Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sweeps at The Game Awards

The Video Game Awards concluded last night, bringing a wave of announcements, reveals, and accolades. But amid all the noise, one game stood far above the rest, "Expedition 33".

The critically acclaimed title dominated nearly every category it was nominated in, losing only to "Battlefield 6" in Best Audio Design and Wuthering Waves in the Players’ Choice category. Out of the 24 categories dedicated to games, "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" earned nominations in 11 of them and won 9.

Here is the full list of awards Expedition 33 received:

• Game of the Year
• Best Game Direction
• Best Narrative
• Best Art Direction
• Best Score and Music
  • Lorien Testard
• Best Performance
  • Jennifer English, Maelle
• Best Independent Game
• Best Debut Indie Game
• Best RPG

Other standout winners include "South of Midnight" for Games for Impact, "Doom: The Dark Ages" for Innovation in Accessibility, "No Man’s Sky" for Best Ongoing Game, "Baldur’s Gate 3" for Best Community Support, "Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles" for Best Sim/Strategy Game, and many more across the show’s 26 categories dedicated to games.

If you’d like to view the other winners and check out all of the video game nominees, you can use the handy-dandy below list below. The winners are marked with a ⭐.

The Game Awards 2025 - Winners & Nominees

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 Yōtei
• Hades II
• Split Fiction

Best Narrative

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⭐
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Silent Hill f

Best Art Direction

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⭐
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Score & Music

• Lorien Testard - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⭐
• Christopher Larkin - Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Darren Korb - Hades II
• Toma Otowa - Ghost of Yōtei
• Woodkid & Ludvig Forssell - Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Best Audio Design

• Battlefield 6 ⭐
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Silent Hill f

Best Performance

• Jennifer English - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ⭐
• Ben Starr -Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Charlie Cox - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Erika Ishii - Ghost of Yōtei
• Konatsu Kato - Silent Hill f
• Troy Baker - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Games for Impact

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

Innovation in Accessibility

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

Best Ongoing Game

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

Best Community Support

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

Best Independent Game

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

Best Debut Indie Game

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

Best Mobile Game

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

Best VR/AR Game

• The Midnight Walk ⭐
• Arken Age
• Ghost Town
• Marvel’s Deadpool VR
• The Midnight Walk
  
• Alien: Rogue Incursion

Best Action Game

• Hades II ⭐
• Battlefield 6
• Doom: The Dark Ages
  
• Ninja Gaiden 4
• Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure Game

• Hollow Knight: Silksong ⭐
• Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  
• Split Fiction
• Ghost of Yōtei

Best RPG

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

Best Fighting Game

• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves ⭐
  
• Capcom Fighting Collection 2
  
• 2XKO 
• 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

• Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles ⭐
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VII 
• The Alters
  
• Jurassic World Evolution 3
• Tempest Rising
• Two Point Museum

Best Sports/Racing Game

• Mario Kart World ⭐
• EA Sports FC 26
• F1 25
• Rematch
• Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Best Multiplayer Game

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

Best Adaptation

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

Most Anticipated Game

• Grand Theft Auto VI ⭐
• 007 First Light
• Marvel’s Wolverine
• Resident Evil Requiem
• The Witcher IV

Players’ Voice

• Wuthering Waves ⭐
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dispatch
• Genshin Impact
• Hollow Knight: Silksong