Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sets Record with 12 Game Awards Noms

Once again, the end of the year has arrived, bringing with it the flurry of awards season and nomination announcements, including The Game Awards. Ahead of its early December ceremony, The Game Awards has unveiled this year's nominees, making it clear that critics and fans are overwhelmingly impressed with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Expedition 33 has made history by receiving a remarkable 12 nominations—the most any single game has ever earned at The Game Awards. Besides contending for Game of the Year, it’s also in the running for Best Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design, Best Independent Game, Best Debut Indie Game, Best RPG, and three of its performers are nominated for Best Performance.

Several other titles have also received multiple nominations, including Death Stranding 2 (seven nominations), Hades II (six), Hollow Knight: Silksong (five), and Ghost of Yōtei (seven).

The Game Awards will be streamed live on December 11, 2025, at 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. Viewers can expect to see the winners crowned alongside a lineup of new video game trailers, advertisements, musical performances, possibly appearances by the Muppets, and more.

Here are the complete nominees for The Game Awards 2025:

Game of the Year

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Death Stranding 2: On the BeachDonkey Kong BananzaHades IIHollow Knight: SilksongKingdom Come: Deliverance II

Best Game Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiHades IISplit Fiction

Best Narrative

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiKingdom Come: Deliverance IISilent Hill f

Best Art Direction

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiHades IIHollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score and Music

Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight: SilksongDarren Korb - Hades IILorien Testard - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Toma Otowa - Ghost of YōteiWoodkid and Ludvig Forssell - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Best Audio Design

Battlefield 6Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiSilent Hill f

Best Performance

Ben Starr - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Charlie Cox - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Erika Ishii - Ghost of YōteiJennifer English - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Konatsu Kato - Silent Hill fTroy Baker - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Innovation in Accessibility

Assassin's Creed: ShadowsAtomfallDoom: The Dark AgesEA Sports FC 26South of Midnight

Games for Impact

Consume MeDespeloteLost Records: Bloom & RageSouth of MidnightWanderstop

Best Ongoing

Final Fantasy XIVFortniteHelldivers 2Marvel RivalsNo Man's Sky

Best Community Support

Baldur's Gate 3Final Fantasy XIVFortniteHelldivers 2No Man's Sky

Best Independent Game

AbsolumBall x PitBlue PrinceClair Obscur: Expedition 33Hades IIHollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Indie Game

Blue PrinceClair Obscur: Expedition 33DespeloteDispatchMegabonk

Best Mobile Game

Destiny: RisingPersona 5: The Phantom XSonic RumbleUmamusume: Pretty DerbyWuthering Waves

Best VR/AR

Alien: Rogue IncursionArken AgeGhost TownMarvel's Deadpool VRThe Midnight Walk

Best Action Game

Battlefield 6Doom: The Dark AgesHades IINinja Gaiden 4Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure

Death Stranding 2: On the BeachGhost of YōteiHollow Knight: SilksongIndiana Jones and the Great CircleSplit Fiction

Best RPG

AvowedClair Obscur: Expedition 33Kingdom Come: Deliverance IIMonster Hunter WildsThe Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting

2XKOCapcom Fighting Collection 2Fatal Fury: City of WolvesMortal Kombat: Legacy KollectionVirtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O World Stage

Best Family

Donkey Kong BananzaLego Party!Lego VoyagersMario Kart WorldSonic Racing: CrossworldsSplit Fiction

Best Sim/Strategy

Final Fantasy Tactics - The Ivalice ChroniclesJurassic World Evolution 3Sid Meier's Civilization VIITempest RisingThe AltersTwo Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing

EA Sports FC 26F1 25Mario Kart WorldRematchSonic Racing: Crossworlds

Best Multiplayer

Arc RaidersBattlefield 6Elden Ring NightreignPeakSplit Fiction

Best Adaptation

A Minecraft MovieDevil May CrySplinter Cell: DeathwatchThe Last of Us: Season 2Until Dawn

Most Anticipated Game

007 First LightGrand Theft Auto VIMarvel's WolverineResident Evil RequiemThe Witcher IV

Content Creator of the Year

CaedrelKai CenatMoistCr1TiKaLSakura MikoThe Burnt Peanut

Best Esports Game

Counter-Strike 2Dota 2League of LegendsMobile Legends: Bang BangValorant

Best Esports Athlete

brawk - Brock SomerhalderChovy - Jeong Ji-Hoonf0rsakeN - Jason SusantoKakeru - Kakeru WatanabeMenaRD - Saul LeonardoZyw0o - Mathieu Herbaut

Best Esports Team

Gen.G - League of LegendsNRG - ValorantTeam Falcons - Dota 2Team Liquid PH - Mobile Legends: Bang BangTeam Vitality: Counter-Strike 2