All The Game Awards 2025 Nominees And Categories

Key Highlights

• Leading the pack is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — it earned a record‑breaking 12 nominations, the most in the history of The Game Awards. Gematsu+1
• Other top‑nominated games include Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, all vying for big awards including Game of the Year. GameRant+2www.ndtv.com+2

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📋 Full List of Categories & Nominees (Selected — Key & Genre Awards)

Here are many of the major categories and their nominees this year. (Not all minor or technical categories are listed, but the big ones are covered.)

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Gematsu
• Donkey Kong Bananza Gematsu+1
• Hades II Gematsu+1
• Hollow Knight: Silksong Gematsu+1
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Gematsu+1

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Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Gematsu
• Ghost of Yōtei GameRant+1
• Hades II GameRant+1
• Split Fiction Gematsu+1

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Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 GameRant+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach GameRant+1
• Ghost of Yōtei GameRant+1
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II GameRant+1
• Silent Hill f NME+1

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Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Gematsu+1
• Ghost of Yōtei GameRant+1
• Hades II Gematsu+1
• Hollow Knight: Silksong Gematsu+1

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Best Score & Music

• Hollow Knight: Silksong GameRant+1
• Hades II GameRant+1
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Ghost of Yōtei Gematsu+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Gematsu+1

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Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 NME+1
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 NME+1
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach NME+1
• Ghost of Yōtei NME+1
• Silent Hill f NME+1

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Best Action Game

• Battlefield 6 gamerurge.com+1
• DOOM: The Dark Ages gamerurge.com+1
• Hades II gamerurge.com+1
• Ninja Gaiden 4 gamerurge.com+1
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance gamerurge.com+1

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Best Action / Adventure

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach GameRant+1
• Ghost of Yōtei GameRant+1
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle GameRant+1
• Hollow Knight: Silksong Gematsu+1
• Split Fiction Gematsu+1

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Best Role‑Playing Game

• Avowed Gematsu+1
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Gematsu+1
• Monster Hunter Wilds gamerurge.com+1

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Best Independent Game

• Absolum Gematsu+1
• BALL x PIT Gematsu+1
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Hades II Gematsu+1
• Hollow Knight: Silksong Gematsu+1

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Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince Gematsu+1
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• despelote Gematsu+1
• Dispatch Gematsu+1
• (Note: Some earlier mention included “Megabonk” but that was removed per jury decision.) Variety+1

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Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising gamerurge.com+1
• Persona 5: The Phantom X Gematsu+1
• Sonic Rumble gamerurge.com+1
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby gamerurge.com+1
• Wuthering Waves Gematsu+1

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Best VR / AR Game

• Alien: Rogue Incursion gamerurge.com+1
• Arken Age gamerurge.com+1
• Ghost Town gamerurge.com+1
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR gamerurge.com+1
• The Midnight Walk gamerurge.com+1

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Best Multiplayer Game

• Arc Raiders Gematsu+1
• Battlefield 6 Gematsu+1
• Elden Ring: Nightreign Gematsu+1
• Peak Gematsu+1
• Split Fiction Gematsu+1

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Best Ongoing Game

• Fortnite The Gamer+1
• Helldivers 2 The Gamer+1
• Final Fantasy XIV The Gamer+1
• No Man’s Sky The Gamer+1
• Marvel Rivals The Gamer+1

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Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate III Insider Gaming
• Final Fantasy XIV The Gamer+1
• Fortnite The Gamer+1
• Helldivers 2 The Gamer+1
• No Man’s Sky The Gamer+1

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Best Performance (Actors / Voice)

• Jennifer English — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 NME+1
• Ben Starr — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Kotaku+1
• Charlie Cox — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Gematsu+1
• Erika Ishii — Ghost of Yōtei NME+1
• Troy Baker — Indiana Jones and the Great Circle The Gamer+1
• Konatsu Kato — Silent Hill f NME+1

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📌 What This Means — Some Observations

• With 12 nominations, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the biggest frontrunner — a strong sign it might walk away with multiple awards. Gematsu+1
• The variety of categories — from indie games and mobile titles to VR, multiplayer, community support, and esports — shows a broad effort to cover all corners of the video‑game ecosystem in 2025.
• Some categories (like Best VR/AR Game, Best Mobile Game, Best Multiplayer, Best Ongoing Game, etc.) highlight that games beyond “traditional AAA” are being recognised this year.