Which games took top honors at the 2025 Game Awards? Categories and results explored

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes home 9 wins at the Game Awards! Explore all the winners from the night

posted by Janvi Kapur
Friday 12/12/2025 at 7:27AM EST

Curtains of the 2025 Game Awards, dubbed as the 'Oscars' of the gaming world, have been drawn. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, developed by Sandfall Interactive, emerged as the biggest awardee of the night, including winning the 'Game of the Year Award.' The show was hosted by Geoff Keighley, with multiple announcements about game releases and new trailers.

Some reveals included, Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Leon S. Kennedy’s return for Resident Evil: Requiem; Tomb Raider: Catalyst announced for 2027 and Tomb Raider 1: Reimagining announced for 2026, the return of Mega Man: Dual Override was revealed by Capcom, a new Diablo 4 expansion that includes the Paladin class, and more, per IGN. We are looking at all the nominations and winners from the night.

All the Categories and Winners from the 2025 Game Awards

The Game Awards, held on December 11 in Los Angeles, awarded the best of the best in the gaming industry. The award function also revealed other launches, including RPG Divinity from Larian Studios, per BBC. The outlet reported that the cast of the new Street Fighter movie adaptation was also released in a trailer.

Here is a look at all the winners and categories from the night:

Category	Nominees	Winner
Game of the Year	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Donkey Kong Bananza Hades 2 Hollow Knight: Silksong Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Art Direction	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yōtei Hades 2 Hollow Knight: Silksong	Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Audio Design	Battlefield 6 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yōtei Silent Hill	Battlefield 6
Best Action	Hades 2 Battlefield 6 Doom: The Dark Ages Ninja Gaiden 4 Shinobi: Art of Vengeance	Hades 2
Best Action/Adventure Game	Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yōtei Hollow Knight: Silksong Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Split Fiction	Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Family Game	Donkey Kong Bananza Lego Party Lego Voyagers Mario Kart World Sonic Racing Crossworlds Split Fiction	Donkey Kong Bananza
Best Fighting Game	2XKO Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Virtua Fighter 5 REVO	Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Best Ongoing Game	No Man’s Sky Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail Fortnite Helldivers 2 Marvel Rivals	No Man’s Sky
Best Sports/Racing Game	EA Sports FC 26 F1 25 Mario Kart World Rematch Sonic Racing Crossworlds	Mario Kart World

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also won in the categories of Best RPG, Debut Indie Game, Best Score & Music, and Best Independent Game. There were other notable wins, including MoistCr1tikal taking away the Content Creator of the Year. The HBO series The Last Of Us (Season 2) was awarded the Best Adaptation.

The 2025 Game Awards became a night of appreciation but also new releases. The footage from the event has been released on their YouTube channel.

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