Dec 12, 2025 3 min read

The Game Awards 2025 Winners List: Clair Obscur Just Made History

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just broke The Game Awards record with nine wins, including Game of the Year. Here’s every 2025 category, all nominees, and each winner in bold, plus what it means for gamers in the UAE.

The Game Awards 2025: Every Winner and Nominee Listed

The lights have dimmed at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, the acceptance speeches have wrapped, and the confetti has finally settled. The Game Awards 2025, hosted by Geoff Keighley, has officially concluded, closing out an extraordinary year in interactive entertainment.

Broadcast to a record-breaking global audience, building on the momentum that saw The Game Awards 2024 reach 154 million livestreams, this year’s ceremony was a celebration of ambition, creativity, and the growing cultural weight of video games.

But one title dominated the night, the headlines, and the history books.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine awards at The Game Awards 2025, including Game of the Year, breaking The Last of Us Part II's previous record of seven
No other game picked up more than one award on the night
Player voting went a different way, with Wuthering Waves taking the Player's Voice award

Clair Obscur’s record-breaking night

In a show filled with industry heavyweights, it was a relatively new studio that delivered the most decisive victory the awards have ever seen.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut RPG from Sandfall Interactive and publisher Kepler Interactive, walked away with a staggering nine awards. That shatters the previous record of seven wins held by The Last of Us Part II.

The game’s success spanned nearly every major creative category, including:

Game of the Year
Best Game Direction
Best Narrative
Best Art Direction
Best Score and Music
Best RPG

On top of that, Jennifer English won Best Performance, cementing Clair Obscur as one of the most complete creative sweeps the show has ever seen.

The achievement is even more striking given that the game entered the night with a record-setting 13 nominations. Its Belle Époque-inspired world, emotionally driven story, and refined turn-based combat proved that bold new IPs can still dominate in a market crowded with sequels and reboots.

What the 2025 results say about the industry

Beyond a single runaway winner, the 2025 results reveal a few clear trends shaping the industry.

Indie and “indie-adjacent” games are no longer outsiders

While Clair Obscur was the night’s biggest story, other critically acclaimed titles proved that smaller teams can stand toe-to-toe with major publishers.

Hollow Knight: Silksong won Best Action/Adventure Game, while Hades II took home Best Action Game. Both titles reinforce how player expectations have shifted toward depth, identity, and long-term engagement rather than pure spectacle.

Long-term support still matters

The awards also highlighted how sustained post-launch commitment is being rewarded.

Baldur’s Gate 3 earned Best Community Support, recognising Larian Studios’ transparency and continued updates. Meanwhile, No Man’s Sky won Best Ongoing Game, extending one of gaming’s most remarkable redemption arcs.

Players and critics don’t always agree, and that’s healthy

The fan-voted Players’ Voice Award went to Wuthering Waves, showing that community passion and critical consensus don’t always overlap. The result reflects a healthier, more diverse ecosystem where different types of games can thrive simultaneously.

For more coverage like this, you can find our latest updates in Tbreak’s gaming section and ongoing Game Awards coverage.

Full list of The Game Awards 2025 winners and nominees

Below is the complete list of winners and nominees from The Game Awards 2025. Winners are shown in bold.

Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Split Fiction

Best Narrative

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

Lorien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong
Darren Korb – Hades II
Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yōtei
Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell – Death Stranding 2

Best Audio Design

Battlefield 6
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2
Ghost of Yōtei
Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2
Dota 2
League of Legends
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Valorant

Best Adaptation

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

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Mufaddal Fakhruddin — I’ve been reviewing tech and games long enough to remember when bezels were acceptable and day-one patches weren’t mandatory. Still here, still writing, still waiting for Valve to release the damn Half Life 3.