The Game Awards 2025. See the winners

The great gaming epilogue of 2025 commences on December 11, 2025. Let’s take a look at the list of games nominated for The Game Awards this year! The fight is going to be quite fierce, considering how many great titles compete against each other.

UPDATE 12.12.25. You can see all the winners below. And the mysterious monument turned out to be a teaser for the upcoming Larian game, The Hellstone.

• Who will win? 
• Where can I watch The Game Awards 2025?
• Complete list of The Game Awards 2025 nominees

Who will win? 

This year’s awards are shaping up to be a fascinating contest, thanks to the fantastic range of titles released in 2025. The biggest contenders include Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Hades II. Which one of these titles will snatch the main award? You can have a real influence by voting!

You can cast your votes here. 

Where can I watch The Game Awards 2025?

The announcement of the winners will take place at the Peacock Theater, Los Angeles, on December 11, 2025. The event will be streamed live on many major platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Steam, Prime Video, and more. 

Complete list of The Game Awards 2025 nominees

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

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – winner
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – winner
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – winner
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score And Music

• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hades II
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – winner
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

• Ben Starr (Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Charlie Cox (Gustave, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii (Atsu, Ghost of Yōtei)
• Jennifer English (Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) – winner
• Konatsu Kato (Hinako Shimizu, Silent Hill f)
• Troy Baker (Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

Innovation In Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man’s Sky – winner

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3 – winner
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – winner
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• Megabonk (the game’s developer withdrew the game)

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk – winner

Best Action Game

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

Best Action Adventure Game

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

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

• 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

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles – winner
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing

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

Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders – winner
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light
• Grand Theft Auto VI – winner
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKaL – winner
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

• brawk
• Chovy – winner
• f0rsakeN
• Kakeru
• MenaRD
• Zyw0o

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G – League of Legends
• NRG – Valorant
• Team Falcons – DOTA 2
• Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2 – winner