The nominees for The Game Awards 2025 have been revealed, courtesy of host Geoff Keighley in a special broadcast. The event, which airs live on YouTube and Twitch on December 11 starting at 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET, will honor the year’s best and brightest, and we now know the games vying for top honors.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Game of the Year
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Best Game Direction
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Split Fiction
Best Narrative
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Silent Hill f
Best Art Direction
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best Score & Music
Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silksong
Darren Korb – Hades II
Lorien Testard – Clair Obscur: Expédition 33
Toma Otowa – Ghost of Yōtei
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 Yōtei
Silent Hill f
Best Performance
Ben Starr as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Charlie Cox as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Erika Ishii as Atsu – Ghost of Yōtei
Jennifer English as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Konatsu Kato as Shimizu Hinako – Silent Hill f
Troy Baker as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Independent Game
Absolum
Ball x Pit
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Hades II
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hades II
Best Debut Indie Game
Blue Prince
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Despelote
Dispatch
Megabonk
Games For Impact
Consume Me
Despelote
Lost Records: Blooom & Rage
South of Midnight
Wanderstop
Best Action Game
Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
Hades II
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Best Action/Adventure Game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Split Fiction
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Best Role-Playing Game
Avowed
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Monster Hunter Wilds
The Outer Worlds 2
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 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 Family Game
Donkey Kong Bananza
Lego Party!
Lego Voyagers
Mario Kart World
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Split Fiction
Donkey Kong Bananza
Best Sports/Racing Game
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
Mario Kart World
Rematch
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Best Multiplayer
ARC Raiders
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction
Best Ongoing Game
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
Marvel Rivals
No Man’s Sky
Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best VR/AR Game
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Arken Age
Ghost Town
Marvel’s Deadpool VR
The Midnight Walk
Best Mobile Game
Destiny Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Sonic Rumble
Umamusume Pretty Derby
Wuthering Waves
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Atomfall
Doom: The Dark Ages
EA Sports FC 25
South of Midnight
Best Adaptation
A Minecraft Movie
Devil May Cry
Splinter Cell Deathwatch
The Last of Us Season 2
Until Dawn
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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)
Content Creator of the Year
Caedrel
Kai Cenat
MOISTCR1T1KAL
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut
Most Anticipated Game
007 First Light
Grand Theft Auto VI
Marvel’s Wolverine
Resident Evil Requiem
The Witcher IV
