Game Awards 2025: Game of The Year, Best Adaptation and all the winners this year

The Game Awards have now become one of the most celebrated awards in gaming industry . It’s the night every gamer across the world pauses, buckles up, and is glued at their screens. What started as a niche celebration has now turned into a global cultural moment where millions tune in, whether they have played every nominated title or not. Developers call it a career milestone, studios use it as a launchpad, and players treat it like a yearly festival that decides which games will be talked about for years.

This year felt even bigger. The industry is in a strange place, balancing breathtaking innovation with harsh realities like layoffs, delays, and shifting trends. Yet nights like these remind us why people stay, why they create, and why players continue to show up. A single great game can still move the world. And nothing captured that energy more than the 2025 ceremony, which delivered unexpected wins, emotional reunions, some chaotic moments, and a very clear message – players want bold ideas, bravery, weirdness, craft, and heart in the games they play.

Game Awards 2025: All winners

This year, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the story of the night and got more than 7 awards. Now, without further ado, let’s take a look at the winners from The Game Awards 2025.

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 Adaptation

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

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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (WINNER)
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hades II
Ghost of Yōtei
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 (Expedition 33) (WINNER)
Ben Starr (Expedition 33)
Charlie Cox (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
The Outer Worlds 2
Monster Hunter Wilds

Best Fighting Game

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (WINNER)
2XKO
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

Donkey Kong Bananza (WINNER)
LEGO Party
LEGO Voyagers
Mario Kart World
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Split Fiction

Best Sports/Racing Game

Mario Kart World (WINNER)
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Rematch
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer Game

Arc Raiders (WINNER)
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction

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

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