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

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