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The Game Awards

2025

Game of the Year

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Donkey Kong BananzaHades IIHollow Knight: SilksongKingdom Come: Deliverance IIDEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

Best Independent Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Hades IIAbsolumBALL x PITBlue PrinceHollow Knight: Silksong

Best Narrative

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACHGhost of YōteiSILENT HILL fKingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Performance

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Indiana Jones and the Great CircleGhost of YōteiSILENT HILL f

Best Role Playing Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Monster Hunter WildsKingdom Come: Deliverance IIAvowedThe Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

—
★★★★★
2 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

400+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

🏆 Winner

Mortal Kombat: Legacy KollectionVirtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage2XKOCapcom Fighting Collection 2

Best Family Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.6
★★★★★
716 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

22,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Jul 17, 2025
Donkey Kong Bananza

🏆 Winner

LEGO Party!LEGO VoyagersMario Kart WorldSonic Racing: CrossWorldsSplit Fiction

Most Anticipated Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

—
★★★★★
6 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

1,500+times

Platforms

Release Date

Nov 19, 2026
Grand Theft Auto VI

🏆 Winner

007 First LightMarvel’s WolverineResident Evil RequiemThe Witcher 4

Best Art Direction

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Hollow Knight: SilksongGhost of YōteiHades IIDEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

Games for Impact

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

3.6
★★★★★
24 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

2,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 8, 2025
South of Midnight

🏆 Winner

Consume MedespeloteLost Records: Bloom & RageWanderstop

Best Game Direction

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACHGhost of YōteiHades IISplit Fiction

Best Action Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
506 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

25,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Sep 25, 2025
Hades II

🏆 Winner

NINJA GAIDEN 4Battlefield 6DOOM: The Dark AgesSHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

Best Esports Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

3.4
★★★★★
14 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

2,500+times

Platforms

Release Date

Aug 21, 2012
Counter-Strike 2

🏆 Winner

League of Legends

Dota 2

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

VALORANT

Best Audio Design

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.0
★★★★★
35 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

1,500+times

Platforms

Release Date

Oct 10, 2025
Battlefield 6

🏆 Winner

SILENT HILL fDEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACHGhost of YōteiClair Obscur: Expedition 33

Best Ongoing Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.0
★★★★★
839 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

28,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Aug 8, 2016
No Man's Sky

🏆 Winner

Marvel RivalsHELLDIVERS 2FINAL FANTASY XIV OnlineFortnite

Best Mobile Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

—
★★★★★
2 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

400+times

Platforms

Release Date

Jun 24, 2025
Umamusume: Pretty Derby

🏆 Winner

Sonic Rumble Party

Destiny: Rising

Persona5: The Phantom XWuthering Waves

Best Debut Indie Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

despeloteDispatchBlue Prince

Best Multiplayer Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.3
★★★★★
26 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

2,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Oct 30, 2025
ARC Raiders

🏆 Winner

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGNBattlefield 6PEAKSplit Fiction

Best Community Support

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
405 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

15,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Aug 3, 2023
Baldur's Gate 3

🏆 Winner

HELLDIVERS 2FortniteFINAL FANTASY XIV: DawntrailNo Man's Sky

Best Score and Music

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.7
★★★★★
413 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

14,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Apr 24, 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

🏆 Winner

Hollow Knight: SilksongGhost of YōteiHades IIDEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

Best VR / AR Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

3.8
★★★★★
8 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

2,500+times

Platforms

Release Date

May 8, 2025
The Midnight Walk

🏆 Winner

Marvel's Deadpool VR

Ghost TownAlien: Rogue Incursion VRArken Age

Innovation in Accessibility

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

3.8
★★★★★
56 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

3,500+times

Platforms

Release Date

May 14, 2025
DOOM: The Dark Ages

🏆 Winner

Assassin's Creed ShadowsAtomfallEA SPORTS FC 26South of Midnight

Best Action / Adventure Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.6
★★★★★
692 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

30,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Sep 4, 2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong

🏆 Winner

Indiana Jones and the Great CircleDEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACHGhost of YōteiSplit Fiction

Best Sports / Racing Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.3
★★★★★
896 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

17,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Jun 5, 2025
Mario Kart World

🏆 Winner

EA SPORTS FC 26F1 25REMATCHSonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Sim / Strategy Game

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

4.5
★★★★★
128 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

13,000+times

Platforms

Release Date

Sep 30, 2025
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

🏆 Winner

Sid Meier's Civilization VIIThe AltersTempest RisingJurassic World Evolution 3Two Point Museum

Players' Voice

🏆 Winner

Deku rating

3.7
★★★★★
5 ratings

Wishlisted & Collected over

500+times

Platforms

Release Date

Jan 1, 2025
Wuthering Waves

🏆 Winner

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Genshin ImpactDispatchHollow Knight: Silksong