The Game Awards 2025 wrapped up at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles with a night full of surprises, emotional wins, and a clear message: this was the year of bold experimentation. From sweeping victories for the surreal, painterly Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to highly competitive categories across RPG, action, and indie games, the ceremony delivered one of the most unpredictable lineups in recent years.

Below is the complete winners list, rewritten in PopcornRealm’s signature clear, human, recap-friendly style.

🏆 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 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

• Lorien Testard — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — WINNER
• Christopher Larkin — Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb — Hades II
• Toma Otowa — Ghost of Yōtei
• Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell — 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

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

♿ Innovation in Accessibility

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

❤️ Games for Impact

• South of Midnight — WINNER
• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
• Wanderstop

🌍 Best Ongoing Game

• No Man’s Sky — WINNER
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals

👥 Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3 — WINNER
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

🕹️ Best Independent Game

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

🌱 Best Debut Indie Game

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — WINNER
• Blue Prince
• Despelote
• Dispatch

📱 Best Mobile Game

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

🕶️ Best VR/AR Game

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

⚔️ Best Action Game

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

🎒 Best Action/Adventure Game

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

🧙 Best RPG

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

🥊 Best Fighting Game

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

👨‍👩‍👧 Best Family Game

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

🧠 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

🏎️ Best Sports/Racing

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

👥 Best Multiplayer

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

🎬 Best Adaptation

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

🔮 Most Anticipated Game

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

🌟 Content Creator of the Year

• MoistCr1TiKaL — WINNER
• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• 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**

• Chovy (Jeong Ji-Hoon) — WINNER
• Brawk
• f0rsakeN
• Kakeru
• MenaRD
• ZywOo

🏅 Best Esports Team**

• Team Vitality — WINNER
• Gen.G
• NRG
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid PH

⭐ Players’ Voice Award

• Wuthering Waves — WINNER