The Game Awards 2025: all the nominees for GOTY have been confirmed

The gaming industry already has its official list of nominees for the The Game Awards 2025. Geoff Keighley, organizer and host of the event, presented the complete list of nominations, where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stands out as the big favorite.

The title swept up 12 nominations, including Game of the Year, Best Direction, and Best Role-Playing Game. The selection sparked debate, but also confirmed several predictions previously made by the community itself.

The 6 GOTY 2025 nominees

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2
• Donkey Kong Bonanza
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Hades 2

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best Role-Playing Game

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

Best Fighting Game

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Family Game

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

Best Strategy Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin's Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Performance

• Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Maelle)
• Ben Starr – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Verso)
• Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Gustave)
• Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yotei (Atsu)
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Indiana Jones)
• Konatsu Katu – Silent Hill f (Hinako Shimizu)

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Soundtrack

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
• Hades 2 (Darren Korb)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Christopher Larkin)
• Death Stranding 2 (Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell)
• Ghost of Yotei (Toma Otowa)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Best Audio Design

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

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Independent Debut

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

Best Virtual Reality Game

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

Best Content Creator of the Year

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Sports/Racing Game

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

Best eSport Game

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

Best eSport Player

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

Best eSport Team

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

Best Direction

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