The Game Awards 2025 has an absolutely stacked lineup of nominees and awards. There are so many categories where it could go either way, and Insider Gaming has boldly put its reputation on the line to pick the winner for every TGA 2025 category.
From Best Debut Indie Game to Best Narrative to the coveted Game of the Year award, you already know we are in for three hours of drama come The Game Awards 2025 night. Insider Gaming has already told you how to vote for The Game Awards 2025; now it’s time to tell you what we think.
Who Does Insider Gaming Think Will Win Game of the Year At The Game Awards 2025?
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Insider Gaming’s pick for Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025.
It seems only fitting to give the biggest award more of a breakdown. Spoiler alert: This is not the first time Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is going to reign supreme in a category. New-studio Sandfall Interactive—comprised of former Ubisoft devs—set out to create something different and unique with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
The gamble paid off and continues to pay off late into 2025. Here are a handful of accolades the game has achieved this year:
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sets record as 2025’s best third-party Xbox Game Pass release.
- It breaks a staggering The Game Awards record.
- It’s shipped 5 million units.
- Clair Obscur received acclaim from the French President.
- A movie is already in the works.
Let’s make this clear: This is who Insider Gaming thinks will win, but necessarily who the team wants to win. However, it’s hard to ignore the buzz and brilliance of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and IG predicts it will scoop the big one, along with many other awards.
All The Game Awards 2025 Winner Predictions
Here’s a complete rundown of all 29 The Game Awards categories, with Insider Gaming’s predicted winner highlighted in bold to make it clear.
Game of the Year
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Hades 2
Best Game Direction
- Supergiant Games – Hades 2
- Hazelight Studios – Split Fiction
- Kojima Productions and PlayStation – Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Sandfall Interactive – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Sucker Punch Productions – Ghost of Yotei
Best Ongoing Game
- No Mans Sky
- Fortnite
- Marvel Rivals
- Final Fantasy XIV
- Helldivers 2
Best Community Support
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Final Fantasy XIV
- No Man’s Sky
- Helldivers 2
- Fortnite
Best Narrative
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Silent Hill f
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
Best Art Direction
- Ghost of Yotei
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Hades 2
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Best Score/Music
- Hades 2
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight Silksong
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Audio Design
- Silent Hill f
- Ghost of Yotei
- Battlefield 6
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Performance
- Erika Ishii as Atsu – Ghost of Yotei
- Charlie Cox as Gustave – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jennifer English as Maelle – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kotatsu Kato as Hinako – Silent Hill f
- Ben Starr as Verso – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Games for Impact
- Wanderstop
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
- Despelote
- Consume Me
- South of Midnight
Best Independent Game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Absolum
- Blue Prince
- Ball x Pit
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Hades 2
Best Debut Indie Game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Despelote
Megabonk(See The Game Awards removes nomination for the first time ever)- Dispatch
Best Mobile Game
- Wuthering Waves
- Persona 5 The Phantom X
- Destiny: Rising
- Sonic Rumble
- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
Best VR/AR Game
- The Midnight Walk
- Marvel Deadpool VR
- Alien: Rogue Invasion
- Arken Age
- Ghost Town
Best Action Game
- Ninja Gaiden 4
- Hades 2
- Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
- Battlefield 6
- Doom: The Dark Ages
Best Action/Adventure Game
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Split Fiction
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Best Role-Playing Game
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Monster Hunter Wilds
- Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
- Avowed
- The Outer Worlds 2
Best Fighting Game
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
- Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- 2XKO
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection
- Virtua Fighter 5 REVO World Stage
Best Family Game
- Mario Kart World
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- LEGO Voyagers
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- LEGO Party
- Split Fiction
Best Simulation/Strategy Game
- The Alters
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Civilization VII
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Tempest Rising
- Two Point Museum
Best Sports/Racing Game
- Mario Kart World
- EA Sports FC 26
- F1 25
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- Rematch
Best Multiplayer Game
- Elden Ring: Nightreign
- Battlefield 6
- PEAK
- ARC Raiders
- Split Fiction
Best in Accessibility
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- EA Sports FC 26
- South of Midnight
Best Adaptation
- Devil May Cry
- Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
- The Last of Us Season 2
- Until Dawn
- A Minecraft Movie
Most Anticipated Game
- 007: First Light
- Grand Theft Auto VI
- Resident Evil: Requiem
- The Witcher 4
- Marvel’s Wolverine
Content Creator of the Year
- Caedrel
- Kai Cenat
- MoistCritikal
- Sakura Miko
- The Burnt Peanut
Best Esports Game
- Counter Strike 2
- Dota 2
- League of Legends
- Mobile Legends Bang Bang
- Valorant
Best Esports Athlete
- Brawk
- Chovy
- F0rsaken
- Kakeru
- Menard
- Zywoo
Best Esports Team
- Gen.G
- NRG
- Team Falcons
- Team Liquid Ph
- Team Vitality
Now that you’ve had time to fully absorb Insider Gaming’s predictions, it’s time for you to have your say. How many will IG get correct? Are there any where you completely disagree? Let us know your full set of predictions, and you can do so by posting in the free-to-join Insider Gaming Discord Server.
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