All Game Awards Winners and Categories (2025)

The Game Awards 2025 The Game Awards 2025
The Game Awards 2025

Key Highlights:

  • The Game Awards is live today, December 12, 2025 on most major streaming platforms.
  • In addition to game reveals, we also had the main awards ceremony to go along with it.
  • Titles range from Best Family Game and overall Game of The Year.

The Game Awards kicked off today, December 12, 2025 with a bunch of new world premieres and of course, awards to go along with it. From the likes of Pragmata to the Tomb Raider remake, there was a lot to like here.

That being said, a large part of The Game Awards is the award ceremony, which had a lot of categories to cover. With that in mind, here are all the Game Awards 2025 winners, updated live.

All Game Awards 2025 Winners

Best Family Game

The winner was Donkey Kong Bananza, which was a bit surprising.

Innovation in Accessibility

The winner was Doom the Dark Ages, a well deserved win.

Best Esports Game

The best Esports game was Counter-Strike 2.

Best Esports Athlete

The best Esports athlete was Chovy.

Best Esports Team

The best team was Team Vitality.

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Best Independent Game

To the surprise of no one, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won this award.

Best Mobile Game

The winner was Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Best Adaptation

The winner was The Last of Us: Season 2.

Best Action Game

The winner was Hades 2.

Best Performance

The Best Performance was won by Jennifer English for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Games for Impact

The winner was declared to be South of Midnight.

Best Ongoing Game

The winner was No Man’s Sky, a game that deserved every praise it gets now.

Best Audio Design

The winner was Battlefield 6.

Content Creator of the Year

The winner was Moistcritikal, a well deserved win.

Best Fighting Game

The winner was Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Most Anticipated Game

The winner was Grand Theft Auto 6, to no one’s surprise.

Game Changer Award

This year’s Game Changer Award was Girls Make Games.

Best Action Adventure Game

The winner was Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Best Art Direction

The winner was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Best Sim/Strategy Game

The winner was Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles.

Best Debut Indie Game

The winner was Clair Obscur: Expedition 3, as expected.

Best Score and Music

The winner was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, once again.

Best Sports/ Racing Game

The winner was Mario Kart Worlds

Best Community Support

The winner was Baldur’s Gate 3.

Best VR/AR game

The winner was The Midnight Walk.

Best Role Playing Game (RPG)

The best RPG was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Player’s Voice

This fan voted award went to Wuthering Waves.

Best Narrative

The winner was once again, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Best Multiplayer

The winner was Arc Raiders, which wasn’t all that surprising.

Best Game Direction

The winner was Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, again, to no one’s surprise.

Game of The Year

The ultimate Game of the Year for 2025 was none other than the impressive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Dipan
Dipan Saha

Dipan is a journalist for Times of Games, specializing in gaming and technology. When he's not inadvertently bricking devices, he can be seen tinkering with PCs or playing through his massive backlog of Steam games, and listening to music.

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