The Game Award 2025 nominees have been revealed. 2025 has been a solid year for gaming as a whole with games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 which surprised everyone by being a good game in this day and age. Indie games have also been going strong with Hades 2 getting a full release and one of the most anticipated game Hollow Knight: Silksong which broke steam for a couple of hours after its launch. The game awards not only include game of the year but multiple other categories. Read below to find out the entire list of game award 2025 nominees

Game Of The Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 
• Hades 2 
• Hollow Knight: Silksong 
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Donkey Kong Bananza 
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Game Direction 

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2 
• Split Fiction
• Ghost of Yotei
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Adaptation 

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

Best Art Direction 

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2 
• Hollow Knight: Silksong 

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Silent Hill f

Best Score And Music 

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2 
• Hollow Knight: Silksong 

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Silent Hill f

Best Performance 

• Ben Starr
• Charlie Cox
• Erika Ishii
• Jennifer English
• Konastu Kato
• Troy Baker

Innovation in Accessibility 

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26
• South of Midnight

Games For Impact 

• Consume Me 
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom And Rage
• Wanderstorp
• South Of Midnight

Best Ongoing Game 

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

Best Community Support 

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

Best Independent Game 

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

Best Debut Indie Game 

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Blue Prince
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• Megabonk

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR Game 

• Alien: Rogue Incursion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk

Best Action Game 

• Battlefield 6
• Hades 2 
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance
• Doom: The Dark Ages

Best Action Adventure Game 

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Ghost Of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Spilt Fiction

Best RPG 

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• The Outer Worlds 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Avowed

Best Fighting Game 

• 2XKO
• Mortal Komabt: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2

Best Family Game 

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• LEGO Party!
• LEGO Voyagers
• Split Fiction
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
• Mario Kart World

Best Sim/ Strategy Game 

• Final Fantasy Tactics- The Ivalice Chronicles 
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII
• Tempest Rising 
• Two Point Museum 
• Jurassic World Evolution 3

Best Sports/ Racing Game 

• EA Sports FC26
• F1 25
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Most Anticipated Game

• GTA VI
• Witcher IV
• 007 First Light
• Marvel’s Wolverine 
• Resident Evil Requiem 

Content Creator Of The Year

• Cardrel 
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1Tikal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game 

• Counter-Strike 2 
• Valorant
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
• DOTA 2
• League Of Legends

Best Esports Athlete 

• Brawk
• Karkeru
• MenaRD
• f0rsakeN
• Chovy
• Zyw0o

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G
• NRG
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid PH
• Team Vitality