 2 | Valve (Winner)
- Dota 2 | Valve
- Valorant | Riot Games
- League of Legends | Riot Games
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | Moonton
4. Content Creator of the Year
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCr1TiKaL (Winner)
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
5. Most Anticipated Game
- 007 First Light
- Grand Theft Auto VI (As usual, the winner)
- Marvel’s Wolverine
- Resident Evil Requiem
- The Witcher IV
6. Best Adaptation
- A Minecraft Movie
- Devil May Cry
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- The Last of Us: Season 2 (Winner)
- Until Dawn
7. Best Multiplayer
- ARC Raiders (Winner)
- Battlefield 6
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Peak
- Split Fiction
8. Best Sports / Racing
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Mario Kart World (Winner)
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
9. Best Sim / Strategy
- Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles (Winner)
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
- Tempest Rising
- The Alters
- Two Point Museum
10. Best Family
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Winner)
- Lego Party!
- Lego Voyagers
- Mario Kart World
- Sonic Racing: Crossworlds
- Split Fiction
11. Best Fighting
- 2XKO
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (Winner)
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
12. Best RPG
- Avowed
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- The Outer Wilds 2
13. Best Action / Adventure
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Winner)
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
14. Best Action Game
- Battlefield 6
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Hades II (Winner)
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
15. Best VR / AR
- Alien: Rogue Incursion
- Arken Age
- Ghost Town
- Marvel’s Deadpool VR
- The Midnight Walk (Winner)
16. Best Mobile Game
- Destiny: Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Winner)
- Wuthering Waves
17. Best Debut Indie Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Despelote
- Dispatch
18. Best Independent Game
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
19. Best Community Support
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Winner)
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldrivers 2
- No Man’s Sky
20. Best Ongoing
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Fortnite
- Helldivers 2
- Marvel Rivals
- No Man’s Sky (Winner)
21. Games for Impact
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- South of Midnight (Winner)
- Wanderstop
22. Innovation in Accessibility
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- DOOM: The Dark Ages (Winner)
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
23. Best Performance
- Ben Starr | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Charlie Cox | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jennifer English | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Erika Ishii | Ghost of Yōtei
- Konatsu Kato | Silent Hill f
- Troy Baker | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
24. Best Audio Design
- Battlefield 6 (Winner)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Silent Hill f
25. Best Score and Music
- Christopher Larkin | Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Darren Korb | Hades II
- Lorien Testard | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Toma Otowa | Ghost of Yōtei
- Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
26. Best Art Direction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
27. Best Narrative
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Silent Hill f
28. Best Game Direction
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
29. Players’ Voice
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Genshin Impact
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Wuthering Waves (Winner)
30. Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Winner)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Final Words
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated the 2025 Game Awards with 9 wins, the most in the show’s history. The French indie RPG swept nearly every category it was nominated for, taking home Game of the Year, Best RPG, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Game Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Performance, Best Debut Indie Game, and Best Independent Game.
The ceremony showcased strong competition across all categories, with standout wins from Hollow Knight: Silksong in Best Action/Adventure, Hades II in Best Action Game, and Battlefield 6 in Best Audio Design. Wuthering Waves secured the Players’ Voice award, while Baldur’s Gate 3 won Best Community Support for its continued post-launch development.