The Game Awards 2025: Full List of Nominees

We are now at the tail-end of the year, which means it’s time to look back at the great games that was released in 2025. This year’s The Game Awards just announced their nominations for each of their categories for their December 11show and it went down as I was expecting with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 taking a whopping 12 nominations across 10 categories.

Game of the Year

Nominees

• 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)

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios / Deep Silver)

Best Game Direction

Nominees

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Hades II

• Split Fiction

Best Narrative

Nominees

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Nominees

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

Nominees

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Audio Design

Nominees

• Battlefield 6

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Nominees

• Benn Star – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yotei

• Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Konatsu Kato – Silent Hill f

• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Innovation in Accessibility

Nominees

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows

• Atomfall

• DOOM: The Dark Ages

• EA Sports FC 26

• South of Midnight

Games for Impact

Nominees

• Consume Me

• despelote

• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

• South of Midnight

• Wanderstop

Best Ongoing Game

Nominees

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Helldivers II

• Marvel Rivals

• No Man’s Sky

Best Community Support

Nominees

• Baldur’s Gate III

• Final Fantasy XIV

• Fortnite

• Helldivers II

• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

Nominees

• Absolum

• BALL x PIT

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

Nominees

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• despelote

• Dispatch

• Megabonk

Best Mobile Game

Nominees

• Destiny: Rising

• Persona 5: The Phantom X

• Sonic Rumble

• Umamusume: Pretty Derby

• Wuthering Waves

Best VR / AR

Nominees

• Alien: Rogue Incursion

• Arken Age

• Ghost Town

• Marvel’s Deadpool VR

• The Midnight Walk

Best Action Game

Nominees

• Battlefield 6

• DOOM: The Dark Ages

• Hades II

• NINJA GAIDEN 4

• SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

Best Action / Adventure

Nominees

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Ghost of Yotei

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Split Fiction

Best Role-Playing

Nominees

• Avowed

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• Monster Hunter Wilds

• The Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting

Nominees

• 2XKO

• Capcom Fighting Collection 2

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

• Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

Nominees

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• LEGO Party!

• LEGO Voyagers

• Mario Kart World

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

• Split Fiction

Best Simulation / Strategy

Nominees

• The Alters

• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

• Jurassic World Evolution 3

• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII

• Tempest Rising

• Two Point Museum

Best Sports / Racing

Nominees

• EA Sports FC 26

• F1 25

• Mario Kart World

• REMATCH

• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

Nominees

• ARC Raiders

• Battlefield 6

• Elden Ring Nightreign

• PEAK

• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

Nominees

• A Minecraft Movie

• Devil May Cry

• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

• The Last of Us Season 2

• Until Dawn

Most Anticipated Game

Nominees

• 007 First Light

• Grand Theft Auto VI

• Marvel’s Wolverine

• Resident Evil Requiem

• The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

Nominees

• Caedrel

• Kai Cenat

• MoistCr1TiKaL

• Sakura Miko

• The Burnt Peanut

Best eSports Game

Nominees

• Counter-Strike 2

• DOTA 2

• League of Legends

• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

• VALORANT

Best eSports Athlete

Nominees

• brawk – 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 Team

Nominees

• Gen.G (League of Legends)

• NRG (VALORANT)

• Team Falcons (DOTA 2)

• Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)

• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)

This list of nominations was based of selected global jury of more than 150 media publications and creator outlets.

The Game Awards 2025 user votes are now live in all categories, as voting ends on December 10 at 6 PM PT/ 9 PM ET / 10 AM PHT.

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About the Author - Carlos Hernandez

Carlos Hernandez is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Too Much Gaming, where he writes about video games, reviews, and industry news. A lifelong gamer, he would do anything to experience Final Fantasy Tactics for the first time again and has a love/hate relationship with games that require hunting for new gear to improve your character.