The Game Awards 2025 nominees announced, full list

The Game Awards 2025 will be upon us in just a few weeks, and the nominations for all of the various categories have now been revealed.

Compared to last year, 2025 is much more promising for Nintendo nominations. The big news is that Donkey Kong Bananza has been selected as one of the Game of the Year nominees.

Below is the full lineup of nominees for The Game Awards 2025:

The Game Awards 2025 nominees list

Best Ongoing Game

• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• Final Fantasy 14
• Marvel Rivals
• No Man’s Sky

Best Performance

• Jennifer English – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Maelle)
• Ben Starr – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Verso)
• Charlie Cox – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Gustave)
• Erika Ishii – Ghost of Yotei (Atsu)
• Troy Baker – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (Indiana Jones)
• Konatsu Katu – Silent Hill f (Hinako Shimizu)

Best Mobile Game

• Destiny Rising
• Persona 5: The Phantom X
• Sonic Rumble
• Umamasume Pretty Derby
• Wuthering Waves

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscure: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score And Music

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Lorien Testard)
• Hades 2 (Darren Korb)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong (Christopher Larkin)
• Death Stranding 2 (Woodkid & Luvig Forssell)
• Ghost of Yotei (Toma Otowa)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Silent Hill f

Best Adaptation

• A Minecraft Movie
• Devil May Cry
• Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
• The Last of Us: Season 2
• Until Dawn

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Silent Hill f

Games For Impact

• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Lost Records: Bloom and Rage
• South of Midnight
• Wanderstop

Best Community Support

• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Final Fantasy 14
• Fortnite
• Helldivers 2
• No Man’s Sky

Best Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders
• Battlefield 6
• Elden Ring Nightreign
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Best Independent Game

• Absolum
• Ball x Pit
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Debut Independent Game

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• Megabonk

Best VR/AR Game

• Alien Rogue Incursion
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk

Content Creator Of The Year

• Cadrel
• Kai Cenat
• MoistCr1tikal
• Sakura Miko
• The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated

• Grand Theft Auto 6
• Resident Evil Requiem
• 007 First Light
• The Witcher 4
• Marvel’s Wolverine

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Split Fiction

Best Role-Playing Game

• Avowed
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• The Outer Worlds 2

Best Fighting Game

• 2XKO
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
• Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
• Virtua Fighter 5

Best Action Game

• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Hades 2
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: The Art Of Vengeance

Innovation in Accessibility

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows
• Atomfall
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• EA Sports FC 26

Best Family Game

• Mario Kart World
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Split Fiction
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds
• Lego Party
• Lego Voyagers

Best Sim/Strategy Game

• The Alters
• Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Civilization 7
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game

• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Mario Kart World
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing Crossworlds

Best Esports Game

• Counter Strike 2
• Dota 2
• League of Legends
• Mobile Legends Bang Bang
• Valorant

Best Esports Athlete

• Brawk
• Chovy
• Forsaken
• Kakeru
• Menard
• Zywoo

Best Esports Team

• Gen.G
• NRG
• Team Falcons
• Team Liquid PH
• Team Vitality

Best Game Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades 2
• Split Fiction

Game of the Year

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Hades 2
• Donkey Kong Bananza
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

The Game Awards 2025 will take place on December 11. If you’re wondering what the winners were like last year, check out the list here.