Here are the nominees for The Game Awards 2025

The full list of nominees for The Game Awards 2025 has been announced.

In particular, here are six titles of the highly coveted game of the year:

• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandbox Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)

Read the nominees in other categories:

Best Game Direction

• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Split Fantasy (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Narrative

• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami)

Best Art Direction

• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Music and Music

• Christopher Larkin – Hollow Knight: Silk Song
• Darren Korb – Hades II
• Lorien Testard as Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33
• Touma Oto – Your Ghost
• Woodkid and Ludwig Forssell – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Silent Hill f (NeoBards Entertainment/Konami)

Best Performance

• Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandbox Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Charlie Cox as Gustave in Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandbox Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/PlayStation)
• Jennifer English as Mael in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandbox Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Konatsu Kato as his name in Silent Hill F (Neobards Entertainment/Konami)
• Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Machine Games/Bethesda)

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin's Creed Shadows (Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft)
• Nateomal (Uprising)
• Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
• EA Sports FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)

Games for influence

• Consume Me (Jenny Jiao Xia/AP Thomson/Hexacutable)
• Destruction (Julian Cordero/Sebastian Valbuena/Panic)
• Lost Records: Bloom & Rage (Don't Nod, Montreal / Don't Nod)
• South of Midnight (Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios)
• Wanderstop (Ivy Road/Annapurna Interactive)

Best at present

• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Marvel Rivals (NetEase Games)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Community Support

• Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix)
• Fortnite (Epic Games)
• Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• No Man's Sky (Hello Games)

Best Independent Game

• Absolum (Guard Crush Games/Supamonks/Dotemu)
• Ball x Pit (Kenny Sun/Devolver Digital)
• Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)

Best Debut Indie Game

• Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Raw Fury)
• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Destruction (Julian Cordero/Sebastian Valbuena/Panic)
• Sending (AdHoc Studio)
• Megabonk (Vedinad)

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny: Rising (NetEase Games)
• Persona 5: The Phantom X (Black Wings Game Studio/Sega)
• Sonic Rumble (Rovio Entertainment/Sega)
• Umamusume: Pretty Derby (Cygames Inc.)
• Thunder Waves (Kuro Games)

Best VR/AR

• Alien: Plunder Invasion (Survios)
• Arken Age (VitruviusVR)
• Ghost Town (Fireproof Games)
• Marvel's Deadpool VR (Twisted Pixel Games/Oculus Studios)
• Midnight Walk (MoonHood/Fast Travel Games)

Best Action

• Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/EA)
• Doom: The Dark Ages (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hades II (Supergiant Games)
• Ninja Gaiden 4 (Platinum Games/Team Ninja/Xbox Game Studios)
• Shinobi: The Art of Vengeance (Lizardcube/Sega)

Best Action Adventure

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Ghost of Yotei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda Softworks)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Team Cherry)
• Split Fantasy (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best RPG

• Acknowledged (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
• The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
• Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)

Best fighting game

• 2XKO (Riot Games)
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Capcom)
• Fatal Fury: City of Wolves (SNK Corporation)
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Collection (Digital Eclipse/Atari)
• Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage (Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/Sega)

Best family

• Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Lego party! (SMG Studio / Fiction)
• Lego Voyagers (Light Brick Studios/Annapurna Interactive)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)
• Split Fantasy (Hazelight Studios/EA)

Best Simulator/Strategy

• Alters (11 Bit Studios)
• Final Fantasy Tactics – Chronicles of Ivalice (Square Enix)
• Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier Developments)
• Sid Meier's Civilization VII (Firaxis Games/2K)
• Tempest Rising (Slipgate Ironworks/3D Realms)
• Two Point Museum (Two Point Studios/Sega)

Best Sport/Racing

• EA Sports FC 26 (EA Canada/EA Romania/EA)
• F1 25 (Codemasters/EA)
• Mario Kart World (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
• Rematch (Sloclap/Kepler Interactive)
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Sonic Team/Sega)

Best multiplayer

• Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
• Battlefield 6 (Electronic Art)
• Elden Ring Nightreign (FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment)
• Peak (Agro Crab/Landfall)
• Split Fantasy (Hazelight/EA)

Best Adaptation

• Minecraft Movie (Legendary Pictures/Mojang/Warner Bros)
• Devil May Cry (Studio Mir/Capcom/Netflix)
• The Last of Us: Season 2 (HBO/PlayStation Productions)
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (FOST Studio/Ubisoft/Netflix)
• Until Dawn (Screen Gems/PlayStation Productions)

Most anticipated game

• 007 First Light (IO Interactive)
• Grand Theft Auto VI (Rockstar Games)
• Marvel's Wolverine (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Resident Evil: Requiem (Capcom)
• The Witcher IV (CD Projekt Red)

Content Creator of the Year

• Cadrel
• Kai Chenat
• WetCr1TiKal
• Sakura Miko
• Burnt peanuts

Best eSports Game

• Counter-Strike 2 (Valve)
• DOTA 2 (Valve)
• League of Legends (Riot)
• Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (Moonton)
• Valerant (Riot)

Best esports athlete

• brawk – Brock Somerhalder (Valorant)
• Chovy – Jung Ji Hoon (League of Legends)
• – Jason Sussto (Volarant)
• Kakeru – Kakeru Watanabe (Street Fighter)
• MenaRD – Saul Leonardo (Street Fighter)
• Zyw0o – Mathieu Herbault (Counter-Strike 2)

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

It's worth noting that some of these games were developed entirely or partially by Canadians. First, Motive Studio is part of the global Battlefield Studios team that created Battlefield 6which is up for Best Action Game, Best Multiplayer and Best Sound Design.

Further, Lost Records: Bloom and Fury from “Don't Nod, Montreal” and South of Midnight Montreal-based Compulsion Games are both vying for the Games for Impact. Elsewhere in Accessibility Innovation Ubisoft Quebec Assassin's Creed Shadows, EA Sport FC 26 from EA Vancouver And South of Midnight were nominated. And finally EA Sport FC 26 also claims to be the best sports game.

This year's Game Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 12th. The show will be broadcast on YouTube, Twitch And Prime Video. Fans can Vote for your favorite games on The Game Awards website.

Disclaimer: MobileSyrup serves on the global media jury that nominates games and votes for winners. (90 percent of the winners' votes come from this jury, with the remaining 10 percent coming from the public.) However, the jury is not involved in the production of the show itself.

Image credit: Kepler Interactive