With Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 up for a record number of nominations at The Game Awards 2025, there was every chance it would bring home many of those accolades. Sure enough, the RPG cleaned up at The Game Awards 2025.
It was a huge night for Sandfall Interactive and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The surprise news that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 DLC dropped through a free update was fun, and it rounded off a successful night for the mega-popular role-playing game.
The Game Awards 2025 Record Broken By Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
With many of the Sandfall Interactive crew in attendance at The Game Awards 2025 dressed up in striking French-inspired gear, there was an air of expectation that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would do something very special.
Nearly four hours later, the 2025 GOTY took home nine of the 13 awards it was nominated for. This smashes the previous record of most awards accumulated in one night, set by The Last of Us Part 2’s seven awards at the 2020 show.
In other years, Forza Horizon 5 and It Takes Two claimed three awards each in 2021, God of War Ragnarok took home six in 2022, Baldur’s Gate 3 matched GOW’s feat in 2023, and Astro Bot was the recipient of four last year.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won:
- Game of the Year
- Best Game Direction
- Best Narrative
- Best Art Direction
- Best Score and Music
- Best Performance
- Best Independent Game
- Best Debut Indie Game
- Best Role Playing Game
Do you think Sandfall’s debut RPG release was worth the hype? Does it deserve the nine awards it claimed? Have any games been cruelly robbed of an award, such as Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 for Best RPG? Head to the Insider Gaming Discord Server and let your feelings be known.
There is much more TGA 2025 news to catch up on, such as Star Wars Galactic Racer being revealed, Phantom Blade Zero getting a release date, and Deadpool coming to Marvel Rivals in 2026.
