Full Game Awards 2025 Nominations
Player’s Voice
Arc Raiders Battlefield 6 Clair Obsur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Delta Force Dispatch Donkey Kong Bananza Doom: The Dark Ages Elden Ring Nightrein Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Genshin Impact Ghost of Yotei Hades II Helldivers 2 Hollow Knight: Silksong Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Kingdom Come: Deliverance II Mario Kart World Marvel Rivals Megabonk Ninja Gaiden 4 No Man’s Sky PEAK R.E.P.O. Silent Hill f Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Split Fiction Warframe Wuthering Waves
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 Yotei Hades II Split Fiction
Best Adaptation
A Minecraft Movie Devil May Cry Splinter Cell Deathwatch The Last of Us Until Dawn
Best Narrative
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yotei Kingdom Come Deliverance II Silent Hill f
Best Art Direction
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2 Ghost of Yotei Hades II Hollow Knight Silksong
Best Score and Music
Hollow Knight Silksong — Christopher Larkin Hades II — Darren Korb Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Lorein Testard Ghost of Yotei — Toma Otowa Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — Woodkid and Ludvig Forssell
Best Audio Design
Battlefield 6 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Ghost of Yōtei Silent Hill f
Best Performance
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Ben Starr Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Charlie Cox Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — Jennifer English Silent Hill f — Konatsu Kato Indiana Jones and the Great Circle — Troy Baker Ghost of Yōtei — Erika Ishii
Innovation in Accessibility
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Atomfall Doom: The Dark Ages EA Sports FC 26 South of Midnight
Games for Impact
Consume Me Despelote Lost Records Bloom And Rage South of Midnight Wanderstop
Best Ongoing Game
Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Helldivers II Marvel Rivals No Man’s Sky
Best Community Support
Baldur’s Gate 3 Final Fantasy XIV Fortnite Helldivers 2 No Man’s Sky
Best Independent Game
Absolum Ball x Pit Blue Prince Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hades II Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Debut Indie Game
Blue Prince Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Despelote Dispatch Megabonk
Best Mobile Game
Destiny Rising Persona 5 The Phantom X Sonic Rumble Umamusume Pretty Derby Wuthering Waves
Best VR/AR Game
Alien Rogue Incursion Arken Age Ghost Town Marvel’s Deadpool VR The Midnight Walk
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 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Hollow Knight: Silksong Split Fiction
Best RPG
Avowed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II The Outer Worlds 2 Monster Hunter Wilds
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
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
EA Sports FC 26 F1 25 Mario Kart World Rematch Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
Best Multiplayer Game
Arc Raiders Battlefield 6 Elden Ring Nightreign Peak Split Fiction
Most Anticipated Game
007 First Light Grand Theft Auto VI Marvel’s Wolverine Resident Evil Requiem The Witcher IV
Content Creator of the Year
Caedrel Kai Cenat MoistCr1TiKal Sakura Miko The Burnt Peanut
Best Esports Game
Counter-Strike 2 DOTA 2 League of Legends Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
brawk Chovy f0rsakeN Kakeru MenaRD Zyw0o
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
So, that’s it, folks. These are the nominees for the Game Awards 2025. Now, we all have to wait for December 11, 2025, for the winners to be officially announced. You can get your votes in on the official TGA website. Till then, drop the name of your favorite game this year, or the name of a game that you felt snubbed in the nominations, down in the comments. Name Email ID
Δ
