Full list of The Game Awards 2025 winners

The Game Awards 2025 is finally here, and this year’s lineup might be one of the most stacked in recent memory. From long-awaited AAA giants to breakout indie gems, 2025 delivered a wild mix of prestige storytelling and bold artistic swings. And tonight, all of that came together as the gaming industry crowned its biggest winners.

Here’s the full breakdown of every winner in each category at The Game Awards 2025.

We’ll be updating this article in real time as each winner is revealed.

All The Game Awards 2025 winners

Game of the Year

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Game Direction

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Narrative

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Art Direction

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Score and Music

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Audio Design

Winner:

Other nominees:

• Battlefield 6
• Silent Hill f
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Winner: Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Other nominees:

• Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
• Konatsu Kato (Silent Hill f)
• Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

Best Independent Game

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Other nominees:

• Absolum
• Ball x Pit
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Blue Prince

Best Mobile Game

Winner: Unamusume: Pretty Derby

Other nominees:

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Action Game

Winner: Hades 2

Other nominees:

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best RPG

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Fighting Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection
• Virtual Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

Winner: Donkey Kong Bananza

Other nominees:

• Lego Party!
• Lego Voyagers!
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Split Fiction

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Sid Meier’s Civilization 7
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Muesum

Best Sports/Racing Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Multiplayer Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Adaptation

Winner: The Last of Us: Season 2

Other nominees:

• A Minecraft Movie
• Devil May Cry
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
• Until Dawn

Most Anticipated Game

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Games for Impact

Winner: South of Midnight

Other nominees:

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• Wanderstop

Best Esports Game

Winner: Counter-Strike 2

Other nominees:

• Dota 2
  Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• League of Legends
• VALORANT

Best Esports Athlete

Winner: Chovy (League of Legends)

Other nominees:

• brawk (VALORANT)
• fOrsakeN (VALORANT)
• Kakeru (Street Fighter)
• MenaRD (Street Fighter)
• ZywOo (Counter Strike 2)

Best Esports Team

Winner: Team Vitality (Counter Strike 2)

Other nominees:

• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• NRG (VALORANT)
• Team Falcons (Dota 2)
• Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)

Best Community Support

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Best Content Creator

Winner:

Other nominees:

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

Innovation in Accessibility

Winner: Doom: The Dark Ages

Other nominees:

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• EA Sports FC 26
• South of Midnight