Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominated The Game Awards last night, achieving nine wins including Game of the Year.
Sandfall Interactive’s turn-based RPG was nominated for 12 awards, winning Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction, with the game’s composer Lorien Testard taking home the award for Best Score and Music.
Clair Obscur also won Best Independent and Best Indie Debut alongside Best RPG and Best Performance for Jennifer English’s portrayal of Maelle.
Supergiant Games’ Hades 2 was awarded Best Action Game, while Team Cherry’s Hollow Knight: Silksong won Best Action/Adventure Game.
Nintendo received two accolades, with Donkey Kong Bananza winning Best Family Game and Mario Kart World winning Best Sports/Racing Game.
Elsewhere, Compulsion Games’ South of Midnight won Games for Impact, Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky won Best Ongoing Game, Cygames Inc.’s Umamusume: Pretty Derby won Best Mobile Game, and Embark Studios’ Arc Raiders won Best Multiplayer.
There were some major announcements during last night’s ceremony, including a new Divinity game from Larian Studios, a sequel to 2019’s Control (titled Control: Resonant) from Remedy Entertainment, and two new Tomb Raider games from Crystal Dynamics.
There was also a deeper look at Resident Evil: Requiem from Capcom, two upcoming Star Wars games from Arcanaut Studios and Fuse Games, and the return of Mega Man.
You can read our full roundup of the announcements here.
Here are the full list of winners for The Game Awards 2025:
- Game of the Year: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Best Game Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Narrative: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Art Direction: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Score and Music: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Composer Lorien Testard
- Best Audio Design: Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
- Best Performance: Jennifer English – Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Innovation in Accessibility: Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Games for Impact: South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
- Best Ongoing Game: No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Best Community Support: Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
- Best Independent Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Debut Indie Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Mobile Game: Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)
- Best VR/AR: The Midnight Walk (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)
- Best Action Game: Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
- Best Action/Adventure Game: Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
- Best RPG: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Best Fighting: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (SNK Corporation)
- Best Family Game: Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Best Sim/Strategy: Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles (Square Enix)
- Best Sports/Racing: Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Best Multiplayer: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
- Best Adaptation: The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
- Most Anticipated Game: Grand Theft Auto 6 (Rockstar Games)
- Content Creator of the Year: Charles “MoistCr1TiKaL” White Jr.
- Players’ Voice: Wuthering Waves (Kuro Games)
- Best Esports Game: Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
- Best Esports Athlete: Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon (League of Legends)
- Best Esports Team: Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)
