News The Game Awards 2025 Nominees Announced (1 Viewer)

[centen]

Source: https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-2025-nominees-list-game-of-the-year/

Spoiler: Complete list

Game of the Year

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Audio Design

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

Best Game Direction

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

Best Multiplayer

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

Best Narrative

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

Best Performance

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Jennifer English
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Ben Starr
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Charlie Cox
• Ghost of Yōtei - Erika Ishii
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Troy Baker
• Silent Hill f - Konatsu Kato

Best Score & Music

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

Best Action

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Family Game

• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Lego Party
• Lego Voyagers
• Mario Kart World
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• Split Fiction

Best Fighting Game

• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO

Best Independent Game

• Absolum
• Ball X Pit
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man's Sky

Best RPG

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds

Best Strategy/Sim Game

• Civilization 7
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• The Alters
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Adaptation

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

Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man's Sky

Debut Indie Game

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

Games for Impact

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
• South of Midnight
• Wanderstop

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

• Brawk
• Chovy
• Forsaken
• Kakeru
• Menard
• Zywoo

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G (League of Legends)
• NRG (Valorant)
• Team Falcons (Dota 2)
• Team Liquid PH (Mobile Legends Bang Bang)
• Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2)

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1tikal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light
• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Marvel's Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher 4

 

[centen]

I've only played one game on the list, Two Point Museum, so good luck to it!!

 

[Pirioca]

I've played Hades 2 and Doom: The Dark Ages. Silent Hill f aIready waits in my Steam library but I'm currently not in the mood for horror games. I never got into the Civilization series. That being said, I know people that don't play anything else.

 

[centen]

I've played Hades 2 and Doom: The Dark Ages. Silent Hill f aIready waits in my Steam library but I'm currently not in the mood for horror games. I never got into the Civilization series. That being said, I know people that don't play anything else.

I've played Civ 6, but I've got a couple friends in the "only plays Civ" group and they were lukewarm on 7, so I never bought it.

 

[Abeamus]

Shocked Donkey Kong Bananza got nominated for Game of the Year with the Nintendo hate online but pretty sure Clair Obscur will probably take it

 

[centen]

Shocked Donkey Kong Bananza got nominated for Game of the Year with the Nintendo hate online but pretty sure Clair Obscur will probably take it

It does feel a little like "I guess a Nintendo game should be on the list" with the way Clair Obscur is basically dominating the categories.

 

[Abeamus]

It does feel a little like "I guess a Nintendo game should be on the list" with the way Clair Obscur is basically dominating the categories.

Bananza does have the fun game factor that Astro Bot has so I wouldn't rule out it winning same for Silksong although with the difficulty complaints that may be too much of a gamers game but Clair Obscur I've pretty much just heard good things about so it more likely pulled from both casuals and gamers than the other two.

 

[snsd2beg]

I think they like Clair Obscur idk

 

[centen]

I think they like Clair Obscur idk

I saw an article today that it's the most nominated game ever lol.

 

[velvet]

lmao umamusume is nominated thats so funny to me

 

[dark_tranquility]

I've played expedition 33 and it was great but only playable once imo