All categories and Winners for The Game Awards 2025
Game of the Year
Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Donkey Kong Bananza
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Hades 2
Best Game Direction
Awarded for outstanding creative vision and innovation in game direction and design.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Hades 2
Split Fiction
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yotei
Best Ongoing Game
Awarded to a game for outstanding development of ongoing content that evolves the player experience over time.
No Man's Sky - Winner
Fortnite
Marvel Rivals
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Helldrivers 2
Best Community Support
Recognizing a game for outstanding community support, transparency and responsiveness, inclusive of social media activity and game updates/patches.
Baldur's Gate 3 - Winner
Final Fantasy XIV Online
No Man's Sky
Helldrivers 2
Fortnite
Best Narrative
For outstanding storytelling and narrative development in a game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yotei
Silent Hill f
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Best Art Direction
For outstanding creative and/or technical achievement in artistic design and animation.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Ghost of Yotei
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score/Music
For outstanding music, inclusive of score, original song and/or licensed soundtrack.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Hades 2
Ghost of Yotei
Hollow Knight Silksong
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Audio Design
Recognizing the best in-game audio and sound design.
Battlefield 6 - Winner
Silent Hill f
Ghost of Yotei
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Performance
Awarded to an individual for voice-over acting, motion and/or performance capture.
Jennifer English as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Erika Ishii as Atsu – Ghost of Yotei
Charlie Cox as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Troy Baker as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Kotatsu Kato as Hinako – Silent Hill f
Ben Starr as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Games for Impact
For a thought-provoking game with a pro-social meaning or message.
South of Midnight - Winner
Wanderstop
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Despelote
Consume Me
Best Independent Game
For outstanding creative and technical achievement in a game made outside the traditional publisher system.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Absolum
Blue Prince
Ball x Pit
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hades 2
Best Debut Indie Game
For the best debut game created by a new independent studio.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Blue Prince
Despelote
Megabonk
Dispatch
Best Mobile Game
For the best game playable on a mobile device.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Winner
Wuthering Waves
Persona 5 The Phantom X
Destiny: Rising
Sonic Rumble
Best VR/AR Game
For the best game experience playable in virtual or augmented reality, irrespective of platform.
The Midnight Walk - Winner
Marvel Deadpool VR
Alien: Rogue Invasion
Arken Age
Ghost Town
Best Action Game
For the best game in the action genre focused primarily on combat.
Hades 2 - Winner
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Best Action/Adventure Game
For the best action/adventure game, combining combat with traversal and puzzle solving.
Hollow Knight: Silksong - Winner
Ghost of Yotei
Split Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Role-Playing Game
For the best game designed with rich player character customization and progression, including massively multiplayer experiences.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Winner
Monster Hunter Wilds
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Avowed
The Outer Worlds 2
Best Fighting Game
For the best game designed primarily around head-to-head combat.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves - Winner
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
2XKO
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
Best Family Game
For the best game appropriate for family play, irrespective of genre or platform.
Donkey Kong Bananza - Winner
Mario Kart World
LEGO Voyagers
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
LEGO Party!
Split Fiction
Best Simulation/Strategy Game
Best game focused on real time or turn-based simulation or strategy gameplay, irrespective of platform.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles - Winner
The Alters
Civilization VII
Jurassic World Evolution 3
Tempest Rising
Two Point Museum
Best Sports/Racing Game
For the best traditional and non-traditional sports and racing game.
Mario Kart World - Winner
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Rematch
Best Multiplayer Game
For outstanding online multiplayer gameplay and design, including co-op and massively multiplayer experiences, irrespective of game genre or platform.
ARC Raiders - Winner
Elden Ring: Nightreign
Battlefield 6
PEAK
Split Fiction
Best in Accessibility
Recognizing software and/or hardware that is pushing the medium forward by adding features, technology and content to help games be played and enjoyed by an even wider audience.
Doom: The Dark Ages - Winner
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Atomfall
EA Sports FC 26
South of Midnight
Best Adaptation
Recognizing outstanding creative work that faithfully and authentically adapts a video game to another entertainment medium.
The Last of Us Season 2 - Winner
Devil May Cry
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Until Dawn
A Minecraft Movie
Most Anticipated Game
Recognizing an announced game that has demonstrably illustrated potential to push the gaming medium forward.
Grand Theft Auto VI - Winner
007 First Light
Resident Evil: Requiem
The Witcher 4
Marvel’s Wolverine
Content Creator of the Year
For a streamer or content creator who has made an important and positive impact on the community in 2025.
MoistCritikal - Winner
Caedrel
Kai Cenat
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut
Best eSports Game
For the game that has delivered the best overall esports experience to players (inclusive of tournaments, community support and content updates), irrespective of genre or platform.
Counter Strike 2 - Winner
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends Bang Bang
Valorant
Best eSports Athlete
The esports athlete judged to be the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2025, irrespective of game.
Chovy - Winner
Brawk
F0rsaken
Kakeru
Menard
Zywoo
Best eSports Team
Recognizing a specific esports team (not the full organization) judged the most outstanding for performance and conduct in 2025.