The Game Awards 2025 – List of Nominees

November 17, 2025

Geoff Keighley took to The Game Awards‘ YouTube channel and other social media this morning to announce the nominees for the 2025 award show. Below is the announcement video along with the full list of nominees.

Note that the 30 Player’s Voice award nominees will be announced on Monday, December 1, 2025.

Best Performance

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best Art Direction

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

Best Score and Music

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

Best Audio Design

  • Battlefield 6
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • 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: On the Beach
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
  • Silent Hill f

Best Community Support

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

Games for Impact

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

Best Multiplayer

  • 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 Debut Indie Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

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

Content Creator of the Year

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

Most Anticipated Game

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

Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • 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: R.E.V.O. World Stage

Best Action Game

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

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 Game

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

Best Esports Game

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

Best Esports Athlete

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

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)

Best Game Direction

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

Game of the Year

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

What games are you hoping to win this year’s TGAs? Be sure to vote on The Game Awards website, and let us know your thoughts in the comments or in our Discord server.