Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept The Game Awards and won as many as nine awards

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For the eleventh year in a row, The Game Awards statuettes were awarded for the best games in the last year. The ceremony went as expected and there weren’t really any surprises, primarily due to the RPG being a hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 picked up awards in 9/10 categories in which he was nominated, including the main award for game of the year.

In addition to setting the record for the most nominations for The Game Awards, that game has now also set the record for the most awards, becoming the most awarded game in The Game Awards history. The records were previously held by The Last of Us Part II (7 awards) and Baldur’s Gate 3 (8 awards).

With this dominance of one game, many candidates remained without a single victory. Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Split Fiction did not receive any awards. The fact that no other game won more than one award at The Game Awards 2025 speaks of the French’s total dominance, which I guess has never happened before.

Here are the winners in all categories:

• Game of the year – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• Best game direction – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• Best Art Direction – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• The best narration – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• The best indie game – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• Best Debut Indie Title – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• Best performance – Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• The best music and soundtrack – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
• Best sound design – Battlefield 6
• The best VR/AR game – The Midnight Walk
• The best mobile game – Umamusume: Pretty Derby
• The best multiplayer – Arc Raiders
• The best esports game – Counter-Strike 2
• The best game in continuous development – No Man’s Sky
• The best action game – Hades II
• The best action-adventure game – Hollow Knight: Silksong
• The best RPG – Chiaroscuro: Expedition 33
• The best fighting game – Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
• The best family game – Donkey Kong Bananza
• The best simulation/strategy game – FINAL FANTASY TACTICS – The Ivalice Chronicles
• The best sports/racing game – Mario Kart World
• Best community support – Baldur’s Gate 3
• The best adaptation – The Last of Us: Season 2
• Innovation in accessibility – Doom: The Dark Ages
• Audience Choice Best Game – Wuthering Waves
• The most anticipated game – Grand Theft Auto VI