All The Game Awards 2025 Nominations

The year 2025 easily goes down as one of the best years for gamers in recent times. From Clair Obscur Expedition 33 to Donkey Kong Bananza, 2025 had a standout game for every genre. With the year this stacked with high-tier games, the fight for The Game Awards is going to be fierce. If you’ve truly loved a game this year and want it to grab a trophy at The Game Awards, it must get through to the nominations first. So, find out if your favorite game has made it into the Game Awards 2025 nominations from our entire list below.

Full Game Awards 2025 Nominations

Game of the Year

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

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades II
• Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

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

Best Narrative

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

• Hollow Knight Silksong — Christopher Larkin
• Hades II — Darren Korb
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Lorein Testard
• Ghost of Yotei — Toma Otowa
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Ongoing Game

• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers II
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man’s Sky

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

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

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

• 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

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

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• 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

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

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Most Anticipated Game

• 007 First Light
• Grand Theft Auto VI
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

• Caedrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1TiKal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

• brawk
• Chovy
• f0rsakeN
• Kakeru
• MenaRD
• Zyw0o

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

So, that’s it, folks. These are the nominees for the Game Awards 2025. Now, we all have to wait for December 11, 2025, for the winners to be officially announced. You can get your votes in on the official TGA website. Till then, drop the name of your favorite game this year, or the name of a game that you felt snubbed in the nominations, down in the comments.