The Game Awards 2025 Winners – Full List | “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” Wins GOTY

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the coveted Game of the Year title at this year’s The Game Awards, but that wasn’t the only trophy it scored at this year’s show. The dark fantasy game also won awards for Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Independent Game, Debut Indie Game, Best RPG, Best Art Direction, Best Performance (Jennifer English), and Best Score & Music, walking away with a total of nine trophies, and receiving more wins than any of this year’s other nominees.

Still, plenty of games got their flowers at this year’s ceremony. Arc Raiders took home Best Multiplayer, Mario Kart World snagged the win for Best Sports/Racing game, and Baldur’s Gate 3 won Best Community Support. The three-hour show also featured some surprises, including a debut trailer for Control Resident, a look at Leon Kennedy’s role in Resident Evil Requiem, an unforgettable Street Fighter movie cast announcement, and a new Mega Man game announcement.

The complete list of winners from The Game Awards 2025 can be found below.

Game of the Year

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Audio Design

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

Best Game Direction

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Narrative

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

Best Performance

• WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Jennifer English
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Ben Starr
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Charlie Cox
• Ghost of Yōtei – Erika Ishii
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Troy Baker
• Silent Hill f – Konatsu Kato

Best Score & Music

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

Best Action

• WINNER: Hades 2
• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Family Game

• WINNER: Donkey Kong Bananza
• Lego Party
• Lego Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• Split Fiction

Best Fighting Game

• WINNER: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO

Best Independent Game

• WINNER: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Absolum
• Ball X Pit
• Blue Prince
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best RPG

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

• WINNER: Mario Kart World
• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds