TGA 2025: All Category Winners

The The Game Awards 2025 have concluded, and naturally, between one Trailer and another, the winners of the various competing categories for what is effectively "the Oscars night of video games" were called to the stage and awarded.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you probably already know, won the most prestigious trophy: Game Of The Year 2025 - along with other accolades - but how did all the other categories fare? Let's find out together, also mentioning all the nominees.

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Ytei, Hades II, Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

Winner: The Last of Us: Season 2
Nominees: A Minecraft Movie, Devil May Cry, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, Until Dawn

Best Narrative

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Ytei, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Ghost of Ytei, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score And Music

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades II, Ghost of Ytei, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

Winner: Battlefield 6
Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Ytei, Silent Hill f

Best Performance

Winner: Jennifer English
Nominees: Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, Erika Ishii, Konatsu Kato, Troy Baker

Innovation In Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

Winner: South of Midnight
Nominees: Consume Me, Despelote, Lost Records: Bloom & Rage, Wanderstop

Best Ongoing Game

Winner: No Man's Sky
Nominees: Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Helldivers 2, Marvel Rivals

Best Community Support

Winner: Baldur’s Gate 3
Nominees: Final Fantasy XIV, Fortnite, Helldivers 2, No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Absolum, Ball x Pit, Blue Prince, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Nominees: Blue Prince, Despelote, Dispatch

Best Mobile Game

Winner: Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Nominees: Destiny: Rising, Persona 5: The Phantom X, Sonic Rumble, Wuthering Waves

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

Winner: Hades II
Nominees: Battlefield 6, Doom: The Dark Ages, Ninja Gaiden 4, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action Adventure Game

Winner: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Nominees: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Ghost of Yotei, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Split Fiction

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

Winner: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Nominees: 2XKO, Capcom Fighting Collection 2, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Family Game

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

Winner: Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles
Nominees: The Alters, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, Tempest Rising, Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing

Winner: Mario Kart World
Nomincati: EA Sports FC 26, F1 25, Rematch, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer

Winner: Arc Raiders
Nominees: Battlefield 6, Elden Ring Nightreign, Peak, Split Fiction

Most Anticipated Game

Winner: Grand Theft Auto VI
Nominees: 007 First Light, Marvel’s Wolverine, Resident Evil Requiem, The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

Winner: MoistCr1TiKaL
Nominees: Caedrel, Kai Cenat, Sakura Miko, The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

Winner: Counter-Strike 2
Nominees: Dota 2, League of Legends, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Valorant

Game Awards 2025 – Best Esports Athlete

Winner: Chovy
Nominees: brawk, f0rsakeN, Kakeru, MenaRD, Zyw0o

Best Esports Team

Winner: Team Vitality – Counter-Strike 2
Nominees: Gen.G – League of Legends, NRG – Valorant, Team Falcons – DOTA 2, Team Liquid PH – Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Players’ Voice

Winner: Wuthering Waves
Nominees: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, Genshin Impact, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Wuthering Waves – Winner!