Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 named Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025 and wins eight more prestigious awards

The largest game show of the year, The Game Awards, has ended, featuring many announcements (we will tell you about the most interesting ones later) and a huge number of trailers. However, an important part of the event is the awarding of the best games of the outgoing year, and now we know who the jury and gamers named as their favorites.

What is known

The best game of 2025 was obvious to everyone. Since its release, the elegant, stylish, dramatic, deep, and unusual role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 impressed both the public and critics equally. At TGA 2025, it won nine awards, including the title of "Game of the Year." Notably, no other winner received more than one statuette.

Players recognized Wuthering Waves as the best game of the year, surpassing hits like Dispatch and Hollow Knight: Silksong. The best action game was named Hades II, and the best action-adventure game was recognized as Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Of course, the most anticipated game was named Grand Theft Auto VI.

The Game Awards 2025 Winners:

• Game of the Year — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
• Player's Voice — Wuthering Waves;
  
• Best Game Direction — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
• Best Art Direction — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
• Best Score — Lorien Testard — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Best Audio Design — Battlefield 6;
  
• Best Narrative — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Best Role Playing Game — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Best Action — Hades II;
  
• Best Action/Adventure — Hollow Knight: Silksong;
  
• Best Multiplayer — ARC Raiders;
  
• Best Indie Game — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Best Debut Indie Game — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Best Strategy/Simulator — Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles;
  
• Best Family Game — Donkey Kong Bananza;
  
• Best Fighting Game — Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves;
  
• Best VR/AR Game — The Midnight Walk;
  
• Best Mobile Game — Umamusume: Pretty Derby;
  
• Best Sports/Racing Game — Mario Kart World;
  
• Best Esports Game — Counter-Strike 2;
  
• Best Esports Athlete — Chovy;
  
• Best Esports Team — Team Vitality (Counter-Strike 2);
  
• Content Creator of the Year — Moistcr1tikal;
  
• Best Game with Regular Updates — No Man’s Sky;
  
• Best Community Support — Baldur’s Gate III;
  
• Best Adaptation — The Last of Us Season 2;
  
• Best Performance — Jennifer English — Maelle from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
  
• Games for Impact — South of Midnight;
  
• Innovation in Accessibility — DOOM: The Dark Ages;
  
• Most Anticipated Game — Grand Theft Auto VI.

Source: TGA