The Game Awards are once again set to return this year on December 11th 2025, where Geoff Keighley will host the biggest industry event of the year by celebrating those that work tirelessly to bring fans the games they play and enjoy every day. Keighley will feature studios with awards and highlight the future of what’s ahead with big reveals and more. Will Half-Life 3 be there?

Last year's Game of the Year went to PlayStation’s newfound mascot, Astro Bot and would end the night by taking home 4 awards. Beating out the indie success story, Balatro and Metaphor: ReFantazio. It’s a night filled with excitement and surprises, with the industry coming together in celebration for one night under one roof. Who will take home this year's Game of the Year? We have the full list of nominees below. What game is your Game of the Year? Let us know over in our Discord.

Best Game Direction:

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

Best Nattative

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

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

Best Audio Design

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

Best Performance

  • Ben Star – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yotei
  • Konatsu Kato – Silent Hill F
  • Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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

  • Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
  • Fortnite
  • Helldivers 2
  • Marvel Rivals
  • No Man’s Sky

Best Community Support

  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
  • 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
  • Magabonk

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Esports Team

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

Best Esports Athlete

  • Brawk
  • Chovy
  • F0rshaken
  • Kakeru
  • Menard
  • Zywoo

Best Esports Game

  • Counter Stike 2
  • Dota 2
  • League of Legends
  • Mobile Legends Bang Bang
  • Valorant

Content Creator Of The Year

  • Caedrel
  • Kai Cenat
  • MoistCritikal
  • Sakua Miko
  • The Burnt Peanut

Best VR/AR

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

Best Action Game

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

Best Action/Adventure

  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Hollow Knight Silksong
  • Split Fiction
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Death Standing 2: On The Beach

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting

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

Best Family

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

Best Sim/Strategy

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

Best Sports/Racing

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

Best Multiplayer

  • Elden Ring: Nightreign
  • Battlefield 6
  • PEAK
  • ARC Raiders
  • Split Fiction

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated

  • 007: First Light
  • Grant Theft Auto VI
  • Resident Evil: Requiem
  • The Witcher 4
  • Marvel’s Wolverine

GAME OF THE YEAR

  • CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33
  • HOLLOW KNIGHT SILKSONG
  • DONKEY KONG BANANZA
  • DEAD STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
  • KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE 2
  • HADES II