‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ wins big at The Game Awards 2025

The hit game has broken a record set by ‘The Last Of Us Part Two’

The Game Awards took place last night (December 11) to celebrate the best in video games – and it was a big evening for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

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Last month, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 became the most-nominated title in The Game Awards history with 12 nods. The turn-based role-playing game ended up walking away with nine trophies last night including Game Of The Year, Best Soundtrack and Best Narrative.

The haul ended up breaking a record set by The Last Of Us Part Two which was nominated for nine trophies at The Game Awards 2020 and ended up winning seven. To celebrate, a new expansion for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was released for free which added new outfits, music, dungeons and enemies to the hit game. Check out the patch notes here.

Other big winners at last night’s The Game Awards included Donkey Kong Bananza which won Best Family while fellow Nintendo Switch 2 title Mario Kart World won Best Sport. Check out the full list of winners below:

The winners of The Game Award 2025

Game of the Year
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Donkey Kong Bananza
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Best Art Direction
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Death Stranding 2 On The Beach
Ghost Of Yōtei
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Recommended

Best Audio Design
**Battlefield 6** – winner
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost Of Yōtei
Silent Hill f

Best Game Direction
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost Of Yōtei
Hades 2
Split Fiction

Best Multiplayer
**Arc Raiders** – winner
Battlefield 6
Elden Ring: Nightreign
Peak
Split Fiction

Best Narrative
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost Of Yōtei
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Silent Hill f

Best Performance
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Jennifer English** – winner
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Ben Starr
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Charlie Cox
Ghost Of Yōtei – Erika Ishii
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – Troy Baker
Silent Hill f – Konatsu Kato

Best Score & Music
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost Of Yōtei
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Action
Battlefield 6
Doom: The Dark Ages
**Hades 2** – winner
Ninja Gaiden 4
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

Best Action/Adventure Game
Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Ghost of Yōtei
**Hollow Knight: Silksong** – winner
Indiana Jones And The Great Circle
Split Fiction

Best Family Game
**Donkey Kong Bananza** – winner
Lego Party
Lego Voyagers
Mario Kart World
Sonic Racing Crossworlds
Split Fiction

Best Fighting Game
2XKO
Capcom Fighting Collection 2
**Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves** – winner
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
Virtua Fighter 5 REVO

Best Independent Game
Absolum
Ball X Pit
Blue Prince
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Hades 2
Hollow Knight: Silksong

Best Mobile Game
Destiny Rising
Persona 5: The Phantom X
Sonic Rumble
**Umamusume: Pretty Derby** – winner
Wuthering Waves

Best Ongoing Game
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
Marvel Rivals
**No Man’s Sky** – winner

Best RPG
Avowed
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Monster Hunter Wilds
The Outer Worlds 2

Best Sports/Racing Game
EA Sports FC 26
F1 25
**Mario Kart World** – winner
Rematch
Sonic Racing Crossworlds

Best Strategy/Sim Game
Civilization 7
**Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles** – winner
Jurassic World Evolution 3
The Alters
Tempest Rising
Two Point Museum

Best VR/AR Game
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Arken Age
Deadpool VR
Ghost Town
**The Midnight Walk** – winner

Best Adaptation
A Minecraft Movie
Devil May Cry
Splinter Cell Deathwatch
**The Last Of Us season 2** – winner
Until Dawn

Community Support
**Baldur’s Gate 3** – winner
Final Fantasy 14
Fortnite
Helldivers 2
No Man’s Sky

Debut Indie Game
Blue Prince
**Clair Obscur: Expedition 33** – winner
Despelote
Dispatch
Megabonk

Games for Impact
Consume Me
Despelote
Lost Records: Bloom And Rage
**South Of Midnight**– winner
Wanderstop

Best Esports Game
**Counter-Strike 2** – winner
Dota 2
League Of Legends
Mobile Legends Bang Bang
Valorant

Best Esports Athlete
Brawk
**Chovy** – winner
Forsaken
Kakeru
Menard
Zywoo

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)** – winner

Content Creator of the Year
Caedrel
Kai Cenat
**MoistCr1tikal** – winner
Sakura Miko
The Burnt Peanut

Most Anticipated Game
007 First Light
**Grand Theft Auto 6** – winner
Marvel’s Wolverine
Resident Evil Requiem
The Witcher 4

Elsewhere during the ceremony, two new Tomb Raider games were announced alongside a pair of new Star Wars titles and the next installment in the beloved Control franchise. You can check out all the big announcements here.

In other news, Walton Goggins’ The Ghoul stars in a new 90-minute Fallout Christmas special that’s been surprise-released online.