The nominees for The Game Awards 2025 have been revealed.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is up for 12 awards, making it the most nominated game in the awards’ history, followed by PlayStation titles Death Stranding 2: On the Beach and Ghost of Yotei with eight nominations each, and Hades 2 with six.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is The Game Awards’ most nominated publisher in 2024 with 19 nominations, followed by Kepler Interactive with 13 nominations, and Microsoft and Electronic Arts with 10 each.
The nominees for Game of the Year are Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive), Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment), Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo), Hades II (Supergiant Games), Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry), and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver).
The nominees were announced by host and producer Geoff Keighley during a live stream on Monday, and were chosen by a voting jury of media publications, including this website, VGC.
There are 27 awards up for grabs in total (see the full list of nominees below), with the winners set to be determined by a blended vote between the voting jury (90%) and public fan voting (10%).
From today until December 10 at 6 pm PT, fans can vote for their winners in all categories via online voting on www.thegameawards.com.
The Game Awards will stream live from its traditional venue of the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
The Game Awards 2025 NominationsGAME OF THE YEARClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Hades II (Supergiant Games)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)BEST GAME DIRECTIONClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Hades II (Supergiant Games)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)BEST NARRATIVEClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment/KONAMI)BEST ART DIRECTIONClair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Hades II (Supergiant Games)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)BEST SCORE AND MUSIC, LEVELED UP BY SPOTIFYChristopher Larkin, Hollow Knight: SilksongDarren Korb, Hades IILorien Testard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Toma Otowa, Ghost of YōteiWoodkid and Ludvig Forssell, Death Stranding 2: On The BeachBEST AUDIO DESIGNBattlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment/KONAMI)BEST PERFORMANCEBen Starr, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Charlie Cox, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Erika Ishii, Ghost of YōteiJennifer English, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Konatsu Kato, Silent Hill fTroy Baker, Indiana Jones and the Great CircleINNOVATION IN ACCESSIBILITYGAMES FOR IMPACTConsume Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)Despelote (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don’t Nod Montreal/Don’t Nod)South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)Wanderstop (Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive)BEST ONGOINGBEST COMMUNITY SUPPORTBaldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)Fortnite (Epic Games)Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)BEST INDEPENDENT GAMEAbsolum (Guard Crush Games/Supamonks/Dotemu)Ball x Pit (Kenny Sun/Devolver Digital)Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Hades II (Supergiant Games)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)BEST DEBUT INDIE GAMEBlue Prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)Despelote (Julián Cordero/Sebastián Valbuena/Panic)Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)Megabonk (Vedinad)BEST MOBILE GAMEBEST VR/ARAlien: Rogue Incursion (Survios)Arken Age (VitruviusVR)Ghost Town (Fireproof Games)Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Twisted Pixel Games/Oculus Studios)The Midnight Walk (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)BEST ACTIONBEST ACTION/ADVENTUREDeath Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks)Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)BEST RPGBEST FIGHTINGBEST FAMILYDonkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)LEGO Party! (SMG Studio/Fictions)LEGO Voyagers (Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios/EA)BEST SIM/STRATEGYBEST SPORTS/RACINGEA Sports FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)F1 25 (Codemasters/EA)Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)Rematch (Sloclap/Kepler Interactive)Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)BEST MULTIPLAYERBEST ADAPTATIONA Minecraft Movie (Legendary Pictures/Mojang/Warner Bros)Devil May Cry (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)Until Dawn (Screen Gems/PlayStation Productions)MOST ANTICIPATED GAMECONTENT CREATOR OF THE YEARCaedrelKai CenatMoistCr1TiKaLSakura MikoThe Burnt PeanutBEST ESPORTS GAMEBEST ESPORTS ATHLETEbrawk – Brock Somerhalder (Valorant)Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon (League of Legends)f0rsakeN – Jason Susanto (Valorant)Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe (Street Fighter)MenaRD – Saul Leonardo (Street Fighter)Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbaut (Counter-Strike 2)BEST ESPORTS TEAMGen.G – League of LegendsNRG – ValorantTeam Falcons – DOTA 2Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang BangTeam Vitality – Counter-Strike 2