The Game Awards, the gaming industry's equivalent of the Oscars, will return on December 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. Who will take home the coveted Game of the Year award? Which titles will be honored? Find out the full list of this year's winners.
The most anticipated annual event for gaming fans is finally here: the Game Awards, the awards ceremony honoring the best video games of 2025 across around thirty categories. For this latest edition, Canadian journalist and host Geoff Keighley returns once again to lead the event. He has announced they will host the ceremony on the night of December 11 to 12, 2025, streaming live online. Fans can watch the event live on Twitch and YouTube.
In 2024, the standout game was Astro Bot who took home the title of Game of the Year. Several other titles, such as Balastro and Metaphor: Refantazio, also made waves across different categories. This year, a French game broke through and topped the charts... Here are the winners of the 2025 edition.
The French have every reason to celebrate: the game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took home nine awards, including the coveted Game of the Year, out of its 13 nominations! A major achievement for the French studio Sandfall Interactive.
The Game Awards are also an opportunity for video game studios to unveil their next titles, new trailers or release dates, sometimes creating some nice surprises! But what we're all really looking forward to, of course, is discovering the voting results, and finding out who the winners are, the best games of the year that we can add to our Santa list. In our sights, the GOTY (Game of the Year), of course, which will undoubtedly see its sales soar before the holidays.
It's also an opportunity for gamers to get an idea of the best games currently available to ask for for Christmas or to put under the tree. All you have to do is make your choice... Get your controllers ready!
Winners of the 2025 Game Awards:
Game of the Year (GOTY)
Best direction :
Best narration :
- 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 Announced
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best soundtrack :
- 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 of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Silent Hill f
Best Performance:
- Ben Starr (Clair Obscur Expedition 33)
- Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur Expedition 33)
- Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
- Jennifer English (Clair Obscur Expedition 33): Winner
- Konatsu Kato (Silent Hill f)
Most impactful game :
Best evolving game :
Best independent game :
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Winner
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best mobile game :
- Destiny: Rising
- Persona 5: The Phantom X
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Winner
- Wuthering Waves
Best community support :
Innovation in accessibility :
Best VR / AR game :
Best action game :
Best action-adventure game :
Best RPG :
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 :
Best simulation/strategy game :
- The Alters
- FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles: Winner
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Hospital
Best sports/racing game :
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Mario Kart World: Champion
- Rematch
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Best multiplayer game :
Content creator of the year :
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCr1TiKaL: Champion
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
Best first independent game :
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Winner
- Despelote
- Dispatch
Best adaptation :
Most anticipated game :
Best e-sport game :
- Counter-Strike 2: Champion
- DOTA 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best professional e-sport player :
- brawk
- Chovy: Champion
- f0rsakeN
- Kakeru
- MenaRD
- Zyw0o
Best e-sport team :
- Gen.G – League of Legends
- NRG – Valorant
- Team Falcons – DOTA 2
- Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
- Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2: Champions
Best game voted by players (Player's Voice)
Do you like these results? Have they inspired you to try out some of these games? During the ceremony, a number of other games were also announced - find out more here!
